Zero Knowledge

In this week’s episode, we welcome Ariel Gabizon, previously a Electric Coin Company (Zcash) engineer and now a cryptographer working on zero knowledge constructions for Filecoin. Ariel has worked closely with some of the most exciting projects and researchers pushing the boundaries on zero knowledge research. He is also the person who discovered the Zcash bug (along with Sean Bowe and Zooko). In this episode, we explore his journey into the space, what inspires him, and what exciting new paradigms he is exploring today! Here are some of the articles and topics he mentions: Algebraic Methods for Interactive Proof Systems ECC (Zcash) Vulnerability Blog post https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard_Riemann https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann_zeta_function https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_function_field https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Hasse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasse_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/André_Weil Thank you to our sponsor this week StarkWare StarkWare will b