This week, Anna chats with Kristy-Leigh Minehan, a crypto and mining veteran primarily known for developing the ProgPow hashing algorithm. She offers a unique and in-depth perspective into the world of Proof of Work mining, starting from the early days of Bitcoin and moving into the first Bitcoin ASICs, the Ethereum GPU mining era, all the way to the present day of staking dominance. Some of these stories come from Kristy’s direct involvement in Genesis Mining, Core Scientific, ProgPow and her connection to the Ethereum mining community, which helps shed light on what miners will do after the Merge. Here are some links to set the stage: The Evolution of ETH 2.0 with Teku’s Ben Edgington, Zero Knowledge Episode 187 Flashbots with Phil Daian and Stephane Gosselin, Zero Knowledge Episode 168 An overview of the ProgPow debacle based on an earlier interview with Kristy The phone that Kristy designed with Leica Why miners can’t so easily fork Ethereum, as explained by Deribit Insights An intro to Symbol The next ZK Jobs Fair is coming up on July 29th! The fair is made for people who are looking to join some of the top teams in this space, and it’s an amazing opportunity to get to know them up close and personal in a fun virtual environment. Be sure to sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/zk-jobs-fair-3-tickets-159963604447 Also, don’t forget to check out the ZK Jobs board, a curated list of job opportunities updated each month: https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/zkjobsboard Finally, if you’re a competent Dev Ops engineer, make sure to check out the ZKV’s listing. Thank you to this week’s sponsor, EY Blockchain! EY is one of the founding members of the Baseline Protocol group, an industry-wide open source initiative to build privacy tools and scalability technologies that make it easy and secure for enterprises to do business with each other on the public Ethereum blockchain. Find out more at blockchain.ey.com or visit the Baseline Protocol at baseline-protocol.org. If you like what we do: Subscribe to our podcast newsletter to not miss any event! Follow us on Twitter - @zeroknowledgefm Join us on Telegram Catch us on Youtube Read up on the r/ZKPodcast subreddit Give us feedback! -https://forms.gle/iKMSrVtcAn6BByH6A Support our Gitcoin Grant Support us on the ZKPatreon Donate through coinbase.commerce Or directly here: ETH: 0xC0FFEE1B5083230a5154F55f253B6b6ae8F29B1a BTC: 1cafekGa3podM4fBxPSQc6RCEXQNTK8Zz ZEC: t1R2bujRF3Hzte9ALHpMJvY8t5kb9ut9SpQ DOT: 14zPzb7ihiBeaUn9jdPW9cHKGBd9qtTuJE75hhW2CvzLh6rT

This week, Anna and Tarun chat with Sunny Aggarwal and Dev Ojha about their new project Osmosis, an AMM built into the Cosmos ecosystem using the IBC interoperability protocol. Osmosis brings some interesting innovations to the AMM table, starting from the seamless IBC integration to customizable bonding curves and per-pool governance to promote experimentation. Sunny and Dev are also very passionate about the topic of MEV, diving into the various types of value extraction, how MEV is mitigated on other networks and how it could be largely eliminated on Osmosis through threshold cryptography. Here are some links for this episode: Anoma’s Adrian Brink on Validity Predicates, Ferveo DKG & More, Zero Knowledge Episode 184 CowSwap & DAO Tech with Gnosis’s Martin Köppelmann, Zero Knowledge Episode 183 Arkworks SNARK libraries with Pratyush Mishra, Zero Knowledge Episode 169 Threshold Decryption for mempool privacy with Dev Ojha, the ZKV event where Dev spoke earlier. Flashbots with Phil Daian and Stephane Gosselin, Zero Knowledge Episode 168 General intro to Osmosis. ZK Validator now supports OSMO staking delegation, so if you’re interested in supporting the network check out the info here: https://zkvalidator.com/osmosis Thanks to this week’s sponsor, Least Authority! Least Authority will soon be releasing a whitepaper on