What is Ziesha?

Ziesha is a new layer-1 cryptocurrency which uses Zero Knowledge proofs as the back-end of its smart-contracts, focusing on a more scalable (Yet maintainable) blockchain by compressing transactions through zkRollup-like circuits. In order to keep the protocol simple, the smart-contracts are expressed as mathematical constraints instead of bytecodes of a virtual machine. Ziesha incorporates a special, built-in smart-contract in its genesis block, called the Main Payment Network (MPN), which is a simple payment circuit, allowing Ziesha to verify correct execution of hundreds of transfers inside a single Groth16 proof. Miners are required to execute this contract as a part of their block creation process.