Lukas Helminger
@luhelminger
CEO @TACEO_IO // Building encrypted compute for the internet // Prev. cryptography researcher @tugraz
Both MPC and ZK foundations were layed in the 1980s. Each of them is extremely powerful on its one. Together they are unbeatable. Long were both conceived as too complex and slow to have real world impact. And now we’re at a point were we can even combine both in a practicable…
Two years of World. What started almost two years ago has grown into one of the most important and ongoing partnerships for us at @TACEO_IO — shaping both our technology and our mission. Early on, we realized something rare: their commitment to privacy and decentralization…
Two years in, and our why hasn't changed: We're building World so every human benefits from the age of AI.
KYC is back in the spotlight — for obvious reasons. We wrote about how encrypted compute can turn liability into shared infrastructure:
New post: "Rewriting KYC with MPC" How can crypto reconcile privacy with regulation, without defaulting to centralised surveillance? We outline a new cryptographic architecture using MPC & Private Shared State. core.taceo.io/articles/mpc-k…
.@TACEO_IO launched TACEO:Proof for delegated private proving. This private proof network uses MPC-based coSNARK proving to let developers delegate ZK proof generation to a secure, decentralized MPC network with no single point of trust and no witness leakage. Lots more upgrades…
TACEO:Proof is now live in production. After a successful beta with over 1 million proofs generated, the first production-ready private proof network is here. Built for speed. Designed for privacy. Powered by MPC. Here’s what’s new 👇
Following our NOIRCON1 coverage at @EthereumDenver, where we interviewed industry superstars like @Zac_Aztec, @ilblackdragon, and others, House of ZK returned to partner with @aztecnetwork for NOIRCON2 during @BerBlockWeek 🇩🇪 We’re kicking off this interview series with…
We've been so inspired by the vision of @worldcoin but even more by the team. This is one of the most fruitful collaborations we've had, and we pay particular thanks to @philzip and @recmo. Spent the afternoon taking a trip down memory lane, looking at the first sketches of the…
Two years in, and our why hasn't changed: We're building World so every human benefits from the age of AI.
If your interested in verifiable encrypted compute or hash functions (iykyk) join us after the second day of SBC in Berkeley
We're deep in prep for SBC with TACEO:Proof live, new research ideas being fleshed out, and plenty more on the horizon. Don't miss out - join us for happy hour on August 5th! lu.ma/mzqckw2n
Collaborative SNARKs will be a massive unlock for private applications. Privacy-focused zk apps require client-side proof generation, and until recently, client-side proofs have been a bottleneck. Even today, while possible, client-side proofs are limited in their computational…
TACEO:Proof is now live in production. After a successful beta with over 1 million proofs generated, the first production-ready private proof network is here. Built for speed. Designed for privacy. Powered by MPC. Here’s what’s new 👇
TACEO:Proof is now live in production. After a successful beta with over 1 million proofs generated, the first production-ready private proof network is here. Built for speed. Designed for privacy. Powered by MPC. Here’s what’s new 👇
TACEO:Proof is live Big milestone for us. The team was locked in the last weeks to get this over the line. Private proof delegation solves real problems. It’s also a core piece for building private shared state.
TACEO:Proof is now live in production. After a successful beta with over 1 million proofs generated, the first production-ready private proof network is here. Built for speed. Designed for privacy. Powered by MPC. Here’s what’s new 👇
I am very excited for the stuff @TACEO_IO is working! co-SNARKs for verifiable, multi party proving of client side proofs! And, private shared state, because, I don't think we can realistically expect AI agents to go deeper into our lives without a primitive like this!
the agenda to the most high-profile secure computation week just dropped - looking very much forward to it and iterate on our research simons.berkeley.edu/workshops/secu…
This is a great talk that highlights what so many ignore in ZK. almost all ZK today is not usable for real application dev applications are stateful and need language level support to manage state, private data and interaction between other users/applications. Deploying…
The most we've ever shared about Private Shared State. Catch up with @luhelminger's talk at NoirCon2 youtu.be/HPDWav5r03I?si…
TACEO @TACEO_IO shared an article explaining how Multi Party Computation could reshape KYC in crypto by addressing regulatory requirements without compromising user privacy: core.taceo.io/articles/mpc-k… The piece critiques today’s centralized KYC systems for their inefficiency,…
They say users don’t care about privacy, only institutions do. But why do institutions care? Sure, sometimes it’s about protecting their own trading strategies. But most of the time, it’s because regulation requires them to protect their users. And those rules exist because…
SBC is one of our favorite high-signal events of the year. Looking forward to going, and if you want to chill and chat with the team, join us at the happy hour with @archetypevc and @AltiusLabs.
If you'll be at SBC in Berkeley this year then please join us along with our friends @AltiusLabs and @TACEO_IO for a happy hour on August 5th: lu.ma/mzqckw2n
This writeup is a good reminder of how hard it was to get to this point for programmable privacy in Web3 and beyond. The Aztec team pushed relentlessly—on the research, on the tech, and by standing their ground on privacy. Looking at the network today, it might seem inevitable.…
8 years ago, Aztec started as an onchain financial service for issuing corporate debt. Now it’s building a private, decentralized future for Ethereum. Here's how we got here:
If you’re technical and want to learn more about collaborative SNARKs this talk from our CTO is probably the best resource out there
Comprehensive view of where we are with coSNARKs from @DanielKales at the recent TUM blockchain salon. He touches on private proof delegation, private shared state, auditable MPC, where they're fast, where they're slow, where we're at, and open research problems. Click through!