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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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Episode 124: Exploring FHE with Flavio Bergamaschi...

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2020/04/08

In this episode, we chat with Flavio Bergamaschi from IBM research about Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE). FHE allows for computation on encrypted data. First developed in 2009 at IBM, this tech has long been the considered only theoretically possible. However, as we learn in the interview, there have been strides made in the last few years and we are starting to see FHE technology being used in some real world applications. In this interview, we discuss the origin of the technology, what it is,

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1:08:02

Episode 123: Halo with Sean Bowe and Daira Hopwood...

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2020/04/01

In this episode, we catch up with Sean Bowe (https://twitter.com/ebfull) and Daira Hopwood (https://twitter.com/feministPLT) from the Electric Coin Company (https://electriccoin.co/) to chat about Halo, a recursive proof composition that doesn't require a trusted setup. We cover the efficiency techniques used in Halo such as "nested amortization", how the protocol was developed, what some of the key findings are, and how it fits in with the other recent SNARK-based protocols. We touch on the

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Episode 122: ZKPs, Audits & Security with Benjamin...

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2020/03/25

In this week's episode, we chat with Benjamin Perez (https://twitter.com/blperez_) from Trail of Bits (https://blog.trailofbits.com/) about zero knowledge proof systems and security. We touch on the evolution of the crypto tech auditing business, the new challenges that emerge in zero knowledge proof systems regarding security, some of the recent bugs and vulnerabilities found in zkp systems and more! Here is our previous episode on this topic with JP of Trail of Bits

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1:17:22

Episode 121: Urbit with Galen Wolf-Pauly from Tlon

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2020/03/18

In this episode, we meet with Galen Wolf-Pauly (https://www.linkedin.com/in/galenwolfepauly) from the Tlon Corporation (https://tlon.io/) to discuss the project Urbit. Urbit is an encrypted peer-to-peer network comprised of a deterministic operating system (Urbit OS (https://urbit.org/understanding-urbit/urbit-os/) / Arvo) and a secure, global identity layer (Urbit ID (https://urbit.org/understanding-urbit/urbit-id/) / Azimuth). The Urbit contributors have created new stack, built from the ground

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1:12:44

Episode 120: ZKPs in Ethereum with Vitalik Buterin &...

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2020/03/11

In this episode, we catch up with Justin Drake (https://twitter.com/drakefjustin) and Vitalik Buterin (https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin) from the Ethereum Foundation (https://twitter.com/ethereum) to chat about how zero knowledge proof systems are being used throughout the Eth1x and Eth2.0 stacks. We look at their applications for privacy and scalability throughout layer 1, layer 1.5 and layer 2, as well as explore some other emerging applications. Here were some of the articles and ideas

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1:01:05

Episode 119: Alistair and Jeff from Web3 on ZKPs & more

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2020/03/04

In this week’s episode, we sit down with Alistair Stewart and Jeff Burges, researchers at the Web3 Foundation (https://web3.foundation/), to dig into what they are working on, what they are thinking about at the moment, and how zero knowledge proofs can be used throughout the Polkadot ecosystem. Here are some links and ressources to check out: * Gavin Wood episode (https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/46) * Rob Habermeier episode (https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/83) * The Moral Character of Cryptographic

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1:10:28

Episode 118: Tarun and James talk Flash Loans & more

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2020/02/26

In this week's episode, we catch up with our friends Tarun Chitra and James Prestwich at the Stanford Blockchain Conference. We chat about the Flashloan phenomenon & the recent arbitrage 'exploit'. We also catch up about the known challenges facing PoS systems, what EVM support means on other chains & more! Catch our previous episodes with Tarun and James here: https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/99 https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/61 https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/34 The tweet that Anna quotes in the episode

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1:00:23

Episode 117: Isogenies with Luca De Feo

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2020/02/19

In this week’s episode, we take the podcast in a slightly different direction and dive into Isogenies - a topic at the cutting edge of cryptography. We look at how they are related to VDFs and randomness generation. Our guest, Luca de Feo (http://defeo.lu/), one of the co-inventor of SIDH, helps us get an understanding for what Isogenies - or morphisms of algebraic groups - really are. Here are some useful links to check out: https://sike.org/ https://isogeny.org/ https://vdfresearch.org/ Some

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Episode 116: zkSync and Redshift: Matter Labs update

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2020/02/12

In this week's episode of the podcast, we catch up with Alex Glukowski (https://twitter.com/gluk64) of Matter Labs (https://twitter.com/the_matter_labs) to hear about zkSync (https://zksync.io/#overview), the latest iteration of their zkRollup implementation built to be a scaling and privacy engine for Ethereum. We also touch on the Redshift protocol, a new transparent zkSNARK system that emerged as a result of work on this system. Here are a few links that we mention: Previous episode on Matter

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1:02:01

Episode 115: Cosmos, IBC and ZKPs with Chris Goes

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2020/02/05

In this week’s episode, we catch up with Christopher Goes, (https://twitter.com/cwgoes) IBC Lead at Tendermint (https://twitter.com/tendermint_team). We learn a bit more about the Cosmos Network ecosystem and his work on IBC. We then focus in on how he is thinking about zero knowledge proofs in the context of IBC like-interoperability constructions. We explore some of the ways in which zkps could be incorporated into different schemes for interoperability - including bridging, lightclient

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Episode 114: Exploring the Fractal transparent SNARK...

