New platforms like ZK apps are still balancing full privacy with the need for public verification, leading to the introduction of public and private state concepts in the programming language, stack, and chain. It's a moment for recognition that ZK technology can be used for good or bad, similar to other technologies like Napster and Spotify taking different approaches to the same end goal. The balance in using ZK technology lies in how it's employed, whether to sidestep or integrate, similar to the choices made by different technology platforms in the past.
This week, Anna caught up on all things Aleo with Howard Wu co-founder of the Aleo Network & Alex Pruden executive director of the Aleo Foundation. Howard was last on the show back in 2020 when Aleo was in its infancy, so the group dive into how the project has evolved over the last few years, covering lessons learned along the way as well as technical decisions, detours, breakthroughs and reflecting on initial goals as they built out the system.
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Launching soon, Namada is a proof-of-stake L1 blockchain focused on multichain, asset-agnostic privacy, via a unified shielded set. Namada is natively interoperable with fast-finality chains via IBC, and with Ethereum using a trust-minimised bridge.
Follow Namada on Twitter @namada for more information and join the community on Discord discord.gg/namada.
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