ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the modular computing layer and ZK-RaaS platform Lumoz (formerly Opside) has completed a $6 million pre-A round financing at a valuation of $120 million, with participation from OKX Ventures, HashKey Capital, KuCoin Ventures, Comma3 Ventures, Kronos Ventures, Kernel Ventures, and Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal.It is reported that Lumoz also plans to launch the mainnet of its computing layer in July, with the token generation event expected to take place in August. Last month, Lumoz was conducting a points program, where all points could be converted into future tokens, but the conversion ratio has not yet been determined.

According to ChainCatcher news, OKX Ventures has announced an investment in Lumoz. Lumoz is a decentralized ZK-RaaS platform that allows any user to generate customized zkEVM application chains without coding through its no-code ZK-Rollup Launchbase. At the same time, Lumoz provides underlying computing power for general ZKP calculations through a Decentralized Prover Network.Dora, the founder of OKX Ventures, stated that Lumoz's positioning combines ZK-RaaS and DePIN, offering low-cost and convenient ZK-Rollup deployment capabilities. OKX Ventures sees its advancements in the ZK-RaaS field and Prover technology, and this investment will help Lumoz accelerate the development and technological innovation of its modular computing layer and ZK-RaaS platform.

ChainCatcher news, the "Web3 Insight Summit" co-hosted by ChainCatcher, RootData, and Oak Grove Ventures was held today at the Renaissance Harbour View Hotel in Hong Kong. During the conference, Dorothy, the Growth Manager of the Rollup platform AltLayer, shared a presentation titled "Restaked Rollups," introducing the application prospects of Rollup technology in the Web3 field.Dorothy mentioned that Rollup is essentially a new type of smart contract, and RaaS providers make launching a Rollup as simple as deploying a smart contract, eliminating the barriers of deployment and hosting for project teams. It is expected that by the end of 2024, there will be over 1,000 Rollups. Existing Rollups still face significant trust issues, such as single ordering, censorship, lack of fraud proofs, and overly centralized verification. AltLayer's Restaked Rollup differs from existing OP stacks and zk Rollups in that it has a modular framework for any Rollup stack, is decentralized, offers higher security, and provides safer and faster settlements.Restaked Rollup is mainly divided into three middleware components: the decentralized validator VITAL, the fast settlement guarantor MACH, and the decentralized sequencer SQUAD. Among them, VITAL can verify the correctness of Rollup states and challenge validity proofs or generate and verify ZK proofs; MACH can provide fast settlements in seconds and offer shared security guarantees for RPC/cross-chain bridges/transactions; SQUAD makes sequencing more decentralized by allowing the community to participate in ordering and staking. MACH Alpha will be launched after the EigenLayer restaking mainnet goes live, allowing users to participate in token staking.The "Web3 Insight Summit" is hosted by ChainCatcher, aiming to gather the most thoughtful and innovative Web3 veterans from around the world to provide more constructive insights for the industry, present more industry insights, and help Web3 move towards the mainstream.

ChainCatcher news, March 27, the ZK-RaaS platform and modular computing layer Lumoz announced a strategic partnership with the Layer3 protocol Camelot Protocol, providing it with ZK-RaaS solutions. Camelot will launch a re-staking feature on March 28 based on the Lumoz ZK-RaaS solution. In the future, Camelot Protocol will also assist Lumoz's ecological development in all aspects, including brand building and community promotion. Lumoz will leverage its own advantages to support Camelot in further optimizing product experience, thereby enriching users' on-chain interaction experience.Camelot Protocol is a Layer3 protocol based on Merlin specifically designed for DePIN, dedicated to creating the world's largest AI mobile device ecosystem based on DePIN.Lumoz is a DePIN computing network and ZK-RaaS platform that employs a PoW mining mechanism to provide ZKP computing power for ZK-Rollup. It has launched the ETH L2 product ZKFair and the BTC L2 product Merlin Chain. Currently, Lumoz is serving an increasing number of projects and developers with RaaS needs.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, BNB Chain has launched a rollup-as-a-service (RaaS) solution to support the scaling of custom L2 networks within its ecosystem. This RaaS will provide DApp projects with the infrastructure needed to build cost-effective dedicated rollups on the BNB Smart Chain (BSC), including no-code deployment options.The core development team of BNB Chain stated in a statement: "By combining the powerful capabilities of RaaS with the interconnectedness of our ecosystem, developers will have a comprehensive toolkit to build efficient and scalable L2 on BSC."

