What is ZEXE? (Part I)
In order to appreciate ZEXE’s design, it is crucial to first understand a bit more about how cryptocurrencies work under the hood.
What is ZEXE? (Part II)
ZEXE is a scheme for privacy-preserving, decentralized applications such as decentralized exchanges. It is designed to utilize a ledger-based system, and support multiple functionalites.
Build the next big thing at the ZK Hackathon!
This coming fall, Zero Knowledge Podcast and the Zero Knowledge Validator will be holding the first ever Zero Knowledge Hackathon […]
The Power of Tau or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Setup
Zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) have a particularly important history in the context of cryptocurrencies since their inaugural implementations in Zerocoin and Zerocash.
The L2 Roundup: Discovering New Things About Ethereum L2 Platforms
We have just concluded an almost accidental ZK podcast series on (mostly) Ethereum L2s.
The Evolution of DeFi Across Four Financial Primitives
This article outlines financial primitives, or the core building blocks of financial markets, which are distinct from software or cryptographic primitives.
Decrypting Cryptography: Hash Functions
A hash function is a deterministic mathematical function that maps some input of arbitrary size to a fixed-length output.
See you at the ZK Jobs Fair
Wanted to share a quick announcement: On April 22nd, I will be hosting a ZK Jobs Fair as part of the zkSessions […]
NFT Hype: What’s What and What’s to Come
Much of the noise around NFTs stems from the question, “what the hell am I going to do with this?” An NFT is a sufficiently general technology
The missing explanation of ZK-SNARKs: Part 1
The first part of the question is pretty easy to answer. ZK-SNARKs no matter what their funny name might imply, are simply zero-knowledge proofsthat are: