Protocol Village: Zircuit Launches ‘Build to Earn’ Program With Rewards for Devs

March
28:

Zircuit,
a
fully
EVM-compatible
ZK
rollup
with
parallelized
circuits
and
AI-enabled
security,
launched
its

Build
to
Earn
program
on
Wednesday
to
incentivize
builders,
founders
and
community
members
who
contribute
to
the
Zircuit
ecosystem.
Backed
by
Pantera
Capital,
Dragonfly
Capital,
and
Maelstrom,
Zircuit
currently
has
over
$700
million
staked.
According
to
the
team:
“Developers
and
ecosystem
contributors
who
participate
in
the
program
stand
to
receive
rewards
for
approved
contributions.”

March
28
(PROTOCOL
VILLAGE
EXCLUSIVE):

Layer
N,
an
“Ethereum
StateNet”
designed
as
a
network
of
custom
VMs,

announced
the
launch
of
AI
Functions,
a
tool
that
allows
developers
to
integrate
AI
inference
and
AI
use
cases
within
their
applications.
This
is
in
partnership
with

Modulus
Labs,
a
company
focused
on
bringing
AI
on-chain
through
ZK
technology.
Examples
of
use
cases
could
include
replacing
AMMs
with
more
sophisticated
models,
yield
optimization
strategies,
gaming
and
AI
crypto
agents
and
AI
arbitration.
“Imagine
a
prediction
market
that
includes
AI-based
arbitration
of
event
outcomes,
reducing
the
risk
of
consensus
collusion,”
the
team
wrote
in
a
blog
post.

March
27:

VeChain
announced
its
no-code
digital
asset
tokenization
platform,
called

Marketplace-as-a-Service
(MaaS).
According
to
the
team:
“MaaS
was
built
to
fulfill
an
important
role
within
the
digital-asset
space,
presenting
enterprise
and
individual
builders
a
low/no-code
NFT
platform
for
creating,
selling
and
transferring
digital
assets
with
ease.
MotoGP
championship
team,
Gresini
Racing,
is
the
first
enterprise
client
to
deploy
a
marketplace
on
the
platform
supported
by
ExPlus.
Leveraging
a
bespoke
collection
of
IP-related
content,
Gresini
Racing
plans
to
offer
digital
collectibles
to
its
large
fanbase.”

March
28
(PROTOCOL
VILLAGE
EXCLUSIVE):


BloXroute,
a
blockchain
distribution
network,
announced
the
mainnet
launch
of
its
Validator
Gateway,
designed
to
optimize
Ethereum
validators’
performance
and
significantly
boost
their
rewards,
according
to
the
team:
“Over
30K
validators
locked
$4B
on
the
testnet,
leveraging
advanced
technology,
enhancing
block
proposal
processes,
accelerating
block
propagation
and
providing
validators
with
a
strategic
advantage
in
the
competitive
blockchain
landscape.
With
seamless
integration
with
existing
validator
setups,
the
Validator
Gateway
makes
it
easy
for
network
decentralization
to
continually
grow.”

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