The Evolution of ZKVM

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In this chapter, they discuss the development of ZKVM, a multi-asset blockchain architecture with confidentiality, smart contracts, efficiency, and scalability in mind. They explain how ZKVM combines the latest confidentiality improvements with their work on smart contracts and blockchain design. The chapter also explores the concept of a virtual machine (VM) for blockchains and discusses the design requirements and distinguishing features.

In this episode, we chat with the Oleg Andreev, a protocol architect from Stellar, about zkVM, the zero-knowledge virtual machine.

In this episode, we learn a little bit about the history of Stellar, Chain and the zkVM project. We touch on the general concepts of VMs as well as compare zkVM with some other zero knowledge protocols like ZCash and ZEXE.

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