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Snapps on Mina with Emre and Izaak Sep 29, 2021

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In this week’s episode, Anna chats with Emre Tekişalp and [Izaak Meckler](twitter.com/izmeckler) about what’s new with Mina, O(1) Labs, the network launch and of course the anticipated release of Snapps to testnet later this year. We learn all about how Snapps, these SNARK-powered applications, bring data privacy and scalability to blockchain.

Here are a few links for this episode:

Latest recursive SNARKitecture with Izaak Meckler from O(1)Labs Zero Knowledge Podcast, Episode 113
Digging into recursive zkSNARKs with Coda Zero Knowledge Podcast, Episode 54
zkSessions: Izaak Meckler on SnarkyJS
What are Snapps? on the Mina Protocol blog
The mina-vrf-rs tool from ZKV

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Thank you to this week’s sponsor cLabs. They have recently released Optics, a first-of-its-kind cross-chain communication system. It uses optimistic(ish) replication of data structures to send messages, tokens, and data between chains and rollups.

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NFT Creation, Curation and Governance with Luiz from FingerprintsDAO Sep 22, 2021

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In this week’s episode, Anna and Tarun dive back into the NFT space with their guest Luiz from FingerprintsDAO. FingerprintsDAO is a collector organization for artists, curators and producers. Luiz takes us through new paradigms of NFT creation, its governance and the wild world of on-chain art where it’s the smart contract that is the art and wherein the value lies.

Here are some links mentioned this episode:

Be sure to register for the next ZK Jobs Fair on September 30th if you’re looking for opportunities in crypto.

For potential hiring teams, we still have booths available, so do get in touch by emailing sponsorships@zeroknowledge.fm.

Thank you to this week’s sponsor Aleo! Aleo a new public Layer-1 blockchain tailor-made for building private applications.

Check out the website, or roll up your sleeves and visit leo-lang.org to start building.

Aleo also invites the community to participate in an ongoing setup ceremony for trustlessly generating the system parameters at setup.aleo.org.

And be sure check out the generative NFTs that you get if you participate!

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WalletConnect & the DApp/Wallet connection with Pedro Gomes Sep 15, 2021

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This week, Anna chats with Pedro Gomes, Founder of WalletConnect, about how wallets and DApps traditionally interact and the journey to WalletConnect and WalletConnect 2.0. They explore how the tech incorporates the Waku protocol, as well as the role of CAIPs (Chain Agnostic Improvement Proposals) in determining how WalletConnect evolves. Pedro shares what prompted the new WalletConnect 2.0 development decisions and his thoughts on what role the project will play in a MultiChain future.

Here are a few links for this episode:

Be sure to register for the next (ZK Jobs Fair)[https://www.eventbrite.com/e/zk-jobs-fair-4-tickets-167586621095] on September 30th if you’re looking for opportunities in crypto.

For potential hiring teams, we still have booths available, so do get in touch by emailing (mailto:sponsorships@zeroknowledge.fm).

In the meantime, you can also check out the new website and the updated jobs board.

Thank you to this week’s sponsor, Anoma. Anoma is a multivariate & multivariable bartering protocol that enables bartering among N-parties of arbitrary assets, including NFTs, all with zero-knowledge privacy. Check out Awa’s twitter thread to learn more about this project: .

Be sure to stay tuned for Anoma’s first public testnet, in which you’ll be able to play with Anoma’s Proof-of-Stake, intent gossip/matchmaking layer, and custom validity predicates.

Check Anoma’s codebase on GitHub and the team building Anoma is hiring. Find their jobs HERE

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Mixnets, Activism and Privacy with Nym’s Harry Halpin Sep 08, 2021

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This week, Anna chats with Harry Halpin, the CEO of the Nym project, about a variety of topics related to privacy, politics and the need to build censorship-resistant systems. Harry talks about his early involvement in cryptography and his changing perspectives on capitalism as a tool for good. He shares how Nym aims to protect blockchain transactions from network-based deanonymization attacks.

Here are a few links mentioned in this episode:

Mixnets and privacy technology with Claudia Diaz from Nym, Zero Knowledge Episode 125
Harry’s talk at the ZKV event on Cosmos privacy
Nym Whitepaper

The latest Gitcoin CLR matching round is live, so be sure to check out Zero Knowledge Podcast’s page and use it to make a powerful contribution to the show! Thank you for the previous support, which directly contributed to the launch of the new zeroknowledge.fm website and community.

Thank you to our sponsor, Mina Protocol!

Mina is a layer-one protocol working to connect crypto to the real world. This means developers can leverage private, verified, real world data from any website to build decentralized apps. Mina’s decentralized apps, called Snapps, also allow users to access on-chain services without sacrificing personal data privacy.

