This week Anna chats with Wanseob Lim an Applied ZKP Developer in the Privacy & Scaling Exploration Team at the Ethereum Foundation and one of the authors of the Zkopru protocol. They explore how Zkopru uses optimistic rollups and zero knowledge proofs to create a privacy-focused Layer 2. Wanseob walks us through the transaction process and how the protocol is built to circumvent high gas fees. We also hear a little about what’s to come in the Zkopru ecosystem from merchandising to private exchange of NFTs.

Here are some links for the episode:

• Zkopru's website
• Zkopru’s blog: Privacy & Scaling Explorations
• Announcement of Zkopru (zk optimistic rollup) for private transactions
• zkSummit6: Decentralized privacy layer is coming by Wanseob Lim
• Episode 177: Unwrapping Optimism with Ben and Mark
• Episode 179: Diving into Arbitrum’s Optimistic Rollup

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Today’s episode is sponsored by Aztec.

Aztec aims to be the privacy layer for Ethereum. They believe that unlocking programmable privacy is the next frontier for blockchains. Aztec is the first zero knowledge rollup built from the ground up for anonymous payments and DeFi transactions.

Try out Aztec to send funds privately on zk.money.

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