ZKAPs – Zero-Knowledge Access Passes. ZKAPs is an anonymous, token-based authorization protocol that facilitates an online exchange of value while disconnecting the necessary payment data from the day-to-day usage service data of customers. If you'd like to be notified of the ZKAPs whitepaper and the latest security research projects, sign up for their monthly newsletter at https://leastauthority.com/newsletter/ If you like what we do: Subscribe to our podcast newsletter to not miss any event! Follow us on Twitter - @zeroknowledgefm Join us on Telegram Catch us on Youtube Read up on the r/ZKPodcast subreddit Give us feedback! -https://forms.gle/iKMSrVtcAn6BByH6A Support our Gitcoin Grant Support us on the ZKPatreon Donate through coinbase.commerce Or directly here: ETH: 0xC0FFEE1B5083230a5154F55f253B6b6ae8F29B1a BTC: 1cafekGa3podM4fBxPSQc6RCEXQNTK8Zz ZEC: t1R2bujRF3Hzte9ALHpMJvY8t5kb9ut9SpQ DOT: 14zPzb7ihiBeaUn9jdPW9cHKGBd9qtTuJE75hhW2CvzLh6rT

This week James and Anna chat with Ben Edgington, Lead Product Manager for Teku, an Eth2 client developed by ConsenSys. Ben recounts his story of the involvement with Ethereum 2.0 from the very early months of Serenity and Shasper, and how those were completely replaced by the Beacon Chain concept that resulted in Ethereum 2.0 as we know it. Ben then highlights what changed after Phase 0 launch: the simplification of Phase 1 & 2 , the rollup-centric roadmap and the upcoming Merge with Eth1. Here are some links for this episode: ETH2.0 Update With Danny Ryan, Zero Knowledge Episode 66 Sharding Update With Prysmatic Labs, Zero Knowledge Episode 37 Exploring Uniswap V3 and a Multi-L2 Future with Noah and Moody, Zero Knowledge Episode 185 Math competitions, crypto as alchemy & Gasper with Yan Zhang, Zero Knowledge Episode 136 Unwrapping Optimism with Ben and Mark, Zero Knowledge Episode 177 Ben’s What’s New in Eth2 Newsletter Ben’s and Vitalik’s annotated Eth2 Specs Don’t forget to check out the ZK Jobs Board if you’re looking to connect and work with a talented team in crypto & zk land! Updated every month, the Jobs Board includes jobs in engineering, business and cryptography from top teams in the space. Check them out here: https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/zkjobsboard This episode is brought to you by Mina, the world’s lightest blockchain. Mina is a layer-one crypto protocol that replaces the traditional blockchain with a zero-knowledge proof, ensuring a super-light and constant sized chain that allows participants to quickly sync and verify the network. Mina offers users a platform to build a private gateway between the real world and crypto. Mina also has an active demo in partnership with Teller Finance for “End-to-End Data Privacy,” showing how you can use Mina to access your credit score and prove that you meet credit threshold requirements for on-chain services— without ever disclosing your actual score. Visit minaprotocol.com to find out how you can get involved, and join the community. If you like what we do: Subscribe to our podcast newsletter to not miss any event! Follow us on Twitter - @zeroknowledgefm Join us on Telegram Catch us on Youtube Read up on the r/ZKPodcast subreddit Give us feedback! -https://forms.gle/iKMSrVtcAn6BByH6A Support our Gitcoin Grant Support us on the ZKPatreon Donate through coinbase.commerce Or directly here: ETH: 0xC0FFEE1B5083230a5154F55f253B6b6ae8F29B1a BTC: 1cafekGa3podM4fBxPSQc6RCEXQNTK8Zz ZEC: t1R2bujRF3Hzte9ALHpMJvY8t5kb9ut9SpQ DOT: 14zPzb7ihiBeaUn9jdPW9cHKGBd9qtTuJE75hhW2CvzLh6rT

