Zero Knowledge

Where we talk about zero knowledge research and the decentralised web

About the show

Zero Knowledge is a podcast which goes deep into the tech that will power the emerging decentralised web and the community building this. The podcast is made for fellow developers and people looking to educate themselves on the inner workings of the space.

We are non-speculative and focus on the tech.

Zero Knowledge is hosted by Anna Rose and Fredrik Harrysson. Our views do not come from nor represent our companies.

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Episodes

  • Episode 154: ZK for authentication with Nolan and Locke from NuID

    November 4th, 2020  |  52 mins 31 secs
    blockchain, ethereum, privacy, schnorr, technology, use-case, zero knowledge

    In this week’s episode, Anna spoke with Nolan Smith and Locke Brown, co-founders at NuID - a zero knowledge authentication solution. They explore the use-case of zero knowledge powered password management and how this relates to Identity.

  • Episode 153: Monsters in the Mempool with Dan Robinson from Paradigm

    October 28th, 2020  |  55 mins 4 secs
    blockchain, bots, dark forest, ethereum, investment, mempool, transaction pool, transactions

    In this week’s episode, we chat with Dan Robinson, a Research Partner at Paradigm. We talk about the world of crypto VC and revisit of the topic of the Ethereum mempool. We then hear Dan's story about how he and some colleagues tried to save a transaction from the monsters that lurk in the mempool as told in his blog post entitled “Ethereum is a Dark Forest”.

  • Episode 152: Blockchain analytics with Alex Svanevik from Nansen

    October 21st, 2020  |  1 hr 3 mins
    analytics, blockchain, blockchain data, decentralised finance, defi analytics, privacy, tracking, transparency

    In this week’s episode, guest host Tarun Chitra and Anna chat with Alex Svanevik, CEO & cofounder of Nansen. They cover crypto analytics, DeFi analytics as well as discuss the push and pull between a need for privacy and the need for blockchain transparency and data.

  • Episode 151: John Adler on Optimistic vs ZK Rollup and the data availability problem

    October 14th, 2020  |  1 hr 10 mins
    blockchain, eth1, eth2, ethereum, optimistic rollup, zkrollup

    In this episode, we chat with John Adler - co-founder of Lazy Ledger and Fuel Labs. We compare Optimistic Rollups and ZK Rollups as well as discuss how Ethereum, specifically Eth1, could look over the next few years. We also talk about the data availability challenge in blockchains and how Lazy Ledger aims to solve this.

  • Episode 150: NFTs & Rarible with Alex Salnikov

    October 7th, 2020  |  52 mins 55 secs
    blockchain, copyright, crypto, digital goods, digital ownership, nfts, rarible

    This week, Anna continues to dig into the topic of NFTs - That is Non-Fungible-Tokens or unique digital items - with Alex Salnikov, co-founder & chief product officer at Rarible. They talk about the project, the link between NFTs and DeFi concepts, how the NFT space is developing, novel use cases and more.

  • Episode 149: CryptoKitties, Dapper Labs and Flow with Dieter Shirley

    September 30th, 2020  |  57 mins 2 secs
    blockchain, cryptokitties, dapper labs, flow, nfts

    In this week's episode, we chat with Dieter Shirley, CTO Dapper Labs, Chief Architect of Flow, and co-creator of CryptoKitties. We go back to look at the history of CryptoKitties, the NFT standard, what pushed Dapper Labs to build their own blockchain, how Flow works and what’s next.

  • Sushiswap Bonus Chat

    September 24th, 2020  |  9 mins 17 secs
    blockchain, crypto, decentralised finance, defi, ethereum, ftx, sushiswap, tokens, uniswap

    This is a short bonus chat to Episode 148 "Tale of the Sushi(swap)". Tarun, Hasu, and Anna reconvene to wrap up the story of Governance Tokens, Sushiswap and the Uniswap token distribution.

  • Episode 148: A Tale of Sushi(Swap) with Tarun, Hasu and Anna - Part1

    September 24th, 2020  |  58 mins 48 secs
    blockchain, crypto, decentralised finance, defi, ethereum, ftx, sushiswap, tokens, uniswap

    In this special podcast crossover episode, Tarun, Hasu and Anna cover the emergence of governance tokens in the DeFi space and specifically dive into the Sushiswap story - as a case study and cautionary tale. This episode is the 1st part of the episode, with the 2nd part airing on Hasu's Uncommon Core podcast. Enjoy!