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Lumoz announced the launch of Fair-L2 LaunchBase following ZKFair, supporting more high-quality ZK-L2 projects with fair launches. Currently, over 20 project teams have submitted applications for Fair-L2 launch, including BTC L2, gaming platform chains, DePIN chains, social application chains, and other tracks.It is reported that ZKFair is the first community-driven ZK-L2 project, with a TVL currently reaching 123 million USD. ZKFair adopts a fair launch token model, with 100% of the tokens airdropped to community users. As the first zkEVM to issue tokens, ZKFair utilizes the Polygon ZK and Celestial DA architecture, supported by Lumoz's technical expertise (Edited).

ChainCatcher message, the shared sequencer network Astria announces the launch of Astria Rollup-as-a-Service (RaaS), allowing the deployment of Rollups as easily and permissionlessly as deploying smart contracts. Rollups deployed using Astria RaaS produce blocks using a shared sequencer network, which is decentralized by default, inheriting Astria's censorship-resistant fast confirmations, while relying on Celestia for data availability.

ChainCatcher news, the second-layer programmable privacy platform Ola has reached a strategic partnership with the ZK-RaaS (ZK-Rollup as a Service) platform Lumoz. OLA will be integrated into Lumoz's ZK-Rollup LaunchBase, allowing developers to generate ZK-Rollups with privacy attributes without code.OLA is a privacy-focused zkvm rollup that features programmable privacy and high scalability, supporting developers in creating private DApps and public DApps according to their needs. OLA will launch its Public Dev Testnet by the end of this year and a fully functional testnet (Permissionless Testnet) in Q1 of next year. At that time, it will be integrated into Lumoz as the first Rollup to support privacy attributes. Currently, OLA has opened the whitelist application for the Dev Testnet.At present, the types of ZK-Rollups supported by Lumoz include zkSync, Scroll, and Polygon zkEVM. Currently, Lumoz's testnet has dozens of different types of ZK-Rollups running stably, with a decentralized prover network providing ZKP computing power through CPU/GPU mining. In the future, Lumoz will also support more types of ZK-Rollups, including OLA, Linea, Taiko, and StarkNet.

ChainCatcher news, decentralized blockchain infrastructure provider Ankr has partnered with Optimism to launch Rollup as a Service (RaaS), allowing enterprises and developers to quickly customize and deploy dedicated OP chains that will inherit the technical and governance advantages of the ecosystem's superchain.It is reported that Ankr will provide engineering and infrastructure for this new solution, offering an easy way to launch new OP chains. Various RaaS features include blockchain engineering, Rollup infrastructure, development tools, security and auditing, ongoing support, and more, making it easier for developers to launch and manage Rollups.

According to ChainCatcher news, the decentralized ZK-RaaS platform Opside has officially announced its brand upgrade to Lumoz, embarking on a new journey for ZK-RaaS & Decentralized Prover Network. The project's new official website has been updated to lumoz.org. This comprehensive brand upgrade aims to help global users better understand and apply ZK-Rollup technology, enabling application chains based on zkEVM to be implemented on a large scale.Lumoz was born in 2022 and launched its testnet in May 2023, consistently adhering to the mission of making it easier for users to understand and use ZK-Rollup technology. Through its no-code ZK-Rollup Launchbase, any user can generate customized zkEVM application chains without coding.Currently, the supported zkEVM types include Polygon zkEVM and zkSync, with plans to support Scroll, StarkNet, and others in Q4. At the same time, Lumoz provides underlying computing power for general ZKP calculations through the Decentralized Prover Network. So far, the Lumoz testnet has been running smoothly for 5 months, with over 200,000 independent users, and more than 15 projects have generated personalized zkEVM application chains on its platform. (Source link)