This week, Anna chats with Oskar Thoren and Sanaz Taheri-Boshrooyeh from Status to learn about their work on Waku, a decentralized messaging protocol incorporating zk-SNARKs for spam protection. Waku is the successor of Whisper, a messaging protocol that turned out to be too resource-heavy and vulnerable to spamming. Oskar and Sanaz explain how Waku V2 changes things, from ZKP-based spam protection to how its new networking system based on libp2p and Gossipsub can scale globally. Here are some links for this episode: Trusted Setup Ceremonies Explored, Zero Knowledge episode 133 IPFS, Libp2p & Filecoin with Juan Benet, Zero Knowledge episode 106 Status’s write-up on how Waku improves Whisper. Rate Limiting Nullifiers, Status’s post on how the zk-based spam protection works. Gitcoin Grants Round 10 is live! If you want to donate to the ZKPodcast Gitcoin Grant, please find the link here: https://gitcoin.co/grants/329/zero-knowledge-podcast Thank you to this week’s sponsor, Least Authority! Least Authority has a long history of working with privacy enhancing technologies, including Zero Knowledge Proofs. With current projects like the MoonMath Manual – a beginner’s guide to zk-SNARKS - and the soon to be released whitepaper on ZKAPs - Zero Knowledge Access Passes, Least Authority is contributing to the advancement of learning and development in the field. Least Authority also carries out security audits, including reviews of circuits and cryptographic code. They are committed to helping teams improve the security of their protocols and products, along with publishing their security research on these topics for the broader community to benefit from. Be sure to check out the new Community Matters page on their website to read about how they engage with various communities, such as human rights organizations, to promote the use of secure systems and privacy-enhancing technologies. To stay up to date, visit https://leastauthority.com and sign up for their newsletter. Be sure to follow them on Twitter using the handle @LeastAuthority. If you like what we do: Subscribe to our podcast newsletter to not miss any event! Follow us on Twitter - @zeroknowledgefm Join us on Telegram Catch us on Youtube Read up on the r/ZKPodcast subreddit Give us feedback! -https://forms.gle/iKMSrVtcAn6BByH6A Support our Gitcoin Grant Support us on the ZKPatreon Donate through coinbase.commerce Or directly here: ETH: 0xC0FFEE1B5083230a5154F55f253B6b6ae8F29B1a BTC: 1cafekGa3podM4fBxPSQc6RCEXQNTK8Zz ZEC: t1R2bujRF3Hzte9ALHpMJvY8t5kb9ut9SpQ

This week Anna and Tarun host Noah Zinsmeister and Moody Salem to learn all about Uniswap and the recent Uniswap V3 deployment. Noah and Moody go through the history of Uniswap from its EF grant days to Unisocks, Uniswap V2 and now Uniswap V3 and its ranged liquidity model. They explain all the benefits as well as the potential drawbacks, and how the project plans to fix them in a likely indirect way. At the end the conversation shifts into a multi-L2 deployment future and how that may increase MEV, leading Tarun to make an unexpected realization. Here are some links for this episode: A Tale of Sushi(Swap) with Tarun, Hasu and Anna, Zero Knowledge episode 148 Aping into DeFi and NFTs with Andy Chorlian and Tarun Chitra, Zero Knowledge episode 181 CowSwap & DAO Tech with Gnosis’s Martin Köppelmann, Zero Knowledge episode 183 Diving into Arbitrum's Optimistic Rollup, Zero Knowledge episode 179 Unwrapping Optimism with Ben and Mark, Zero Knowledge episode 177 Flashbots with Phil Daian and Stephane Gosselin, Zero Knowledge episode 168 Uniswap V3 launch post Vitalik’s Uniswap as an oracle proposal Don’t forget to sign up to the upcoming zkSessions on June 23rd! This one will be focused on DAOs and NFTs and how they may incorporate zk or privacy. We will also be hosting an interactive community discussion about if and how the ZK community could potentially start using some of these tools as well. Sign up here: https://hopin.com/events/zksessions-daos-nfts Thank you to this week’s sponsor, Aave Aave is an open source, decentralised non-custodial liquidity protocol on Ethereum. With Aave, users can participate as depositors meaning they provide liquidity to earn a passive income. Or they can also act as borrowers