Zero Knowledge
Episode Archive
Episode Archive
90 episodes of Zero Knowledge since the first episode, which aired on October 4th, 2017.
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Episode 75: Exploring Aztec with Zac Williamson
May 1st, 2019 | 45 mins 12 secs
aztec protocol, blockchain, cryptography, ethereum, privacy tech, range proofs, zero knowledge proofs
In this week’s episode, we sit down with Zac Williamson of the Aztec protocol to discuss zero knowledge tools, range proofs, the Aztec Protocol, the different approaches to bringing privacy to Ethereum, and how standards in the space are emerging.
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Episode 74: Blockchain 101: Randomness and Random Beacons with Justin Drake
April 24th, 2019 | 57 mins 39 secs
blockchain, eth2.0, ethereum, randomness
In this week's episode, we sit down with Justin Drake to discuss randomness in blockchain, how it can be created and what adversarial models exist. We also discuss the random beacon and how that concept has evolved in the development of ETH2.0
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Episode 73: J. Ayo Akinyele Talks Lightning Network & Building Bolt
April 17th, 2019 | 57 mins 5 secs
blockchain, bolt, bolt protocol, lightning, privacy, privacy tech, zcash, zeroknowledge
In this week's episode, we chat with J. Ayo Akinyele from Bolt Labs about the Bolt Protocol, a layer 2 approach for anonymous micropayments. Bolt, which stands for Blind, Offchain, Lightweight, Transactions, is a privacy focused scaling solution that is similar to the Lightning Network.
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Episode 72: zkSNARKs for Scale with Matter Labs
April 10th, 2019 | 1 hr 2 mins
blockchain, franklin, matterlabs, roll-up, scaling, zero knowledge, zksnarks
In this week's episode, we sit down with the Alex Vlasov and Alex Gluchowski from Matter Labs to discuss their approach to using zkSNARKs for scaling Ethereum. We chat about the inspiration for the Roll-up project, the Matter Labs implementation, their proposed Franklin network and more.
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Episode 71: Getting Radicle with Julian Arni
April 3rd, 2019 | 59 mins 32 secs
blockchain, decentralised open source, decentralised system, github, open source software, oscoin, oss, rad, radicle
In this week's episode, we speak with Julian Arni about Radicle, a decentralized alternative to Github built on IPFS. Radicle is both a programming language and a set of tools to enable decentralised open source software development. We go deep into this project and also touch on the societal questions that inspired it.
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Episode 70: Digging into DAI with Rune Christensen from Maker
March 27th, 2019 | 1 hr 12 mins
blockchain, ethereum, makerdao, stablecoin
In this interview, we chat with Rune Christensen from MakerDAO about stablecoins, MakerDAO’s take on this concept, the peg and how this is maintained, security, oracles and more.
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Episode 69: Decentralised Storage with Arweave
March 20th, 2019 | 1 hr 3 mins
archiving, blockchain, data storage, decentralized storage, permaweb, tech talk
In this week's episode, we sit down with Sam Williams of Arweave to chat about their novel approach to decentralised storage. We discuss incentivising data storage, the concept of the permaweb, and how to properly decentralise the internet archives.
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Episode 68: Conversations at EthCC
March 13th, 2019 | 1 hr 5 mins
blockchain, cat herders, community conference, decentralised governance, decision making, eth magicians, ethcc, ethereum, open source, technology
In this week's special episode, Anna pops over to EthCC - the Ethereum Community Conference - to find out what's on people's minds. Speaking with Boris Mann, Maria Paula Fernandez, Hudson Jameson, Sunny Aggarwal, Yalda Mousavinia, and Peter Mauric, these conversations centre around decision making in the decentralised space, the role of transparency, the different organisations and groups that have formed in Ethereum to help make decisions, how compensation can play a role, the code of conduct, the importance of signaling and much more.
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Episode 67: Formal Verification with Martin Lundfall
March 6th, 2019 | 1 hr 3 mins
blockchain, formal verification, k-framework, makerdao, tech education
In this week's episode, we sit down with Martin Lundfall (Dapphub, MakerDAO) to discuss formal verification - a topic request that comes directly from the Zero Knowledge audience. We cover what formal verification is, where it makes sense, where it doesn't, the k-framework, and much more.
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Episode 66: ETH2.0 Update With Danny Ryan
February 27th, 2019 | 1 hr 5 mins
blockchain, eth2.0, ethereum, sharding, tech talk, technical
In this week's episode, Anna and Fredrik chat with Danny Ryan from the Ethereum Foundation about the ETH2.0 project. We cover how ETH2.0 came to be, how it works, the new roadmap, and where the project is headed.
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Episode 65: Bridges, xDai and Burner Wallets with Igor & Austin
February 20th, 2019 | 1 hr 2 mins
bridges, dai, side-chains, stablecoins, ux
In this week’s episode, we sit down with Igor Barinov from POA Network and Austin Griffith from Gitcoin Labs to discuss bridges, xDai - the new side-chain where DAI is the native token - and Austin's super simple Burner Wallet.
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Episode 64: Unleashing Melon into the wild with Jenna Zenk
February 13th, 2019 | 58 mins 30 secs
asset management, blockchain, ethereum, governance, m1, melonport, oracles, protocol, smart contracts
In this week’s episode, Anna sits down with Jenna Zenk from Melonport to discuss her background, the path to the melon protocol, the challenges of building sophisticated smart contracts and what it means to release a decentralised protocol into the wild.
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Episode 63: Proxy re-encryption and FHE with NuCypher
February 6th, 2019 | 59 mins 51 secs
blockchain, encryption, fhe, nucypher, private key, technology
In this episode, we sit down with Bogdan Opanchuk and John "Tux" Pacific from NuCypher to chat about their threshold proxy re-encryption technology, how the project aims to provide privacy infrastructure, dig into their nuFHE scheme and explore far along FHE research, the cryptographic "holy grail", really is.
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Episode 62: The path to an ERC standard
January 30th, 2019 | 55 mins 30 secs
blockchain, erc20, erc721, erc998, ethereum, tokens
In this episode, we discuss tokens, token standards and the ERC process. We cover some of the most popular token standards and discuss what it takes to design a standard and get this accepted. We also have a chat with Matt Lockyer about his experience submitting ERC998.
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Episode 61: Statistical modeling of PoS systems with Tarun Chitra
January 23rd, 2019 | 59 mins 13 secs
asics, blockchain, code, developer, pos, pow, proof-of-stake, proof-of-work, statistical model, technology
In this episode, we chat with Tarun Chitra about a broad range on topics, from his work on early non-blockchain ASICs, to financial models in high frequency trading, and the nuances of statistical modeling of PoS systems in blockchain.
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Episode 60: Cryptography 101: Multi-Party Computations
January 16th, 2019 | 37 mins 7 secs
blockchain, cryptography, fully homomorphic encryption, mpcs, multi party computation, polynomials, shamir's secret sharing, tech education, zksnarks
In this week's episode, Anna and Fredrik give a general introduction to MPCs, go over a few examples of MPCs in action, compare them with other cryptographic concepts, try to pronounce "fully homomorphic encryption" properly, and more!