What are the responsibilities and job description for the RISC Zero College Program position at Crypto?
Program Mechanism
Please make sure you read the following details carefully before making any applications.
This program is student initiated and is heavily inspired by the Google Summer of Code program. Students need to submit a proposal for an 8-12 week project based on the RISC Zero ZkVM . The proposal is on an individual basis (there are no group projects) and must contain details on your implementation approach and success criteria. Please keep the document to less than 4 pages (Notion, Google Doc, etc. are acceptable). You can drop your proposal into our "Proposal for RISC Zero" section when you click the Apply for this Job button below. Please submit your proposal by December 2, 2024, to be considered for this round of program participants. We will accept submissions on a rolling basis.
What to Expect
You can expect guidance in design and code reviews, as well as regular check-ins during the program. If time / location permits, we would also be happy to host you in our office in Seattle or at one of our events that take place in NY / SF.
We value the time and effort that you will put into the project and will provide a grant for your time commitment over your 8-12 week project of $6,000 USD. If you plan on using this project for college credit, please let us know in the proposal so we can match you with the right mentor.
Project Ideas
Here is a list of project ideas that we put together to spark some joy :
Rust playground for writing RISC Zero programs : https : / / play.rust-lang.org
Executor support in the web browser, along with a Boundless TypeScript SDK.
A Steel-based zkIndexer that certifies every transaction for correctness using steel proofs.
An example of an SLA contract for long-term agreements within the Boundless market.
An ERC-4337 account abstraction smart wallet that uses Steel in its authentication logic.
A service that continually proves and Merkleizes the hash chain for Ethereum and other networks for efficient historical queries.
A Steel-based guest, host, CLI, and smart contract that allows for variable execution of any contract call without writing any Rust code.
A demo of using Steel to run a contract that is never deployed on-chain, utilizing counter-factual contracts.
A dark-forest style game utilizing our zkVM.
Decryption of OpenFHE cipher-texts inside the zkVM for privacy use cases.
Compensation
Grant : $6,000 per completed project. The first evaluation will occur at the halfway point of your project. For the first evaluation, we will pay 45% of your grant, and for the last evaluation, the remaining 55% of your grant.
About Us
We're on a mission to transform the internet for the better. Our team of innovative hackers, visionary futurists, and passionate nerds is devoted to creating a digital space that's safe, inclusive, and empowers everyone. By developing the world's first zero-knowledge virtual machine, we've laid the groundwork for running arbitrary code as a zero-knowledge proof. Utilizing a ZK Coprocessor to assist or enhance the compute of an on-chain application, we have created a unique package - the RISC Zero ZK Coprocessor, comprised of the zkVM, Bonsai, and ETH Relay. Now, we're ambitiously constructing an entire ecosystem around this groundbreaking technology.
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Salary : $6,000
