Episode 290: Exploring, Teaching and Auditing ZK with David Wong - a podcast by Fredrik Harrysson, Anna Rose

from 2023-08-30T15:00

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This week, Anna (https://twitter.com/annarrose) and Guillermo (https://twitter.com/GuilleAngeris) chat with David Wong (https://twitter.com/cryptodavidw), author of the Real-World Cryptography book (https://www.manning.com/books/real-world-cryptography?a_aid=Realworldcrypto&a_bid=ad500e09), and a cofounder [zksecurity.xyz]((https://www.zksecurity.xyz/) - an auditing firm focused on Zero Knowledge technology.They chat about what first got him interested in cryptography, his early work as a security consultant, his work on the Facebook crypto project and the Mina project, zksecurity.xyz, auditing techniques and their efficacy in a ZK context, what common bugs are found in ZK code, and much more.
Here’s some additional links for this episode:Crypto is not cryptocurrency (https://cryptoisnotcryptocurrency.com/)
NCC Group (https://www.nccgroup.com/)OCaml website (https://ocaml.org/)
Real-World Cryptography book (https://www.manning.com/books/real-world-cryptography)Mina Protocol (https://minaprotocol.com/)
3pages.fr (https://www.3pages.fr/home/login/)The Frozen Heart vulnerability in PlonK | Trail of Bits Blog (https://blog.trailofbits.com/2022/04/18/the-frozen-heart-vulnerability-in-plonk/)
ZK Podcast Episode 284: Using Formal Verification on ZK Systems with Jon Stephens (https://zeroknowledge.fm/284-2/)zkSecurity Website (https://www.zksecurity.xyz/)
ZK Podcast Episode 257: Proof of Solvency with Kostas Chalkias - ZK Podcast (https://zeroknowledge.fm/257-2/)ZK Podcast Episode 210: The Road to STARKs and Miden with Bobbin Threadbare - ZK Podcast (https://zeroknowledge.fm/210-2/)
ZK Podcast Episode 76: Sean Bowe on SNARKs, Trusted Setups&Elliptic Curve Cryptography - ZK Podcast (https://zeroknowledge.fm/76-2/)
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