I didn’t see any further story below the “story continues below” line. DENVER, COLORADO – StarkWare, the developer firm behind layer-2 network Starknet, announced on Thursday at ETHDenver that it is building a new cryptographic prover, called Stwo. A prover is a key component for layer-2s, since they generate proofs that are then posted to the base layer blockchain – a crucial process in linking the networks and sharing the security. With a faster prover, processing transactions costs should be lower, which in effect then will also lower fees for users and speed up transactions, according to the StarkWare team. In August, StarkWare *open-sourced its existing prover* <https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/08/22/starkware-to-open-source-magic-wand-of-its-zero-knowledge-cryptography-next-week/>, known as Stone. The new prover, "Stwo," gets its name from a portmanteau of Stone and Two, and anyone will be able to run it as well as examine its codebase, according to a press release seen by CoinDesk. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Starknet appchains that currently use Stone will eventually reap the benefits of the Stwo prover, according to StarkWare. The news comes just a week after StarkWare and Polygon *announced Circle STARKS* <https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/02/21/polygon-starkware-tout-new-circle-starks-as-breakthrough-for-zero-knowledge-proofs/>, which are a new type of cryptographic proofs designed to make transactions faster and cheaper for zero-knowledge rollups. Oren Katz, COO of StarkWare, said in a press release that Circle STARKS will be implemented in Stwo, helping to "supercharge Ethereum by more efficiently generating proofs." “It’s especially exciting that just a week after the new Circle STARK protocol was announced as a theoretical breakthrough, this protocol is already springing to life with the development of this blazingly fast prover,” Katz said. STORY CONTINUES BELOW Recommended for you: - Coinbase Made an Arbitration Case to the U.S. Supreme Court – Again <https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/02/28/coinbase-made-an-arbitration-case-to-the-us-supreme-court-again/> - Bitcoin ETFs Break Volume Record Led by BlackRock Amid Wild Crypto Price Action <https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/02/28/blackrock-bitcoin-etf-breaks-volume-record-as-bitcoin-rallies-to-64k-before-plunging/> - Think Beyond Bitcoin: Ethereum’s Use Cases and Latest Technology <https://www.coindesk.com/coindesk-indices/2024/02/28/think-beyond-bitcoin-ethereums-use-cases-and-latest-technology/> *Read more: **Polygon, StarkWare Tout New 'Circle STARKs' as Breakthrough for Zero-Knowledge Proofs* <https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/02/21/polygon-starkware-tout-new-circle-starks-as-breakthrough-for-zero-knowledge-proofs/>