to borrow both overcollateralized and undercollateralized funds (think: one-block liquidity Flash Loan). The Aave community has unanimously voted to introduce an Aave Grants DAO to grow the Aave ecosystem. If anyone's interested in building on Aave or learning more, be sure to go to https://aavegrants.org If you like what we do: Subscribe to our podcast newsletter to not miss any event! Follow us on Twitter - @zeroknowledgefm Join us on Telegram Catch us on Youtube Read up on the r/ZKPodcast subreddit Give us feedback! -https://forms.gle/iKMSrVtcAn6BByH6A Support our Gitcoin Grant Support us on the ZKPatreon Donate through coinbase.commerce Or directly here: ETH: 0xC0FFEE1B5083230a5154F55f253B6b6ae8F29B1a BTC: 1cafekGa3podM4fBxPSQc6RCEXQNTK8Zz ZEC: t1R2bujRF3Hzte9ALHpMJvY8t5kb9ut9SpQ DOT: 14zPzb7ihiBeaUn9jdPW9cHKGBd9qtTuJE75hhW2CvzLh6rT

This week Anna chats with Adrian Brink, co-founder of the Anoma Network and long-time crypto builder. Adrian explains all there is to know about the new privacy-centric network, diving into concepts like fractal scaling, the validity predicate-based account model, the solution against front-running in Ferveo & much more. Here are some links for the episode: CowSwap & DAO Tech with Gnosis’s Martin Köppelmann, Zero Knowledge episode 183 Through the Cosmos Stargate Upgrade, Zero Knowledge episode 174 Cosmos, IBC and ZKPs with Chris Goes, Zero Knowledge episode 115 Trusted Setup Ceremonies Explored, Zero Knowledge episode 133 Threshold Decryption for mempool privacy with Dev Ojha, ZKV Cosmos Privacy & ZKP showcase The Wyvern protocol mentioned by Adrian. The Plumo trusted setup ceremony (phase 2 happening soon) mentioned by Anna Anoma’s Whitepaper and blog posts. The next zkSessions is scheduled for June 23 and will focus on DAOs and NFTs, in the context of privacy and zkps. This will also be a special event where the community will discuss the potential of a ZK DAO! Sign up for the zkSessions here: https://hopin.com/events/zksessions-daos-nfts Today’s episode is sponsored by EY Blockchain. EY is committed to building a better working world on the public Ethereum blockchain with robust privacy technologies, like zero-knowledge proofs. EY believes blockchain technology will be the glue that knits together a productive global business ecosystem. To learn more about EYs products and services, visit them at https://blockchain.ey.com or check out their open source contributions at https://github.com/eyblockchain. If you like what we do: Follow us on Twitter - @zeroknowledgefm Join us on Telegram Catch us on Youtube Read up on the r/ZKPodcast subreddit Give us feedback! -https://forms.gle/iKMSrVtcAn6BByH6A Support our Gitcoin Grant Support us on the ZKPatreon Donate through coinbase.commerce Or directly here: ETH: 0xC0FFEE1B5083230a5154F55f253B6b6ae8F29B1a BTC: 1cafekGa3podM4fBxPSQc6RCEXQNTK8Zz ZEC: t1R2bujRF3Hzte9ALHpMJvY8t5kb9ut9SpQ DOT: 14zPzb7ihiBeaUn9jdPW9cHKGBd9qtTuJE75hhW2CvzLh6rT

This week Anna and Tarun chat with Martin Köppelmann, CEO of Gnosis. The company was known for championing prediction markets, but Gnosis has now shifted to making key infrastructure products. Martin chats about this transition and explains Gnosis’s current products, which include a unique DEX called CowSwap and a number of products for managing DAO treasuries and governance. Here are some links for this episode: Gnosis & Full Node with Friederike Ernst, Zero Knowledge episode 94 SafeSnap introductory post Gnosis Protocol V2 intro Flashbots with Phil Daian and Stephane Gosselin, Zero Knowledge episode 168 Aping into DeFi and NFTs with Andy Chorlian and Tarun Chitra, Zero Knowledge episode 181 If you’re looking for a job in the world of blockchain and zero knowledge, don’t forget to check out our Jobs Board! Listings include engineering, applied crypto and business roles from top companies in the space. Thanks to this week’s sponsor, Least