Now that Mina’s mainnet is live, the ecosystem is growing fast. Join the community and find out more by visiting minaprotocol.com!

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Sushi Beyond the Fork with Joseph Delong Sep 01, 2021

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This week, Anna and James chat with Joseph Delong, CTO of Sushi, who talks about everything that’s happened since the initial SushiSwap genesis and the gradual transition into a large organization capable of shipping multiple products: MISO, Kashi, BentoBox and the upcoming Trident.

Joseph then dives into a few of the recent events like the MISO vulnerability, the scrapped VC raise, the Optimism deployment and the relationship with Paradigm.

Here are a few links for this episode:

A Tale of Sushi(Swap) with Tarun, Hasu and Anna – Part1, Zero Knowledge Episode 148
A Tale of SushiSwap, Part 2 on Uncommon Core
Sushiswap Bonus Chat
The Evolution of ETH 2.0 with Teku’s Ben Edgington, Zero Knowledge Episode 187

Be sure to register for the next ZK Jobs Fair on September 30 if you’re looking for opportunities in crypto. It’s a great way to hang out in a casual virtual setting, gather.town (which is surprisingly good for conversations!). For potential hiring teams, we still have booths available, so do get in touch by emailing sponsorships@zeroknowledge.fm

You can also check out the new website in the meantime, and the updated jobs board here:

https://zeroknowledge.fm

Thanks to this week’s sponsor, Centrifuge, a real-world DeFi project.

Centrifuge puts real-world assets on the blockchain, allowing issuers to get liquidity on their assets and investors to make a safe, stable yield in the volatile crypto world.

Build on Substrate, Centrifuge also bridges the Ethereum and Polkadot worlds

They are currently hiring for a number of positions, including Senior Rust Engineer, Senior Fullstack Engineer, Security and DevOps engineer and General Counsel. Head to https://centrifuge.io/careers to learn more!

Thanks again Centrifuge!

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zkEVM with Jordi & David from Hermez Aug 25, 2021

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This week, Anna chats with Jordi Baylina and David Schwartz from Hermez about their zkEVM design that was first revealed at EthCC. Jordi and David explain the design choices such as why they push for recreating the EVM, how it’s done at a technical level and how Hermez’s approach is different from other zk teams like Matter Labs and StarkWare.

The original recording was done before the news of the merger with Polygon came out, so the trio came back together for a brief chat about what it means and how the zk space evolved in the past three years!

Here are a few links for this episode:

Circom & Hermez with Jordi Baylina, Zero Knowledge Episode 145
Jordi’s presentation of the zkEVM at EthCC
zkEVM & zkPorter with Matter Labs, Zero Knowledge Episode 175
The Polygon and Hermez merger announcement

If you’re inspired to work in ZK and contribute to the growth of the community, make sure to check out the updated zeroknowledge.fm website, now including its own community forum and a more advanced Jobs Board to find opportunities in this exciting field!

This episode is brought to you by Mina, the world’s lightest blockchain – powered by participants. Mina is a layer-one protocol working to connect crypto to the real world. This means developers can leverage private, verified, real world data from any website to build decentralized apps. Mina’s decentralized apps, called Snapps, also allow users to access on-chain services without sacrificing personal data privacy.

Mina replaces the traditional blockchain with a zero-knowledge proof, ensuring a super-light chain that stays around 22 kb and allows every participant to act as a full node.

Now that Mina’s mainnet is live, the ecosystem is growing fast. Join the community and find out more by visiting minaprotocol.com

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Zero Knowledge Podcast (finally) has a real website! Aug 18, 2021

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No full episode this week, but we just wanted to let you know about the brand new zeroknowledge.fm website!

Finally, we have a site that brings together all the different parts of the ZK Community: podcast episodes, upcoming and past events, blog, social channels and more.

We also have a new updated ZK Jobs Board featuring zk focused job opportunities, as well as a new ZK Community Forum where we can share new research!

Zeroknowledge.fm is now the spot to find out whats up in zk. In the coming months, we will also be adding additional sections to this website (Both a learning center & some ZK Math Merch is in the works!), but our first step was bringing together what we already had.

Have a look around. And let us know what you think about the site on Twitter or Telegram

If you are listening to this on a podcast app, you can find the website here: https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/

The Early Days of Cosmos, Chorus One & Epicenter with Brian Crain Aug 11, 2021

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This week, Anna chats with Brian Fabian Crain, a fellow podcaster from Epicenter, founder of Chorus One and an early member of the Berlin crypto community. The conversation starts from Brian’s early involvement in Bitcoin in 2013 and his role in the local Berlin community, leading him to launch the Epicenter podcast. Brian then tells his story of founding Chorus One, a validator whose history is tightly connected to that of Cosmos as a whole, finally moving into the present day of bridges, liquid staking and the future of Proof of Stake blockchains.

