ZERA is building a privacy-preserving financial layer that turns the assets you already hold (USDC, USDT, SOL, BTC, ETH, etc.) into private, portable digital cash.
A single compressed ZK pool enables shielded balances, private transfers, and offline P2P via NFC, Bluetooth, and QR.
Powered by Pedersen commitments, deterministic nullifiers, and Groth16 zk-SNARKs for scalability on @Solana and beyond - with an early version already on devnet.
In the long term, ZERA targets internet-scale private payments and transfers with cross-chain portability, enterprise-ready rails, and extensible tools for developers to build privacy-preserving DeFi across the app stack.
The ecosystem token $ZERA:
(8avjtjHAHFqp4g2RR9ALAGBpSTqKPZR8nRbzSTwZERA), aligns value with adoption through programmatic buybacks & burns tied to protocol activity and volume.
The project was formerly known as #M0N3Y, and turned into $ZERA and @ZeraLabs after a strategic rebrand including a 1:1 token migration, aligning identity with product scope.
Compliant by design, ZERA is advancing the "Texas Privacy-First Digital Finance Act", defending your right to use privacy tools, protecting developers right to build them, treating code as speech, and enabling mainstream integration.
Founded and led by @dev_skill_issue, a former MetaMask developer and nuclear engineer with past roles at USAA and Twitter (X). Originally begun as a PhD-by-publication, now a company driving cutting-edge ZK privacy and offline cash R&D.
Background, vision & mission:
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Protocol, tech & product pipeline:
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Policy & advocacy:
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A new New Zero Knowledge Era is here.
Welcome to the evolution of crypto privacy, welcome to ZERA.
Privacy is a right of all, it has no Kings.
Sovereignty of Data and Finance starts with the individual standing up and taking control of the tools and services in their lives. Only then can you safely fight for the social, political and economic changes YOU believe in, without
TUNE-IN 🎙️ later today as @dev_skill_issue sits down with @ChillTRD on the @mcglive. Expect plenty on the project, how it started, where it’s going, ZK tech, crypto & digital privacy.
Catch it live @ 12:30pm EST (18:30 CEST)
With many new eyes on ZERA post-migration, let’s revisit a previously crossed milestone and answer the question: “Is there any proof of the tech?”
Yes. The ZERA protocol is live on @Solana devnet, operational in demo mode with:
✅ Direct deposits (USDC)
✅ Unlinkable transfers via nullifiers
✅ Test redemptions through our relay
Take a closer look on-chain ⤵️
solscan.io/account/E2q8VN…
Note: this is an earlier build without the unified-pool implementation.
👉 “Demo mode” = CLI-only, but as @dev_skill_issue would says: “apparently you guys need buttons.”
So, next iteration will come with a UI so you can deposit, split, and send devnet USDC/SOL privately and offline, currently in the pipeline as the upcoming in-browser demo:
Your first hands-on with private, portable digital cash.
Zera Labs company formation: ✅
Operational + partner agreements in draft. Meetings lined up.
The new Zero-knowledge Era is locking in - turn your crypto into true digital cash, privacy by default, offline P2P, with a developer stack for scale.
Zera Labs company formation: ✅
Operational + partner agreements in draft. Meetings lined up.
The new Zero-knowledge Era is locking in - turn your crypto into true digital cash, privacy by default, offline P2P, with a developer stack for scale.
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