Authority & PrivateStorage PrivateStorage is a private, secure and end-to-end encrypted storage solution created by Least Authority, a leader in the security of distributed systems. Privacy is at the core of their work. PrivateStorage was created using privacy and security by design principles, and includes features like end-to-end encryption, zero knowledge access passes and accountless authorization, to ensure users have greater anonymity and assurance that their data is protected. PrivateStorage cannot see user data when it is stored on their grid. Visit PrivateStorage and register to be notified once the service is launched. This is a one time notification email and not a mailing list. The addresses will be deleted after the notification email is distributed. If you like what we do: Follow us on Twitter - @zeroknowledgefm Join us on Telegram Catch us on Youtube Read up on the r/ZKPodcast subreddit Give us feedback! -https://forms.gle/iKMSrVtcAn6BByH6A Support our Gitcoin Grant Support us on the ZKPatreon Donate through coinbase.commerce Or directly here: ETH: 0xC0FFEE1B5083230a5154F55f253B6b6ae8F29B1a BTC: 1cafekGa3podM4fBxPSQc6RCEXQNTK8Zz ZEC: t1R2bujRF3Hzte9ALHpMJvY8t5kb9ut9SpQ DOT: 14zPzb7ihiBeaUn9jdPW9cHKGBd9qtTuJE75hhW2CvzLh6rT

This week Anna and James chat with Elena Nadolinski, founder of Iron Fish, about the new privacy network and what led her to this point. Elena recounts her journey into crypto, starting from AirBnB and falling into the rabbit hole of Ethereum hackathons, Solidity, and NFTs, eventually leading her to exploration of zero knowledge proofs for honest computation. This deep dive into SNARKs and Sapling led to the creation of Beanstalk, later Iron Fish, which aims to be the shielded pool for all other blockchain assets. Note: James is an investor in Iron Fish Here are some links: Elena’s slides about Sapling from Zcon Iron Fish whitepaper Halo with Sean Bowe and Daira Hopwood, Zero Knowledge Episode 123 Zexe: Zero Knowledge Computation with Pratyush Mishra, Zero Knowledge Episode 85 Ariel Gabizon on his work with zkSNARKs, Zero Knowledge Episode 86 Don’t forget to subscribe to the ZkMesh newsletter, aggregating all of the latest developments in ZK each month. The next release is due this week! We also launched a newsletter for announcements related to what we do at ZK podcast. Subscribe to make sure you never miss a zkSessions or studyClub event! Thanks to this episode’s sponsor, Aave Aave is an open source, decentralised non-custodial liquidity protocol on Ethereum. With Aave, users can participate as depositors meaning they provide liquidity to earn a passive income. or they can also act as borrowers to borrow in an overcollateralized way or undercollateralized way (think: one-block liquidity Flash Loan). Aave has also deployed a new market on Polygon’s sidechain to let users pay much lower gas fees. Assets can be transferred from Ethereum with the Polygon Bridge and put to use on Aave’s Polygon markets. Learn more about it in the link to the blog here: If you like what we do: Follow us on Twitter - @zeroknowledgefm Join us on Telegram Catch us on Youtube Read up on the r/ZKPodcast subreddit Give us feedback! -https://forms.gle/iKMSrVtcAn6BByH6A Support our Gitcoin Grant Support us on the ZKPatreon Donate through coinbase.commerce Or directly here: ETH: 0xC0FFEE1B5083230a5154F55f253B6b6ae8F29B1a BTC: 1cafekGa3podM4fBxPSQc6RCEXQNTK8Zz ZEC: t1R2bujRF3Hzte9ALHpMJvY8t5kb9ut9SpQ DOT: 14zPzb7ihiBeaUn9jdPW9cHKGBd9qtTuJE75hhW2CvzLh6rT

