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Zero Knowledge

Zero Knowledge Podcast

Zero Knowledge is a podcast which goes deep into the tech that will power the emerging decentralised web and the community building this. Covering the latest in zero knowledge research and applications, the open web as well as future technologies and paradigms that promise to change the way we interact — and transact — with one another online. Zero Knowledge is hosted by Anna Rose Follow the show at @ZeroKnowledgefm (https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm) or @AnnaRRose (https://twitter.com/AnnaRRose)

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1:04:15

Episode 281: Exploring Lurk: a New Language for...

Zero Knowledge ·

2023/06/21

In this week’s episode, host Anna Rose (https://twitter.com/annarrose) chats with Chhi'mèd Künzang (https://research.protocol.ai/authors/chhimed-kunzang/) and François Garillot (https://www.garillot.net/) from Lurk Labs (https://lurk-lab.com/) about all things Lurk, Lisp and zk languages. They discuss the history of the Lurk project, from its beginnings with Protocol Labs (the team that built Filecoin), to its emergence as a Turing-complete programming language for recursive zkSNARKs. They discuss

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1:09:28

Episode 280: ProtoStar with Benedikt Bünz and Binyi...

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2023/06/14

In this week’s episode, Anna Rose (https://twitter.com/annarrose) dives back into accumulation schemes with Benedikt Bünz (https://twitter.com/benediktbuenz) and Binyi Chen (https://twitter.com/Charles_Chen533) from Espresso Systems (https://espressosys.com/). They discuss ProtoStar and how it compares to works such as Nova and HyperNova, as well as explore some definitions for commonly used terms in the accumulation literature. Here’s some additional links for this episode: Espresso Systems CAPE

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Bonus: zkpod.ai & Attested Audio Experiment with...

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2023/06/13

In this bonus episode, Anna jumps back on the mic for a quick follow-up to Episode 279: Intro to zkpod.ai (https://zeroknowledge.fm/279-2/). Guest Daniel Kang describes a joint project he is doing with zkpod.ai - the Attested Audio Experiment. The objective is to prove that some piece of audio originates from a "real" (non-ai-generated) recording, even if this audio has been altered through edits or modifications. The goal is to differentiate between original "real" audio and the audio generated by

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56:06

Episode 279: Intro to zkpod.ai with Anna and Kobi

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2023/06/07

This week, Anna Rose (https://twitter.com/annarrose) and Kobi Gurkan (https://twitter.com/kobigurk) continue their conversation with a full episode dedicated to their new side project zkpod.ai (https://twitter.com/zkpodai) - the voice ai trained on transcripts from this show which uses both Anna and Kobi’s voices to share insights and answer questions about zk topics. They cover the origin of the project and discuss their motivations and concerns around its uses as well as how they could see the

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48:07

Episode 278: The State of ZK with Anna and Kobi

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2023/05/31

In this week’s episode, host Anna Rose (https://twitter.com/annarrose) and Kobi Gurkan (https://twitter.com/kobigurk) check in on the state of ZK today. They discuss recent ZK applications and tooling as well as developments from the last 6 months. They review new use cases such as ZK for off-chain computations and dive into research breakthroughs, trends, security and much more. Finally, they introduce the concept of zkpod.ai which will be covered fully in next week's episode. Additional links

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52:29

Episode 277: Nova and Beyond with Srinath Setty

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2023/05/24

In today’s episode, Anna Rose (https://twitter.com/annarrose) and Nico Mohnblatt (https://twitter.com/nico_mnbl) interview Srinath Setty (https://twitter.com/srinathtv), Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research (https://twitter.com/msftresearch) and author of notable works such as Spartan, Nova, SuperNova, and HyperNova. This discussion covers Setty's early work and how this led to him working on SNARKs, folding schemes and sumcheck protocols, as well as his views on the future trajectory of the

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58:52

Episode 276: Expanding Computation on Ethereum with...

