There has been multiple upgrade rehearsals, 24-hour load tests, community feedback, documentation, monitoring... it wasn't about rushing to the finish line, it was about making sure things were ready (and working). It feels like it'll be worth the wait. 🤞
The @MinaProtocol Decentralized Treasury update is probably one of the more important ecosystem updates in a long time. It finally feels like this has moved beyond “future plans” and into something much more real.
Here's a short(ish) thread on what's been achieved. Thanks to @maht0rz (and team) for all the continued hard work.
mina just shipped something most people will scroll past
protokit is live on devnet
here's why it actually matters in plain english 👇
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you know how mina works for personal stuff?
> you prove your age without showing your ID
> you prove you qualify without showing your income
> your data stays on your device. only the proof goes on-chain
that's powerful. but it only works when it's just you
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the problem with shared apps
a DEX needs to know what everyone else is doing
a game needs shared state between players
a prediction market needs coordination between users
mina's zkApps weren't built for that
protokit is
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what protokit actually does
it adds a shared execution layer on top of mina
> every state change is automatically compressed into a proof
> users get confirmation in seconds
> finality settles on mina in the background
> and your sensitive data never leaves your device
you get the speed of a normal app with the privacy of mina underneath
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what you can build now
1. a DEX where your trading strategy stays private
2. a prediction market where your positions aren't visible
3. a game where every move is provably fair
4. a lending market with real-time execution
all on mina. all with privacy built in
not bolted on. built in
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privacy as an afterthought is how most blockchains work
protokit is different by design
the chain sees "valid", not what made it valid
minallions 🟣
🗓️Mesa progress: March edition
Find the latest progress update covering testnet validation, infrastructure work, and next steps here: https://t.co/BtRjmOW2vb
this is exactly the thesis Mina was built on: make verification cheap enough that “don’t trust, verify” works for normal users. zk proofs turn fullchain validation into something you can do on a phone, not just via trusted RPCs
and Mina + zkApps take this one step further: it’s not just the chain that’s verifiable by anyone, on any device - it’s literlaly every app running on it. Mina makes applications verifiable 🤯
Most people think that privacy projects have too much regulatory red tape to ever make it far.
But that misses the point.
Privacy ≠ Secrecy
Privacy = Control over disclosure
Institutions NEED privacy. They don't want competitors seeing their trading strategies. They don't want client data exposed on public ledgers. They don't want transaction history permanently visible.
This is why ZK matters for institutional adoption — not just for cypherpunks.
2025 o1js recap:
- 10 releases (2.3.0 -> 2.12.0) + 3.0 prerelease for mesa
- 135,386 downloads this year alone (peak: 5,801 on oct 31 alone👀)
- 1,676 commits to main alone across 20 unique contributors
- 33 features added, 9 bugs fixed, 8 changes shipped
not bad for a “niche” zk typescript sdk. 2026 we build even more❤️