# Aligned

> [!CAUTION]
> To be used in testnet only.

To learn more about Aligned and how to use it, refer to the [docs page](https://docs.alignedlayer.com/) or [docs folder](./docs/).

# Acknowledgements

Aligned wouldn't be possible without the valuable work of these people:
- [Ethereum](https://ethereum.org/en/), for being the network we all love
- [EigenLayer](https://www.eigenlayer.xyz) for providing restaking and AVS
- Shafi Goldwasser, Silvio Micali, and Charles Rackoff for [inventing ZK proofs](http://people.csail.mit.edu/silvio/Selected%20Scientific%20Papers/Proof%20Systems/The_Knowledge_Complexity_Of_Interactive_Proof_Systems.pdf)
- Eli Ben-Sasson and [Starkware](https://starkware.co) for making them practical
- [Consensys](https://consensys.io) for implementing the GROTH16 and PLONK protocols in [GNARK](https://docs.gnark.consensys.io)
- [RiscZero](https://risczero.com) for its namesake [proving system](https://github.com/risc0/risc0)
- [SuccintLabs](https://succinct.xyz) for creating [SP1](https://github.com/succinctlabs/sp1)
- [Paradigm](https://www.paradigm.xyz) for maintaining the [Ethers crate](https://crates.io/crates/ethers) and [Foundry](https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry)
- [LambdaClass](https://lambdaclass.com) for writing [lambdaworks](https://github.com/lambdaclass/lambdaworks)


If you believe we missed someone, contact us! We're always happy to give credit where it's due.