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2023/05/17

In this week’s episode, Anna (https://twitter.com/annarrose) sits down with Yi Sun (https://twitter.com/theyisun), co-founder of Axiom (https://www.axiom.xyz/). Yi was recently on the show to discuss ZK ML’s, however this time they take a closer look at the Axiom project and what it means to be a ZK coprocessor for Ethereum. During the interview they also explore what problems Axiom are trying to solve, how ZKPs are used to help bring historic data into smart contracts and what new use cases this

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1:06:36

Episode 275: Building in Public with Sandy & Ye from...

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2023/05/10

In this week's episode, Anna Rose (https://twitter.com/annarrose) chats with Scroll (https://scroll.io/) co-founders Ye Zhang (https://twitter.com/yezhang1998) and Sandy Peng (https://twitter.com/SandyPeng1), delving into updates about their zkEVM L2, the progress they have made over the past year and what it really means to build in public. They discuss the challenges and rewards of founding a fully remote organization and how the team navigates the ever changing ZK landscape. Here’s some

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1:17:43

Episode 274: SNARKs: A Trilogy with Ariel Gabizon

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2023/05/03

This week, Anna (https://twitter.com/annarrose) and Ariel Gabizon (https://twitter.com/rel_zeta_tech) cover the SNARK trilogy; a history of pairing-based SNARKs in 3 acts. Starting from Jens Groth’s early works on SNARKs, Ariel takes us on a journey through key moments and breakthroughs in SNARKs over the last decade. They also dive into the emerging accumulation research on folding schemes and Ariel’s latest work surrounding lookup tables! This is an episode you won’t want to miss. Here are some

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1:11:53

Episode 273: History of Plonk, Noir, and the building...

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2023/04/26

In this week’s episode, host Anna Rose (https://twitter.com/annarrose) sits down with Zac Williamson (https://twitter.com/Zac_Aztec), the CEO of Aztec (https://aztec.network/). Anna and Zac dive deep into the history of Plonk, one of the most important proving systems to emerge in the last 5 years. Zac explains how the initial ideas came to be, how it was developed with co-author Ariel Gabizon, and how the system has evolved over time, branching out into many different iterations of Plonk, leading

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56:58

Episode 272: The Move into Web3 with Aptos’ Avery Ching

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2023/04/19

This week, Anna Rose (https://twitter.com/annarrose) interviews Avery Ching (https://twitter.com/AveryChing), Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Aptos Labs (https://twitter.com/aptoslabs). They cover Avery’s working history, including his time working on Meta’s Blockchain project, what this experience meant to him and how this led to the creation of Aptos. They discuss Aptos as it stands today, Avery’s experience of building in the current market and the unique qualities of the Aptos

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1:02:18

Episode 271: Between Two ZK Events with Nico and...

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2023/04/12

This week, Anna Rose (https://twitter.com/annarrose) chats with ZK Podcast regular Guillermo Angeris (https://twitter.com/GuilleAngeris), Head of Research at BCC (https://baincapitalcrypto.com/) and Nicolas Mohnblatt (https://twitter.com/nico_mnbl?lang=en-GB), Researcher and Cryptographer at Geometry (https://geometry.xyz/). This was recorded on April 3rd 2023, the day between the ZK Hack Lisbon hackathon and the zkSummit9 event. They discuss Nico's move from music to cryptography, his earlier

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41:51

Episode 270: FHE and ZKPs with Sunscreen's Ravital...

Zero Knowledge ·

2023/04/05

This week Anna Rose (https://twitter.com/annarrose) chats with Ravital Solomon (https://ravital.github.io/), founder of Sunscreen (https://sunscreen.tech/). They cover her early interest in lattice-based cryptography and how this paved the way for her work on FHE, starting at NuCypher then with her startup Sunscreen. They dive into the challenges involved when building with FHE as well as exploring the power in combining ZKP and FHE. They also discuss the early emergence of lattice-based zero

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1:11:51

Episode 269: Auctions with Kshitij Kulkarni, Matheus...

