Zero Knowledge

This week, Anna and Tarun chat with Jill Gunter and Ben Fisch from Espresso Systems. Espresso recently went public with their Proof-of-Stake Layer 1 blockchain, developed with flexible private applications and ZK rollups in mind. In this conversation, they explore the founding and development of the project, the Espresso chain and CAPE - a wrapped privacy smart contract application that is designed to be deployed on Espresso. They also discuss the programming model, the evolution of privacy technology, what configurable or flexible privacy means, the Espresso roadmap and more. Here are some links for the episode: Episode 88: Accumulators with Ben Fisch Episode 191: ZKPs & the Dichotomy of Privacy vs Transparency with Josh & Jill Episode 208: Digging into Data Availability with Ismail Khoffi from Celestia Fraud and Data Availability Proofs: Maximising Light Client Security and Scaling Blockchains with Dishonest Majorities Episode 219: Scaling Ethereum with Polygon’s Mihailo Bjelic ZKValidator a