"Zero-knowledge proofs are integral to many important blockchain privacy and scalability efforts," Bain Capital Crypto partner Alex Evans said in the press release. "RISC Zero has demonstrated the first zkVM that natively supports standard languages and tools such as C++ and Rust through LLVM [virtual machines]."

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