Verifying and producing blocks in a blockchain system

In this week's episode, we sit down with Izaak Meckler & Evan Shapiro from O(1) Labs to discuss Coda, a blockchain using recursive composition of zkSNARKs to eliminate history. We discuss recursive zkSNARKs generally, what a recursive zkSNARK construction blockchain would look like, and the challenges in implementing this sophisticated scaling solution.

To find out more about the project and some of the resources mentioned in the episode, please have a look at the links below:

• Coda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/codaprotocol?lang=en
• Coda on Github: https://github.com/o1-labs
• Scalable Zero Knowledge via Cycles of Elliptic Curves https://eprint.iacr.org/2014/595
• Incrementally Verifiable Computation or Knowledge Implies Time/Space Efficiency https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4074/97eeb99a9341714e9db05b57f500270139d7.pdf

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