Here are some links for this episode:

Gnosis & Full Node with Friederike Ernst, Zero Knowledge Episode 94
Analyzing Osmosis & Preventing MEV with Sunny and Dev, Zero Knowledge Episode 188
Look into Solana, Zero Knowledge Episode 135
Staking derivatives & DeFi with Alex Evans (and Tarun!), Zero Knowledge Episode 140
Announcement about Chorus One and ZKV Partnership

Keep an eye on the Zero Knowledge Podcast website, something pretty cool is coming soon! In the meantime, if you’re looking for a job in crypto look no further than the ZK Jobs Board.

Thank you to this week’s sponsor, EY!

Smart contracts with robust privacy technologies are the future of both business and finance. At EY, they are investing in tools, like our smart contract review service to assess consistency with standards and best practices. Users can run pre-defined automated tests and simulate smart contract execution by configuring selected functions through a user interface. To find out more about our technologies and services, visit them at https://blockchain.ey.com

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The Evolution of Yearn with Tracheopteryx and Facu Aug 04, 2021

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This week, Anna and Tarun host Tracheopteryx and Facu, two core devs at Yearn.finance, to take an introductory dive into the past and present of Yearn.

Starting from Yearn’s spontaneous assembly in the Summer of DeFi (2020), Trach & Facu tell their personal stories of how they joined the project and where it got to since. The conversation then moves into the yDAO and its current “Constrained Delegation” model, the "nebulous" concept of Yearn products, the mergers, Andre Cronje’s role in the project and much more.

Here are some links for the episode:

A Tale of Sushi(Swap) with Tarun, Hasu and Anna, Zero Knowledge Episode 148
Flashbots with Phil Daian and Stephane Gosselin, Zero Knowledge Episode 168
Coordinape launch post
Ape Tax website
More on Woofy

If you like the podcast, you may also like the ZK Podcast community on Telegram! Make sure to join the group if you have any questions on ZK tech, or you just want to hang out with like-minded people. As a bonus, you won’t miss any updates from the podcast or our other initiatives. Here’s the link: https://t.me/joinchat/TORo7aknkYNLHmCM

Thank you to this week’s sponsor, Mina Protocol!

Mina is a layer-one protocol, creating a private gateway between the real world and crypto. The entire chain is around 22kb — even as it scales, thanks to zk-SNARKs,

This protocol replaces the traditional blockchain with a zero-knowledge proof, ensuring a super-light and constant sized chain that allows participants to quickly sync and verify the network.

And snark-powered dapps, called Snapps, allow access to verified real world data from any website for on-chain use.

The ecosystem is growing fast and the mainnet is live - visit minaprotocol.com to find out more.

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ZKPs & the Dichotomy of Privacy vs Transparency with Josh & Jill Jul 28, 2021

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This week, Anna and Josh chat with Jill Gunter (nèe Carlson), a well-known investor and crypto advocate, to dive deep into the eternal dilemma of privacy vs. transparency and how ZKPs can finally give us the tools to be more nuanced about our society’s approach to privacy.

Starting from Jill’s background as a bond trader on Wall Street, the conversation quickly shifts into how the need for transparency in the financial system and the ability to root out bad actors clashes with the need to maintain individual privacy. This topic touches aspects such as crypto & DeFi privacy, how regulation may be applied to them, and why ZKPs and their power of selective disclosure can change the paradigm of privacy.

Here are some links for this episode:

Josh Cincinnati on Zcash, governance and leaving the Zcash Foundation, Zero Knowledge Episode 143
The Why & How of Privacy for DAOs, Zero Knowledge Episode 190
Analyzing Osmosis & Preventing MEV with Sunny and Dev, Zero Knowledge Episode 188

Make sure to subscribe to the zkMesh newsletter, a curated list of all the latest happenings in ZK land, coming out every month. The next installment is slated for the first week of August.

Thanks to this week’s sponsor, Least Authority!

Least Authority is a leader in the security of distributed systems. They provide security consulting services, develop open source products and contribute to the advancement of learning and research in the field.

They have recently published a whitepaper on Zero Knowledge Access Passes, a protocol that enables users to access services without revealing personal information.

Least Authority also reached a notable milestone this month with the completion of their 100th security audit.

To read their published audits, which include multiple projects on Ethereum, Tezos and other notable ecosystems, and to check out the ZKAPs whitepaper visit their website www.leastauthority.com.

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