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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 33: Open Source Incentivization and...

Zero Knowledge ·

2018/07/11

In this episode we sit down with Ele (https://twitter.com/lftherios) and Alexis (https://twitter.com/cloudhead?lang=en) from OSCoin to talk about what they are building and the general problem of open source incentivization. We dig into the incentivization and governance models they imagine for the Open Source world as well as some technical aspects of the platform they intend to build. Links: OScoin (http://oscoin.io/) Social Architecture - Building On-line Communities

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Episode 32: Zero Knowledge at Zcon0!

Zero Knowledge ·

2018/07/04

In this week's episode, we cover the Zcon0 conference in Montreal. In our interviews with some of the participants, we explore the zcash community, projects actually implementing zero knowledge proofs, and some of the most exciting ideas to be generated at the event! See the talks here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywAcyQ4Qtuo&list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS) Links: Bolt (https://blog.z.cash/bolt-private-payment-channels/) Coda (https://twitter.com/codaprotocol) Dekrypt Capital

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Episode 31: Blockchain 101: Blocks & Block Headers

Zero Knowledge ·

2018/06/27

In this introductory episode, we discuss what makes up blocks and block headers. We also cover a bit about state vs history, what exactly makes up a transaction and do a quick intro to a Merkle Tree. For more, please check out these resources: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_160oMzblY8 * https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/268/ethereum-block-architecture * https://www.coursera.org/lecture/cryptocurrency/bitcoin-blocks-I5uc7 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkletree

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Episode 30: Open Organizations & Governance with Colony

Zero Knowledge ·

2018/06/20

In this episode, we speak with Jack du Rose (https://twitter.com/jackdurose) and Aron Fischer (https://twitter.com/mathsguy) from Colony about governance and open organizations. Colony is building an infrastructure based on the Ethereum blockchain that aims to revamp the way projects and organizations collaborate, promising to make HR and project management more open, fair and efficient. We discuss different ways in which the ideas around colony could be used to created shared and open

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51:48

Episode 29: The DAO, the white hat hacker group &...

Zero Knowledge ·

2018/06/13

In this episode, Griff Green shares his experience of working through The DAO hack, the white hat hacker group & Giveth. Through his telling of this story, we are given a front row seat to one of the most exciting events in ethereum and general blockchain history. These events also set the stage for a lot of the decisions, attitudes, rifts and relationships that have since taken hold - from the emergence of the white hat hacker group, the currency split, to the attitude towards governance and

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Episode 28: ETHBuenosAires in review

Zero Knowledge ·

2018/06/06

In this week's episode, we share our interviews from ETHBuenosAires, the 3rd instalment of the ETHGlobal Hackathon series. Through these conversations with the participants, sponsors and organizers, we found out more about the Buenos Aires Blockchain scene, captured the spirit of the ETHGlobal series and learned about some amazing new ideas and hackathon projects This was recorded during the event, but you can watch the winners presenting HERE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vnRqJCIyFY) More

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Episode 27: Zeppelin and a chat about upgradability

Zero Knowledge ·

2018/05/30

Coming to you from Buenos Aires, we sit down with Demi and Facu from Zeppelin Solutions to talk developer experience, upgradability and how they aim to make running software on blockchains simple, fast and error free. We discuss their products - OpenZeppelin, a framework of reusable smart contracts, and ZeppelinOS, an operating system designed specifically for smart contracts - and how these projects have emerged from their work as auditors on some of the most important projects in the space. They

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Episode 26: What and why of eWasm with Lane and Alex

Zero Knowledge ·

2018/05/23

In this episode, we sit down with Lane Rettig (https://twitter.com/lrettig) and Alex Beregszaszi (https://twitter.com/alexberegszaszi) from the eWasm team at the Ethereum Foundation to talk about WebAssembly (Wasm). We explore why Wasm was chosen as the instruction set of the future for Ethereum, what it means to switch instructions sets and why you would want to go with one over another. We also dig into Wasm specifics and tooling. If you want to learn more about Wasm, check out some of the links

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Episode 25: Storage rent with Phil Daian

Zero Knowledge ·

2018/05/16

In this episode, we catch up with Phil Daian once again to dig deeper into the idea of cryptocommodities and storage rent. Cryptocommodities are defined as the resources used for blockchain transactions - for example blockchain memory or computation (such as Ethereum's gas) - and storage rent is the idea of issuing a payment for use of these resources per unit of time instead of as a one-time fee. We discuss how the storage rent idea is becoming increasingly relevant as blockchain technology becomes

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46:58

Episode 24: Blockchain UX and the UXUnConf

Zero Knowledge ·

2018/05/11

In this special episode, we share a number of short interviews we did with the participants of the Web3 UX Unconference which followed Edcon last week in Toronto. Featuring Dan Finlay from Metamask, Alex van de Sande from the Ethereum Foundation, Ric Burton from Balance, Philippe Castonguay, Jonny Howle from Uport, Dan Tsui and Bryant Eisenbach, we explore the topic of UX in the blockchain space. Thanks to guest co-host Maciej Hirsz (https://twitter.com/MaciejHirsz)! Find & follow the guests on

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Episode 23: Blockchain 101: get your full node running!

