Zero Knowledge

In this week’s episode, Anna and Josh Cincinnati chat with Matt Green, a cryptographer and professor at Johns Hopkins University. They explore Matt’s background in security, blockchain and privacy technologies. He shares his thoughts on early ZK blockchain research, the founding of Zcash, growth in the ZK space, how the industry is ready for tangible use-cases and navigating anonymity and regulatory bodies. This episode closes with a review of Matt’s perspective on the Tornado Cash sanctions and what this means for the space. Here are some additional links for this episode: Radiant Commons Website Sealance Website Zerocash: Decentralized Anonymous Payments from Bitcoin by Ben-Sasson, Chiesa, Garman, Green, Miers, Tromer, and Virza, 2014 An approximate introduction to how zk-SNARKs are possible by Vitalik Buterin Episode 245: Sanctions against Tornado Cash: a Legal Perspective Join the ZK HACK III - kick off event here Join the ZK HACK Discord This week’s episode is sponsored by Aave. Aave