Mina Protocol

Mina is building the privacy and security layer for web3 with zero knowledge proofs. Mina is the world’s lightest blockchain, powered by participants. Using zero knowledge proofs, Mina is creating the infrastructure for the secure, democratic future we all deserve.

Early blockchains, like Bitcoin and Ethereum, accumulate data over time and are currently hundreds of gigabytes in size. As time goes on, their blockchains will continue to increase in size. The entire chain history is required in order to verify the current consensus state of these networks.

With Mina, the blockchain always remains a constant size–about 22KB (the size of a few tweets). It’s possible to verify the current consensus state of the protocol using this one recursive, 22KB zero-knowledge proof. This means participants can quickly sync and verify the current consensus state of the network.