zkDaily - 2026-03-11

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Wed

03.11

2026

New Plonky3 release just dropped

News

https://x.com/RobinSalen/status/2031388330412355997

Robin Salen Plonky3 STARK

Robin Salen announced a new Plonky3 release with faster lookups, high-arity folding, N-ary Merkle trees and caps, Poseidon2 optimizations, and Poseidon1 support.

Notes

New Plonky3 release, described as the most impactful and ambitious so far
Includes much faster lookups for improved performance
Introduces high-arity folding to optimize proof generation
Supports N-ary Merkle trees and Merkle caps for enhanced data structures
Major optimizations for Poseidon2 and adds Poseidon1 support
Additional improvements included, with details to be broken down

Collected by @icerdesign

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Wed

03.11

2026

What is Plonky3?

Plonky3 is a framework for building zero knowledge proof systems. It is often used for zkVMs and scalable proofs, focusing on fast proving and recursion.

What is the advantage of an N-ary Merkle tree over a binary Merkle tree?

An N-ary Merkle tree allows each node to have multiple children, which reduces the tree height. This leads to shorter Merkle paths and smaller proofs.

What is the purpose of a Merkle cap in proof systems?

A Merkle cap is a small set of nodes near the top of a Merkle tree. In recursive proofs or batch verification, verifying up to the cap reduces proof size and verification cost.

Prompted by @icerdesign