Tomaso de Ponti, a 19-year-old Stellar consultant and co-founder of X-Cyclo Labs, discusses Soroban development roadmap including elliptic curves for zero-knowledge proofs, passkeys for smart wallets, and Mercury indexer infrastructure.
In this Spanish-language interview, Tomaso de Ponti shares insights on Soroban's near-term development priorities. Key topics include the upcoming addition of elliptic curves to enable zero-knowledge privacy features, passkeys and account abstraction for improved user experience, and the role of indexers like Mercury in organizing blockchain metadata. Tomaso explains how passkeys enable non-technical users to interact with blockchain through biometric authentication rather than secret keys, and discusses X-Cyclo Labs' products: Mercury (indexer and cloud execution environment) and XCyclo (DeFi protocol). He emphasizes that real-world adoption requires applications solving everyday problems for non-crypto users, particularly in emerging markets.
