As the only Ethereum L2 growing its daily active users over the past six months, Celo continues to push boundaries, processing its billionth transaction last month and becoming the number one L2 by daily active addresses.

In this talk, we will explore how Celo’s evolution, from an EVM Layer 1 launched in 2020 to a high-performance Ethereum Layer 2, has stayed true to its mission of enabling accessible, low-cost payments for real users worldwide.

The session will highlight three exciting new innovations leveraging zk-SNARKs within the Celo ecosystem:

1. Celo’s upgrade to OP Succinct Lite, launching alongside Devconnect, bringing trustless, zk-based fault proofs to the network
2. Self Protocol, a zk-powered proof-of-humanity and identity verification protocol powering integrations across Google Cloud, Velodrome, and Aave
3. Nightfall, EY’s open-source zk-based privacy rollup, deployed as an L3 on Celo, which adds enterprise-grade privacy to onchain activity

Together, these advancements showcase how privacy-preserving, human-centered design is driving the next wave of real-world blockchain adoption, and advancing Ethereum’s broader commitment to scalable, trustworthy, and private infrastructure.