WeaveDB Released zkJSON, Opening the Road of Bridging Two Digital Worlds
Review: Recently, WeaveDB released zkJSON, a solution designed to bridge the gap between Web3 and Web2. With the first 4 components zkJSON, zkDB, zkRollup, and zkQuery, WeaveDB unlocks many use cases for connecting blockchains and offchain data. WeaveDB is building WeaveDB Rollup, including Rollup Development Kit (RDK), 1. Rollup as a Service (RaaS) and Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network (WeaveChain), which promotes the further development of data connection.
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WeaveDB Released zkJSON, Opening the Road of Bridging Two Digital Worlds
Introduction
Recently, WeaveDB released zkJSON, a solution designed to bridge the gap between Web3 and Web2. Ahmad Mardeni, the CEO of WeaveDB, introduced zkJSON in the vision, ‘zkJSON is not just about making offchain data accessible; it’s about verifying and legitimizing it onchain, expanding the scope of what’s considered online and verifiable.’ The innovation of zkJSON makes offchain data easily accessible and verifiable from within Smart Contracts.
What Possibilities Did the Release of zkJSON Bring to the Data Connection between Web2 and Web3?
It’s no doubt that bridging the gap between Web2 and Web3 is a big challenge. JSON forms an indispensable part of the internet, which is both easy for humans to read and lightweight to ensure a small transmission size. That’s why most web systems store and exchange data in JSON**.** However, Blockchains have been failing to connect with offchain JSON data efficiently due to a variety of reasons, which ended up missing many potential opportunities for Web3 use cases. If it were possible to verify and access any offchain JSON data directly from Smart Contracts, and to build a general-purpose decentralized database with web2-like performance and scalability, the problem might be solved. This is what zkJSON and zkDB aim to achieve, seamless direct connections between Smart Contracts and offchain databases.
To connect offchain JSON data to any Smart Contracts, WeaveDB has already implemented zkJSON, zkDB, zkRollup, and zkQuery. zkJSON makes any JSON provable with zk circuits, zkDB builds a database structure with Merkle trees and zkJSON, zkRollup is a way of ensuring zkDB securely queriable from other blockchains, zkQuery enables users to query zkDB using Solidity.
Ahmad Mardeni mentioned in his blog that the implementation of zkJSON and zkDB unlocks many use cases:
Decentralized Data Infrastructure Solutions: It enables the creation of decentralized oracles and indexers, enhancing data reliability and security.
Decentralized Web2 Alternatives: Imagine a fully decentralized Twitter, free from centralized control, powered by zkJSON.
Enterprise Solutions: Combining zkJSON with DID and Verifiable Credentials, businesses can securely integrate Web3 while maintaining privacy.
Liberating Data Silos: We aim to break down the data silos of Web2, redirecting the revenue models of massive networks like ad networks and future AI-based systems to Web3 using zkJSON.
The Road to Future Data Connection
With the first 4 components zkJSON, zkDB, zkRollup, and zkQuery, it's now technically possible for WeaveDB to build a fully verifiable zkp-based DB connecting blockchains and offchain data. WeaveDB is building WeaveDB Rollup, which will roll out in 3 phases: Rollup Development Kit (RDK), 1. Rollup as a Service (RaaS) and Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network (WeaveChain). WeaveChain will be a Cosmos-based DePIN blockchain and a marketplace to match database developers / dapps with rollup operators.
For more details on the roadmap of WeaveDB Rollup, you can follow their Twitter and stay updated!
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