{"id":128831,"date":"2025-05-08T12:20:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T12:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=128831"},"modified":"2025-05-08T12:20:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T12:20:34","slug":"microsoft-backed-space-and-time-mainnet-launches-with-major-builders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=128831","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft-backed Space and Time mainnet launches with major builders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsSpace and Time, a blockchain project supported by Microsoft, has launched its public, permissionless mainnet to bring zero-knowledge (ZK)-proven data infrastructure to crypto applications.<br \/>\nBuilt by MakeInfinite Labs, Space and Time offers a decentralized, verifiable database for smart contracts to query historical, crosschain and offchain data, according to a news release shared with Cointelegraph.<br \/>\nThe platform indexes data from major networks like Ethereum and makes it accessible through a decentralized network of validators. Developers can query this data using Space and Time\u2019s Proof of SQL \u2014 a sub-second ZK coprocessor that delivers cryptographic proofs with every query.<br \/>\n\u201cPrior to Space and Time, onchain applications had no way to query basic user data from a database of blockchain activity without introducing security risks and tampering,\u201d said Scott Dykstra, co-founder at Space and Time.<br \/>\nHe added that developers can now build onchain apps with built-in security, using cryptographic proofs to connect cloud databases to smart contracts.<br \/>\nSource: Space and TimeRelated: How does zero-knowledge proof authentication help create a portable digital identity solution?<br \/>\nMajor builders already on Space and Time<br \/>\nDykstra said prominent financial institutions, major cloud providers like Microsoft Azure and Google BigQuery, and some of the biggest projects in crypto, including Chainlink, Sui and ZKsync, have either integrated or are building with tools or data services in the Space and Time ecosystem.<br \/>\nHe also told Cointelegraph that SXT, the native utility token for Space and Time, is planned for release on May 8.<br \/>\n\u201cSpace and Time mainnet is permissionless, and we encourage the community to join the network as validators and delegated stakers,\u201d Dykstra said.<br \/>\nHe added that the testnet had more than 30 validators worldwide, including in the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America.<br \/>\nRelated: Aptos launches keyless wallets that use ZK-proofs to verify identities<br \/>\nMakeInfinite Labs (previously Space and Time Labs), the original contributors to Space and Time, held a strategic round led by Microsoft in 2022. They also supported the follow-on Series A round in 2024.<br \/>\nMakeInfinite Labs has also contributed to other projects within the crypto space, including Blitzar and the Chainlink DeFi Yield Index.<br \/>\nMagazine: Adam Back says Bitcoin price cycle \u201910x bigger\u2019 but will still decisively break above $100K<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/space-and-time-mainnet-launch-microsoft-chainlink?utm_source=rss_feed&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsSpace and Time, a blockchain project supported by Microsoft, has launched its public, permissionless mainnet to bring zero-knowledge (ZK)-proven data infrastructure to crypto applications. Built by MakeInfinite Labs,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128831"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128831\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}