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FEATUREDcryptographyMarch 2, 2026·7 min read

poseidon2-go: The First Standalone Poseidon2 in Go, Now Open Source

We open-sourced poseidon2-go, the first standalone, pure-Go implementation of Poseidon2 over BN254. Zero allocations, cross-verified against Noir and Solidity, and ready for your ZK backend.

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privacy8 min read

Introducing NIX Protocol: Private Transactions on Any EVM Chain

Public blockchains have a privacy problem. Every transaction is permanent public data. Wallet addresses become identities. We built NIX Protocol to fix this - a lightweight set of smart contracts that adds privacy to any EVM chain without leaving the chains you already use.

February 11, 2026Read

cryptography11 min read

Poseidon2 on WebGPU: Benchmarking ZK-Friendly Hashing in the Browser

Your browser has a GPU sitting there doing nothing while your wallet hashes on a single CPU thread. We wrote Poseidon2 as a WebGPU compute shader and got 7.8M hashes/sec on BabyBear and 323K on Grumpkin - up to 51x faster than JavaScript. Here are the numbers.

February 8, 2026Read

cryptography12 min read

Post-Quantum Encryption On-Chain: Preparing ECIES for the Quantum Era

Exploring the transition from ECIES to post-quantum cryptography (Kyber, Dilithium) for future-proof on-chain privacy. A deep dive into lattice-based schemes and their blockchain applications.

January 17, 2026Read

zk-proofs8 min read

Understanding Zero-Knowledge Proofs in Ethereum

A guide to ZK-SNARKs and ZK-STARKs, their trade-offs, and how they enable privacy-preserving computations on Ethereum.

January 10, 2026Read

privacy10 min read

Privacy-Preserving Token Transfers: A Technical Deep Dive

How NixProtocol implements private transfers using UTXO notes, ECIES encryption, and zero-knowledge proofs in a privacy pool architecture.

January 3, 2026Read

tutorials6 min read

Building Compliant Privacy Solutions with NixProtocol

A guide to implementing privacy features while maintaining regulatory compliance through selective disclosure and auditor access patterns.

December 27, 2025Read

privacy7 min read

NixAddress & UTXO Notes Explained

Understanding how NixAddress encoding works, the UTXO note model for private payments, and how Grumpkin curve cryptography enables unlinkable transactions.

December 20, 2025Read

privacy9 min read