  • Episode 147: Oasis Labs & Privacy with Vishwanath Raman

    September 16th, 2020  |  54 mins 17 secs
    blockchain, oasis labs, privacy, proof of stake, sgx, validator

    In this episode, we catch up with Vishwanath Raman, Privacy Architect at Oasis Labs. Oasis is a privacy-enabled blockchain platform for responsible data use. Using a combination of secure computing and privacy technologies, the Oasis Network enables data owners to take control of their data and treat their data as a digital asset via data tokenization. They provide privacy as a service and use secure enclaves and differential privacy in order build a platform for a responsible data economy.

  • Episode 146: Catch up with Anna & Fredrik

    September 9th, 2020  |  1 hr 6 mins
    cryptography, ethereum, interview, parity, podcasting, tech education, zero knowledge, zero knowledge podcast

    In this week’s special episode, we flip the script and invite our friend Alexandra Heller to ask ZKPodcast co-hosts Anna & Fredrik some questions from the audience. It’s a bit of a different format, so hope you will enjoy!

  • Episode 145: Circom & Hermez with Jordi Baylina

    September 2nd, 2020  |  1 hr 7 mins
    blockchain, circom, decentralisation, ethereum, hermez, scaling blockchain, the dao, zero knowledge, zkrollup, zksnarks

    In this week's episode, Anna and Fredrik catch up with Jordi Baylina, co-founder of Iden3, the creator of Circom & SnarkJS. They chat about his work in the ecosystem, building zk circuits and the recently announced Hermez, a new zkrollup with a novel proof-of-donation mechanism that will redistribute 40% of earnings to Ethereum-based community projects.

  • Episode 144: Aleo with Howard Wu

    August 26th, 2020  |  57 mins 55 secs
    aleo, blockchain, functional privacy, privacy technology, zero knowledge, zexe, zksnarks

    In this episode, we invite Howard Wu back to the show to share more about his new project Aleo - a privacy-focused blockchain that enables fully private applications. We chat about why you need programming languages for SNARKs, what it is like to switch from VC/Academia to being a founder and the two important things missing in web services, high programmability and true user privacy. The project enables private applications with both data privacy and functional privacy - where the nature of the program running and all activity remains private. It is based on the ZEXE protocol and Proof-of-Succinct-Work.

  • Episode 143: Josh Cincinnati on Zcash, governance and leaving the Zcash Foundation

    August 19th, 2020  |  1 hr 19 mins
    blockchain, crypto, decentralisation, ecosystem, foundation, governance, twodcast, zcash, zkvalidator

    In this episode, we chat with Josh Cincinnati, the former executive director of Zcash Foundation. We cover Josh's career before Zcash, his work at the foundation and the foundation's trajectory. We also discuss his decision to leave the foundation, Zcash foundation's philosophy of transparency, his hopes for the future of the Zcash community, his next steps and why he thinks people in crypto may wanna take themselves a bit less serious and remember to have some fun!

  • Episode 142: Hasu & Georgios on Bitcoin Security & Elastic Block Size Proposals

    August 12th, 2020  |  1 hr 4 mins
    bitcoin, blockchain, eip1559, elastic block size, ethereum, poker, research

    In this episode, Anna and Georgios chat with Hasu, an independent crypto researcher focused on economics and security, about elastic block size proposals in both Bitcoin and Ethereum.

  • Episode 141: ZK & Games: Dark Forest with Brian Gu

    August 5th, 2020  |  1 hr 2 mins
    3 body problem, blockchain, blockchain game, ethereum, learning group, privacy, technology, video game, zero knowledge, zksnarks

    In this week's episode, we chat with Brian Gu, a student at MIT and creator of the Dark Forest game. We chat about education in the space, blockchain based games and how Dark Forest was inspired. We then dig into how this game creates an incomplete information game space by using zkSNARKs to create a “cryptographic fog of war” and more!

  • Episode 140: Staking derivatives & DeFi with Alex Evans (and Tarun!)

    July 29th, 2020  |  1 hr 14 mins
    blockchain, crypto, crypto finance, cryptoeconomics, decentralised finance, defi, proof-of-stake, stalking rewards, validators

    In this week’s episode, Anna and guest-host / frequent guest Tarun catch up with Alex Evans, researcher at Placeholder Capital. They dive into the latest in DeFi, a topic that we don't cover too often, but is hard to ignore. Specifically they discuss the emergence of liquidity farming, the difference between the zero knowledge Research space and the DeFi space, some emerging concepts like AMM and staking derivatives, and cover a recent report Tarun and Alex published together on the impact of staking derivatives on the security of PoS systems.