This week Anna and Tarun chat with Andy Chorlian. Andy recounts the many interesting moments through his crypto journey, including being at Maker during Black Thursday, living through DeFi Summer, and then jumping into NFTs with Top Shot and PleasrDAO. Taking a break from his degen career, Andy is now developing Fractional, a protocol for fractionalizing NFTs. He explains how it works under the hood and how the concept could bridge the DeFi and NFT worlds. Here are some links for this episode: An overview of the NBA Top Shot platform to understand what it’s about. Andy’s NBA Top Shot stats page. The WSJ article featuring Andy’s “messy” desk. Where Media & Music Meet NFT & Blockchain, Zero Knowledge Episode 167 featuring Andre Anjos (RAC) and Trevor McFedries (Brud). An intro to Fractional The Snowden NFT piece If you’re looking for a job in the world of blockchain and zero knowledge, don’t forget to check out our Jobs Board! Also, make sure to subscribe to our new Substack to be updated of any future zkSessions, Jobs Fair, StudyClub or another of our many initiatives. Thanks to this week’s sponsor, O1 Labs, the creators of Mina Protocol Mina is the world’s lightest blockchain – powered by participants. Mina is a layer-one protocol, creating a private gateway between the real world and crypto. The entire chain is around 22kb — even as it scales, thanks to zk-SNARKs. The ecosystem is growing fast and Mina's mainnet has just gone live, offering users a platform to build a private gateway between the real world and crypto, visit minaprotocol.com to find out more. If you like what we do: Follow us on Twitter - @zeroknowledgefm Join us on Telegram Catch us on Youtube Read up on the r/ZKPodcast subreddit Give us feedback! -https://forms.gle/iKMSrVtcAn6BByH6A Support our Gitcoin Grant Support us on the ZKPatreon Donate through coinbase.commerce Or directly here: ETH: 0xC0FFEE1B5083230a5154F55f253B6b6ae8F29B1a BTC: 1cafekGa3podM4fBxPSQc6RCEXQNTK8Zz ZEC: t1R2bujRF3Hzte9ALHpMJvY8t5kb9ut9SpQ DOT: 14zPzb7ihiBeaUn9jdPW9cHKGBd9qtTuJE75hhW2CvzLh6rT

This week, Anna and James chat with Antonio Juliano, founder of dYdX, a derivatives exchange on Ethereum that recently transitioned to a StarkEx-powered L2 infrastructure. Antonio brings a product-centric perspective to using scalability tech. He explains the choice of going for StarkWare’s products and how it compares to other layer ones or rollups. The conversation delves into questions like dYdX’s position in the decentralization spectrum, how that is going to change in the future, and what the L2 solution enables on the product side. Here are some links for this episode: StarkWare’s docs on the StarkEx technology adopted by dYdX dYdX’s FAQ on major features and decisions in the platform. Validium with DeversiFi & Starkware Zero Knowledge episode 138 Loopring with Matt & Brecht, Zero Knowledge episode 161 Unwrapping Optimism with Ben and Mark, Zero Knowledge episode 177. The next zkSessions focused on ZK Languages is happening on May 19 at 6 PM CET / 9AM PT! Signup on Hopin now - https://hopin.com/events/zksessions-the-zk-languages-showdown The second ZK Jobs Fair happens on May 19 8 PM CET / 11AM PT - Apply here if you are actively looking for a new role and only want to attend this! And for all job listings, check out the ZK Jobs Board for open positions. Thanks to this week’s sponsor, Least Authority Least Authority is a leader in the security of distributed systems. They provide security consulting services, develop open source products and contribute to the advancement of learning and research in the field. Signup for Least Authority’s newsletter to be notified on the release of the ZKAPs Whitepaper, PrivateStorage, security audit reports, job openings and more. Visit https://leastauthority.com/newsletter to join the mailing list. If you like what we do: Follow us on Twitter - @zeroknowledgefm Join us on Telegram Catch us on Youtube Read up on the r/ZKPodcast subreddit Give us feedback! -https://forms.gle/iKMSrVtcAn6BByH6A Support our Gitcoin Grant Support us on the ZKPatreon Donate through coinbase.commerce Or directly here: ETH: 0xC0FFEE1B5083230a5154F55f253B6b6ae8F29B1a BTC: 1cafekGa3podM4fBxPSQc6RCEXQNTK8Zz ZEC: t1R2bujRF3Hzte9ALHpMJvY8t5kb9ut9SpQ DOT: 14zPzb7ihiBeaUn9jdPW9cHKGBd9qtTuJE75hhW2CvzLh6rT