Demystifying Supersonic: Part I
The Supersonic SNARK protocol is part of a recent trend of gradually improving SNARK protocols based on the principles of Interactive Oracle Proofs and Polynomial Commitment Schemes. Supersonic introduces DARK, a new Polynomial Commitment Scheme where trusted setup is optional, that can be combined with existing or future Interactive Oracle Proofs such as Sonic, PLONK, or Marlin. Part I of this blog post will review how Supersonic fits into the landscape of modern SNARKs and give context and background for the technical details in Part II.
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Written by Joseph Bebel, zero-knowledge cryptography researcher & protocol developer at Metastate. For feedback or questions, please do not hesitate to contact us : team@metastate.dev