Zero Knowledge ·

2018/05/03

In this episode, we share an introduction to full nodes. Speaking with the Parity community support lead, Thibaut Sardan, we walk through what it means to set up the Parity Ethereum client, explore what the difference is between this and a light client, help define some of the commonly used language and answer some frequently asked questions. Big thank you to 1kx (https://twitter.com/1kxnetwork) for inviting us to the Full Node co-working (https://www.fullnode.berlin/) space to record this episode

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Episode 22: Developer Education in Blockchain

Zero Knowledge ·

2018/04/26

In this weeks episode, Fredrik and Anna speak with Elias Haase and Rob Hitchens from B9Lab about how a curriculum can be developed to introduce developers to the concepts and languages in the blockchain space. We discuss some of their process, the unique qualities of teaching in this space and how important it is that the people building core infrastructure consider the impact of their decisions on society in the future. Links: B9Lab on Twitter (https://twitter.com/b9lab) B9Lab

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Episode 21: Introduction to Zero Knowledge Proofs

Zero Knowledge ·

2018/04/19

In this episode, we kick off the Zero Knowledge Proof series with our very own 'Intro to Zero Knowledge' in which we go through a couple examples that describe the underlying concept of this important field of research. Basically, the Zero Knowledge hosts are talking about Zero Knowledge Proofs on the Zero Knowledge Podcast. It promises to get meta. Links: Where's Waldo example (http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~naor/PAPERS/waldo.pdf) Str4d presenting the Billiard Balls example at ZK0x01

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Episode 20: Ecosystem development with Jon Choi of...

Zero Knowledge ·

2018/04/12

In this episode, Fredrik sits down with Jon Choi from the Ethereum Foundation to discuss the latest scalability grants and what the plans are for the Ethereum Foundation grants in general. We also delve into what a business model for core infrastructure could mean and how to avoid the tragedy of the commons where no one is willing to invest in vital infrastructure because of the lack of immediate incentive. Finally, we discuss the general ecosystem, how we can learn from each other, how and what to

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Episode 19: ZK Summit, sharding, testnets and ASIC...

Zero Knowledge ·

2018/04/05

We welcome Jack back to the show to discuss what's been going on in our world for the past month. We share a little review of our recent event - the Zero Knowledge Summit - and an update from the Taiwan Sharding Workshop. We also discuss the role of testnets and explore the purpose and practice of ASIC resistance. Links to things talked about in the episode: Fredriks talk about Rust smart contracts & wasm (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adcn-L59LRs) Ethereum Sharding Research Compendium

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Episode 17: Discussing Plasma and Storage Rent with...

Zero Knowledge ·

2018/03/22

Plasma is a new type of scaling solution that Karl is helping to develop, and Phil tries to tear it apart. Phil also introduces the topic of storage rent, which is an uncomfortable truth we'll have to face sooner rather than later. We sit down and try to dig through and define what Plasma is, what the pro's and con's are and what potential use-cases the technology has. Unfortunately, the second half of the storage rent conversation was lost, but what's there is still valuable enough to share

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Episode 16: Talking security with JP Smith from Trail...

Zero Knowledge ·

2018/03/15

This week we sit down with JP Smith from the software security firm Trail of Bits. Trail of Bits started as a traditional infosec company doing audits and R&D. Over the past year, the company has been getting into doing audits and building tools for the blockchain space. We talk about what audits are and how to think about them, how you should work to secure your smart contracts using Trail of Bits tools along the way and share some stories and conversations from the world of security. Links to some

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Episode 15: Chatting about consensus algorithms with...

Zero Knowledge ·

2018/03/08

Fredrik has a chat about consensus algorithms with Parity Technologies in-house consensus expert Robert Habermeier. We cover what a consensus algorithm is and how they work. We try to explain some common terms like safety and liveness, what a fork choice rule is and how real-world constraints like networking play a role in your algorithm design. -- Robert Habermeier (https://twitter.com/rphmeier)

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Episode 14: Diving deep into DFINITY

Zero Knowledge ·

2018/03/01

In this episode, we do a deep dive into the DFINITY protocol project and their recently released whitepaper. Using a randomness beacon, DFINITY aims to achieve an efficient and fair PoS system with strong safety and liveness guarantees. We speak with Robert Lauko, a Research Associate working on the project, about the ongoing development of this new blockchain, the Blockchain Nervous System and DFINITY's approach to on-chain governance. DFINITY Website: https://dfinity.org/

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Episode 13: Bloom filters, PoA and what's up with ERP?

Zero Knowledge ·

2018/02/22

The gang catches up on what's been going on in the blockchain world for the past month, sharing some nuggets of learning around bloom filters, Proof of Authority, upcoming events, the Dfinity paper and some comments on what all the fuzz around this ERP is.

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