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2023/03/22

In this week's episode Anna Rose (https://twitter.com/annarrose) and Tarun Chitra (https://twitter.com/tarunchitra) explore the topic of auctions with guests Kshitij Kulkarni (https://twitter.com/ks_kulk), PHD student at Berkeley’s EECS department (https://eecs.berkeley.edu/) and Matheus V. X. Ferreira (https://twitter.com/MatheusVXF), Postdoctoral Fellow in Computer Science at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (https://www.seas.harvard.edu/). They discuss the

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1:01:42

Episode 268: A Rollup-Centric Future & Sovereign...

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2023/03/15

In this week’s episode Anna Rose (https://twitter.com/annarrose) interviews Mustafa Al-Bassam (https://twitter.com/musalbas), co-founder of Celestia (https://celestia.org/). They cover where Celestia as an idea emerged from, how its rollup-centric data availability (DA) network works and what can be expected from their upcoming launch. They also chat about how Celestia aims to empower Sovereign chains - independent rollup chains that use Celestia as the DA and consensus layer - and how this

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Episode 267: ZK Hardware Sessions with Zprize Pt. 2

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2023/03/08

In this two-part series exploring ZK Hardware, Anna Rose (https://twitter.com/annarrose) interviews various participants from the ZPrize competition, alongside the creator of ZPrize and co-host of this episode Alex Pruden (https://twitter.com/apruden08) from Aleo (https://www.aleo.org/). Throughout these interviews, they dig into the different types of hardware, such as GPUs and FPGAs, that can be used to accelerate ZKP computation. They also discuss the underlying mathematical techniques in ZKPs

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Bonus: ZK Hack Lisbon & zkSummit9 Update

Zero Knowledge ·

2023/03/06

A quick update about our upcoming events - ZK Hack Lisbon and zkSummit 9 - happening in Lisbon from March 31 - April 4. Apply to ZK Hack Lisbon here -> https://xng1lsio92y.typeform.com/zkhacklisbon If you are accepted, be sure to signup for devfolio and RSVP to secure your spot! Apply to zkSummit 9 here -> zksummit.com (zksummit.com) If you received the eventbrite invite, be sure to buy the ticket to secure your spot! And keep an eye on @zeroknowledgefm (https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm) and

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1:07:42

Episode 266: ZK Hardware Sessions with Zprize Pt. 1

Zero Knowledge ·

2023/03/01

In this 2-part series exploring ZK Hardware, Anna Rose (https://twitter.com/annarrose) interviews various participants from the ZPrize competition, alongside the creator of ZPrize and co-host of this episode Alex Pruden (https://twitter.com/apruden08) from Aleo (https://www.aleo.org/). Through these interviews, they dig into the different types of hardware, such as GPUs and FPGAs, that can be used to accelerate ZKP computation. They also discuss the underlying mathematical techniques in ZKPs that

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56:45

Episode 265: Where ZK and ML intersect with Yi Sun...

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2023/02/22

This week, Anna Rose (https://twitter.com/annarrose) and Tarun Chitra (https://twitter.com/tarunchitra) dive back into the topic of ZK ML with guests Yi Sun (https://twitter.com/theyisun), co-founder of Axiom (https://www.axiom.xyz/), and Daniel Kang (https://twitter.com/daniel_d_kang), Assistant Professor of computer science at UIUC (https://cs.illinois.edu/about/people/faculty/ddkang). They discuss Yi and Daniel’s previous academic work and what led them to get interested in ZK topics and

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54:26

Episode 264: On-Chain Reputation & Identity Building...

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2023/02/15

In this episode, Anna (https://twitter.com/annarrose) chats with Hadrien Charlanes (https://mobile.twitter.com/dhadrien_) from Sismo (https://www.sismo.io/). They discuss his early experiences in blockchain development and DeFi, and how this led him to build Sismo, a decentralized identity product with privacy preserving properties. They also cover the ZK badge concept: how they're minted and what is happening under the hood as well as interesting emerging use cases using these zk-based on-chain

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