Uma: I had basically the perfect background to get started in ZK, like I had a strong math and CS background. But at the same time, it's really exciting because there's all these new frameworks,. All these new proving systems. The design space for how you could even build the same ZK system is so large. There's just so much activity on discovering what the possibilities are.
In this week’s episode, Anna and Tarun speak with Succinct Labs. Guests Uma Roy and John Guibas discuss their interest in ZK, their work with 0xparc and the goals of Succinct Labs - that is to provide proof of consensus through SNARK-based light clients. Acting similar to IBC, but in the Ethereum context, we discuss the challenge of building ZK-based light clients on Ethereum, their first implementation linking Gnosis Chain to Ethereum, and how they imagine interacting with the larger blockchain space.
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