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2020/01/29

This week, we explore the Fractal transparent SNARK construction with its authors Dev Ojha (https://twitter.com/valardragon) and Nick Spooner (https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~spooner/) - both students of Alessandro Chiesa (https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~alexch/) at UC Berkeley. We explore how Fractal works, how it improves on some of the earlier work on Sonic (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTRAg6Km1os) and Marlin, how it borrows from but differentiates itself from STARKs, as well as what they

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51:49

Episode 113: Latest recursive SNARKitecture with...

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2020/01/22

In this week’s episode, we catch up with Izaak Meckler from 0(1) Labs to talk about launching a recursive snark based incentivised test net, a recap of recursive SNARKs, updates on the working SNARKitecture, and a look at what's next for the project. We also touch on some new use-cases and ideas for how zkps may be a component in making computer programmes potentially more accountable to their users. Please listen to our earlier episode with Izaak and Evan (https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/54) to get

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Episode 112: Dive into Plonk!

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2020/01/15

In this week’s episode, we learn more about Plonk (https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/953) with Ariel Gabizon (https://twitter.com/relgabizon) and Zac Williamson (https://twitter.com/Zac_Aztec) from Aztec (https://twitter.com/aztecprotocol). PLONK is a recent highly efficient, universal SNARK construction. We explore what distinguishes Plonk from some other other new constructions including their focus on Lagrange-bases to deconstruct complex problem statements into simple polynomial identities. This

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Episode 111: Mixers with Tornado.cash

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2020/01/08

In this week’s episode, we chat with Roman Storm (https://twitter.com/rstormsf) and Roman Semanov (https://twitter.com/semenov_roman_) from Tornado.cash all about mixers. We explore what they are used for and how they work, how Zero Knowledge can be incorporated to provide more privacy, what the challenges are and what the future holds for the Tornado.Cash project. Here are some episodes or resources we mention:

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Episode 110: So long 2019! What's next?

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2020/01/01

In this end of year episode, we chat about what we've learned in 2019, some of our favourite episodes, this year's explosion in ZK research and what we are looking forward to in 2020! Thanks to Henrik José (https://de.linkedin.com/in/henrikjose/de) for updated jingle! We mention a number of episodes from this past year, have a look through our episodes here: https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/ For the Zk Specific episodes have a look here: https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/zkseries Give the Zero Knowledge

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1:05:16

Episode 109: Exploring use-cases for zkps and zk...

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2019/12/25

In this week’s episode, Anna sits down with Daniel Benarroch (https://twitter.com/BenarrochDaniel) and Aviv Zohar (https://twitter.com/Avivz78) from QEDIT (https://qed-it.com/) - a privacy software startup focused on bringing Zero Knowledge to enterprise customers. We chat about the power of zero knowledge proof systems, some of the emerging use cases using zk systems and The Zero Knowledge Standardization Effort (http://zkproof.org/). Here are some links we mention: Aviv's website

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Episode 108: Catch up with Zaki Manian from Tendermint

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2019/12/18

This week we catch up with Zaki Manian, Director at Tendermint (https://tendermint.com/), the company building Cosmos (https://cosmos.network/) architecture, and co-founder of Iqlusion (https://www.iqlusion.io/) Validator. We chat about the blockchain in Silicon Valley, why SF loves DeFi, the challenge of balancing pragmatism and regulation with a decentralised ideology, the nuances of PoS systems, the wins of 2019 and what is on the horizon. Here are links to a few things we discuss: -Tarun

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1:01:48

Episode 107: Centrifuge and zkSNARKs in action with...

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2019/12/11

In this week’s episode, we catch-up our friend Lucas Vogelsang (https://twitter.com/lucasvo) from Centrifuge (https://centrifuge.io/). Centrifuge is an open, decentralized platform to connect the global financial supply chain. We chat about the journey Lucas took to co-founding this company, how privacy plays a role in his thinking and we discover what it means to be a project building with zkSNARKs today. We touch on a few previous episodes including: * Zooko talks Zcash on our 50th episode

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1:10:47

Episode 106: IPFS, Libp2p & Filecoin with Juan Benet

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2019/12/04

In this week's episode, we chat with Juan Benet (https://twitter.com/juanbenet), founder of Protocol Labs (https://twitter.com/protocollabs), about IPFS (https://ipfs.io/), Libp2p (https://libp2p.io/), and the much anticipated incentivised decentralised storage protocol Filecoin (https://filecoin.io/). We dig into the history of the Filecoin project, the gap in the “market” they are trying to fill, the challenges they have found in the development of the Filecoin protocol and the latest tech they

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Episode 105: Alan Szepieniec on Hash Functions &...

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2019/11/27

In this week’s episode, we catchup with Alan Szepieniec, a researchers at Nervos and co-author of the Supersonics (https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/1229.pdf) paper & the Marvellous family of Hash Functions (https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/426.pdf) (which specify the Vision/Rescue cyphers). We chat about his past work in cryptography, how the Supersonics paper came to be, and dive into the new generation of hash functions emerging, including the Marvelous universe. For more info, please have a look at

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