BTQ Technologies Corp. announced its ecosystem partnership with Cysic. The partnership is centered around Keelung, BTQ's recently released domain-specific language (DSL) for fast, private, and secure application development.

Keelung provides developers with the ability to create secure and reliable post-quantum zero-knowledge proofs without requiring specialized cryptography skills. It has been implemented in Haskell, enabling developers to produce high-level zero-knowledge proofs protected by Haskell's cutting-edge type system while leveraging Haskell's extensive ecosystem and tooling. BTQ's partnership with Cysic will explore the integration of Keelung with Cysic's hardware acceleration solutions, offering end-users access to faster, more efficient, and more secure zero-knowledge proof generation.

With Cysic's expertise in hardware acceleration and BTQ's focus on post-quantum zero-knowledge cryptography, the partnership aims to create a more open and inclusive zero-knowledge ecosystem that benefits all stakeholders. Zero-knowledge protocols can be computationally expensive, especially when dealing with large amounts of data. This is where zero-knowledge hardware acceleration comes in.

By offloading the computationally intensive parts of the zero-knowledge protocol to specialized hardware, the overall performance of the protocol can be greatly improved. In the context of a zero-knowledge programming language, zero-knowledge hardware acceleration can make it possible to write programs that rely heavily on zero-knowledge protocols, without suffering from slow execution times. This can be especially important in applications where security and privacy are critical, such as in financial transactions, healthcare data sharing, and other sensitive use cases.

Additionally, zero-knowledge hardware acceleration can improve the security of zero-knowledge protocols by reducing the risk of side-channel attacks, which are a common vulnerability in software implementations. By using specialized hardware, it is possible to create a secure and trusted execution environment for zero-knowledge protocols that is much more difficult to attack than a software-only implementation. As a launch partner, Cysic brings a wealth of expertise to improve the performance and security of zero-knowledge proofs written in Keelung, making them more practical and effective for a wide range of applications.