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@0xMiden is taking a customer-led approach to ZK.
Start with a problem public blockchains cannot solve, then apply privacy where it matters.
Private lending. Private trading. Dark pools.
That problem-first approach could improve the odds of finding real product-market fit.

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@0xMiden’s grant model is selective by design. The team identifies apps that fit its architecture, looks for teams able to build them, and may ask for a working start before serious funding talks. Being non-EVM also removes the easy Uniswap fork path. Builders have to build.

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6/6
Taken together, rc.1 targets the less visible work of running a distributed network: coordinated recovery, validator key bootstrap, concurrent state access and correct retained history.
Miden labels v0.16.0-rc.1 a pre-release. It is not a mainnet launch.

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1/6
@0xMiden Node v0.16.0-rc.1 is less about new user features and more about network operations.
The release changes recovery, validator key setup, store reads and history pruning.
It is a pre-release, not a mainnet release.

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5/6
History pruning was also fixed.
The old logic could delete rows that were older than the cutoff but still needed to reconstruct vault, storage-map or code state for blocks inside the retention window.
The new logic tracks when each row remains valid.

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5/5
The release notes do not make new claims about bridge security, speed, fees or privacy.
The confirmed change is narrower: v1.15.16 made cross-chain deposits a user-facing wallet action on mobile and desktop.

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1/5
In @0xMiden Wallet v1.15.16, bridge-in became a normal wallet action.
“Receive from EVM” was exposed on mobile and desktop, moving cross-chain deposits from a launch-gated flow into the user-facing wallet.

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4/5
That makes v1.15.16 a product milestone, even if the underlying bridge capability already existed.
The change was about accessibility: moving bridge-in from gated infrastructure into a feature users could reach from the normal wallet UI.

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6/ Important distinction: the partnership is announced, but the full end-user experience is still a target.
Miden says the collaboration will support these products. It has not said every transfer, swap and yield flow is already live in a finished Miden wallet.

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1/ @0xMiden and @0xEpochProtocol are working to bring crosschain transfers, swaps and yield access into privacy-preserving wallet experiences.
The goal: hide more of the infrastructure without making account activity public.

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5/ That points to an intent-based UX.
Instead of manually choosing a bridge, chain and protocol, the user specifies an outcome: move assets, make a swap or access yield.
Epoch’s infrastructure works out how to reach that state.

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Miden co-founder @azeemk is joining Cointelegraph CONNECT in Seoul on Sept. 29 during Korea Blockchain Week.
The lineup spans crypto markets, infrastructure and institutional capital, with @0xMiden represented in the discussion.

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Cointelegraph CONNECT is coming to Seoul. 🇰🇷

On Sept. 29 during Korea Blockchain Week, CONNECT brings together leaders across capital, infrastructure and crypto markets for a day of networking and industry discussion.

Joining the lineup:
• @joechalom, CEO, @Sharplink
• Chetan Karkhanis, SVP, @FTDA_US
• @ambresoub, CEO, @KaikoData
• @dotcuriouscat, General Partner, @PortalVentures
• @millercwl, Founder and CEO, @SolanaInstitute
• @haonan, Co-founder and CEO, @CodexFX
• @azeemk, Co-founder, @0xMiden

…and more.

Apply here to attend:

https://t.co/Muulie0PiP