Zero Knowledge is a podcast which goes deep into the tech that will power the emerging decentralised web and the community building this. Covering the latest in zero knowledge research and applications, the open web as well as future technologies and paradigms that promise to change the way we interact — and transact — with one another online. Zero Knowledge is hosted by Anna Rose Follow the show at @ZeroKnowledgefm (https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm) or @AnnaRRose (https://twitter.com/Ann ...
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Epicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies
Epicenter Media Ltd.
Epicenter brings you in-depth conversations about the technical, economic and social implications of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies. Every week, we interview business leaders, engineers academics and entrepreneurs, and bring you a diverse spectrum of opinions and points of view. Epicenter is hosted by Sebastien Couture, Brian Fabian Crain, Friederike Ernst, Meher Roy and Felix Lutsch. Since 2014, our episodes have been downloaded over 8 million times.
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My name is Digital Pratik & I am the host of this podcast where I am documenting my journey towards simplifying the complex world of Blockchain, Cryptocurrency & decentralised finance (DeFi). I am not any financial guru/expert. I am just documenting my experiences in this coming Web 3.0 world.
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Welcome to the Citizens Web 3 podcast. I’m your host, Brandon Dartanion, and on this podcast, we discuss all things Web 3, including NFTs, Cryptocurrencies, Blockchains, Decentralised apps and finance, and the Metaverse. Here I sit down with Web 3 enthusiasts, thought leaders, emerging security and legal authorities, artists and project founders. We’ll have guests ranging from big names in Web 3 and lesser-known NFT project founders to entrepreneurs in community building. as well as updating ...
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Exponential Africa podcast brings you the best thought leadership and innovation from around the world. Hosted by Mic Mann, this podcast aims to bring you impactful knowledge and ideas featuring discussions around exponential technologies, disruption, and how to leverage cutting-edge ideas to future-proof your business. Mic interviews and discusses the future of technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, 3d Printing, IoT, Biotechnology and more, as well as global grand challenge ...
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Tech To The Future, hosted by Francis Hellyer, is a podcast dedicated to exploring the cutting edge of technology and innovation. Formerly known as Metaverse, this platform dives into bold ideas and transformative solutions shaping our tomorrow. With a focus on forging a brighter, greener, and more equitable world, Francis engages with leading futurists, trailblazing entrepreneurs, and visionary innovators. Together, they delve into industries redefining the status quo—spanning climate tech, ...
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Exponential Africa S6 E10 - Leadership in an Age of Exponential Disruption (feat Celiwe Ross)
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39:38Organizations must adapt faster than ever, exponential change demands new leadership mindsets. Explore frameworks for leading through AI, robotics, and spatial computing. Learn how to cultivate resilience and agility under disruption Gain tools to inspire teams and build stakeholder trustBy Be Exponential
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Evolving ZK Identity from Iden3 to Privado & Billions
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1:04:39In this episode, Anna Rose chats with David Z and Oleksandr (Sasha) from Privado ID and Billions Network about the evolution of ZK-based identity systems, tracing their roots back to iden3 in 2018, one of the earliest projects to pioneer ZK for on-chain identity. They discuss their origin as the iden3, their creation of the influential Circom DSL, …
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f(x) Protocol: Decentralized Yield-Bearing Stablecoin & 0-Liquidation Perp - Cyrille Brière
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1:00:22Without a doubt, the introduction of stablecoins has vastly increased overall crypto liquidity, adoption and real-world use cases as they offered a safe haven against the industry’s volatility, especially during bearmarkets. However, despite being extremely efficient, the main stablecoin actors (i.e. Circle & Tether) are centralised entities. Many …
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Euler: The DeFi Super App - Michael Bentley
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1:00:01Euler is a DeFi lending protocol built around the idea of permissionless modularity, enabling users to lend and borrow almost any crypto asset with flexible, permissionless pools, tailored to individual risk profiles. Moreover, Euler Vault Kit (EVK) and Ethereum Vault Connector (EVC) enable the creation of custom lending vaults which, in turn, can …
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Miden & the Edge Blockchain with Bobbin & Gaylord
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1:17:42In this episode, Anna Rose and Guillermo Angeris speak with Bobbin Threadbare and Gaylord Warner from Miden to explore their zkVM and edge blockchain architecture. The group also reminisces on how they've each been a part of the ZK Whiteboard Sessions over the years. Bobbin shares Miden's earliest beginnings from Winterfell at Facebook through its …
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Indistinguishability Obfuscation (iO) with Huijia (Rachel) Lin
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1:25:52In this episode, Anna Rose and Tarun Chitra chat with Huijia (Rachel) Lin from the University of Washington to explore indistinguishability obfuscation (iO), often described as the 'holy grail of cryptography'. iO is a powerful primitive that, if fully realised, could have profound implications for privacy tech as a whole. Rachel helps break down t…
