The KZG Ceremony is an Ethereum project which will provide a cryptographic foundation for scaling initiatives like EIP-4844: Proto-Danksharding. The Ceremony is a coordinated public ritual (aka trusted setup, "Parameter Generation Event" in Zcash) which is expected to have the following characteristics:
TThe KZG Ceremony is a coordinated public ritual (aka trusted setup, "Parameter Generation Event" in Zcash) which will provide a cryptographic foundation for Ethereum scaling initiatives. From the specs repo:
> The ceremony takes place between participants and the sequencer. Participants are the entities that contribute their secret randomness to the final output 𝜏 s. The roll of the sequencer it to act as the common point of interaction for all participants as well as verifying participants' contribution as the ceremony progresses.
The ceremony is designed to have the following characteristics:
- wide ecosystem participation
- wide ecosystem participation
- accessible: possible to participate via browser
- accessible via browser
- a meaningful narrative in a simple interface
- a meaningful narrative in a simple interface
- easy to audit transcript
- easy to audit transcript
From the specs repo:
> The ceremony takes place between participants and the sequencer. Participants are the entities that contribute their secret randomness to the final output 𝜏 s. The roll of the sequencer it to act as the common point of interaction for all participants as well as verifying participants' contribution as the ceremony progresses.
The best place to follow along is the KZG Ceremony channel in the Ethereum R&D Discord: [join here](https://discord.gg/bZrptf6Est).
The best place to follow along is the KZG Ceremony channel in the [Ethereum R&D Discord](https://discord.gg/bZrptf6Est) or the bridged [telegram channel](https://t.me/+OvdstAcYZ09mMWMx).
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