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Zama: FHE - the Holy Grail of Blockchain Privacy - Rand Hindi
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56:12Blockchains operate as a public ledger, ‘disclosing’ the entire transaction history and associated data to everyone. While verifiability and traceability are key traits, as blockchains gain global adoption, those very features hinder the process. Self custody, on-chain identities, corporate strategies, transaction history, private deals, all repres…
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Lighter, Perp DEXs and Custom ZK Circuits
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1:13:40In this episode, Anna Rose and Tarun Chitra chat with Vlad and Murat from Lighter, a ZK-powered perp DEX on Ethereum. They explore how perps, short for perpetuals/perpetual trades, emerged as a crypto invention, how the exchanges offering perps evolved over the years, and the tradeoff space between transparency and privacy, specifically for marketm…
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Pareto: Customizable On-Chain Private Credit Marketplace - Matteo Pandolfi
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1:08:21Built primarily for institutional-grade clients, Pareto delivers customizable on-chain credit markets designed to expand DeFi liquidity and TradFi tokenization through structured yield strategies tailored to diverse risk profiles. Pareto allows its users to construct individualized credit lines in specific risk-ajusted tranches, with custom: intere…
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Ethproofs, zkVM Benchmarks & the Unstoppable Rise of ZK with Justin Drake
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1:23:58In this episode, Anna Rose and Nico Mohnblatt catch up with Justin Drake from the Ethereum Foundation to explore Ethproofs, asking what exactly is Ethproofs: is it a meme, a platform, a benchmarking effort and/or an emerging community? Justin shares the emergence of the project within the EF, the influences that shaped it and what Ethproofs compris…
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Lagrange: ZK-Proving AI Alignment - Ismael Hishon-Rezaizadeh
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56:51In an age when AI models are becoming exponentially more sophisticated and powerful, how does one ensure that proper results are being generated and that the AI model functions in desired parameters? This pressing concern of AI alignment could be solved through cryptographic verification, using zero knowledge proofs. ZKPs not only allow for verifyi…
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zkPDF and zkID with Vikas Rushi and Ying Tong
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1:09:27In this episode, Anna Rose and Kobi Gurkan chat with Vikas Rushi from PSE, and Ying Tong to explore two topics at the intersection of ZK and the real-world data: zkPDF and zkID. First they dive into zkPDF, a set of tools for proving facts on digitally signed PDFs. Vikas talks about the challenges of parsing data inside zkVMs—working with decades-ol…
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Exponential Africa S6 E9 - The Future of Media – Journalism, Content Creation & the Evolution of Storytelling (feat Arthur Goldstuck & Masa Kekana)
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38:49The world of media is changing faster than ever. Listen to this powerful conversation on how exponential technologies are reshaping how we tell stories, deliver news, and create content in a hyperconnected world.By Be Exponential
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Zorp: Nockchain's ZK Proof-of-Useful-Work Consensus - Logan Allen
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1:12:47Inspired by Urbit’s minimal assembly language, Nockchain fuses Urbit’s vision of sovereign computing with a novel proof-of-useful-work consensus mechanism, creating a blockchain where every computation fuels progress and scaling. The crypto-economics behind Nockchain’s zkVM incentivise competition between zero knowledge provers, ultimately bootstra…
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How ZK inspired AI Watermarking with Miranda Christ
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1:12:26In this episode, Anna Rose and Tarun Chitra chat with Miranda Christ, a computer science PhD student at Columbia University, about the intersection of cryptography and AI through watermarking techniques. Miranda shares her research on developing imperceptible ways to prove that content was created by AI models, covering everything from simple red-g…
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UMA & Across: Optimistic Oracles & Intent-Based Bridges for Unifying Ethereum - Hart Lambur
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1:11:16Universal Market Access (UMA) was founded by 2 ex Goldman Sachs traders that wanted to make global markets universally accessible through financial smart contracts that used synthetic assets on Ethereum. However, this was taking place long before the massive boom of DeFi summer of 2020. As a result, UMA shifted to building an optimistic oracle to p…
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ZKTorch & the Evolution of ZKML with Daniel Kang
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50:39In this episode, Anna Rose welcomes back Daniel Kang professor at UIUC and founding technical advisor at VAIL, for an update on ZKML and how the space has evolved since early 2023. Daniel covers the 2023-2024 cohort of ZKML tools including zkCNN, zkLLM, EZKL, and his original ZKML project, while introducing his new project ZKTorch, which offers a f…
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Dragonfly: The Secrets of a Top-Tier Crypto VC - Haseeb Qureshi
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1:29:13Founded in 2018, Dragonfly has quickly become one of the most prestigious crypto VCs. Dragonfly was one of the first to adopt a global approach to backing founders and disruptive tech, all while building a strong brand that allowed them to secure top-tier deals. Join us for a fascinating discussion with Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly…
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