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Snark Chocolate
Hosted by Ingonyama · EN
A fun spot dedicated to exploring the latest in product innovation for cryptography, privacy, security, and scalability—powered by the magic of Zero Knowledge!
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#42 | Sunscreen: FHE for all Devs
Jul 3100:35:34Tap to summarizeIn this episode, we spoke with Ravital Solomon, founder and CEO of Sunscreen. Main topics we discussed:- Past, present and future of FHE adoption- Sunscreen’s architecture and design- Sunscreen tech stack and roadmap- What Sunscreen is doing different- Collaboration with Monad- Hiring tipsLinksSunscreen Website: https://sunscreen.tech/Sunscreen X/Twitter: https://x.com/sunscreentechTwitter: https://x.com/Ingo_zkYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ingo_zkGitHub: https://github.com/ingonyama-zkLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ingonyama
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#41 | Tinfoil's Confidential AI
Jul 2300:37:38Tap to summarizeIn this episode, we spoke with Jules Drean, co-founder of Tinfoil. Main topics we discussed:- Why privacy matters more in the age of cloud AI- Tinfoil’s architecture: inference in secure enclaves with built-in attestation- Performance vs. privacy tradeoffs between FHE, MPC, and TEEs- Verifiability via transparency logs and reproducible builds- A UX-first approach to private AI, integrating Tinfoil with a single line of code- First users: personal AI agents and regulated industries like healthcare and finance- How Tinfoil enables proprietary model protection alongside user privacy- Expansion beyond inference: future plans for fine-tuning and training in enclavesLinksTinfoil's Website: https://tinfoil.sh/Tinfoil's Twitter/X: https://x.com/TinfoilAITwitter: https://x.com/Ingo_zkYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ingo_zkGitHub: https://github.com/ingonyama-zkLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ingonyama
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#40 | Silence Labs: Reinvents Trust with MPC
Jul 1600:44:54Tap to summarizeIn this episode, we sat down with Jay Prakash, Co-founder & CEO of Silence Labs. Main topics we discussed:- Silent Shard for MPC-based key management- Silent Compute for secure and private multiparty data processing- GTM focus on privacy tech for banks and finance- Selling privacy tech to banks and institutions- Roadmap toward privacy-as-a-service infrastructureLinks Silence Labs Website: https://silencelaboratories.com/Silence Labs Twitter/X: https://x.com/silencelabs_slSilence Labs Products: https://silencelaboratories.com/productsTwitter: https://twitter.com/Ingo_zkYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ingo_zkGitHub: https://github.com/ingonyama-zkLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ingonyamaJoin us: https://www.ingonyama.com/career
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#39 | Neptune Cash: Peer-to-Peer Anonymous Cash Protocol
Jul 900:36:11Tap to summarizeIn this episode, we spoke with Alan Szepieniec, co-founder of Neptune Cash. Main topics we discussed:- The journey from cryptography to peer-to-peer digital money- Neptune design principles, tradeoffs and parameter selection- The road to launch and the war stories post launch- Using ZK-STARKs at L1- Mutator sets- A lightweight smart contract system- The roadmap towards full decentralizationNeptune's Twitter/X: https://x.com/seagodcryptoNeptune Core: https://github.com/Neptune-Crypto/neptune-core/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ingo_zkYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ingo_zkGitHub: https://github.com/ingonyama-zkLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ingonyamaJoin us: https://www.ingonyama.com/career
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#38 | Least Authority: Auditing, Privacy, and Pioneering ZK
Jul 200:47:40Tap to summarizeIn this episode, we spoke with Liz Steininger, CEO, and Anna Kaplan, Security Researcher, from Least Authority. Main topics we discussed:- Least Authority’s roots and their connection to Zcash- Intro to security auditing- What makes cryptography audits unique- Least Authority privacy-first products- Emerging trends in applied cryptography- The promise and limits of AI in auditsLinksLeast Authority X/Twitter: https://x.com/LeastAuthorityWebsite: https://leastauthority.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ingo_zkYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ingo_zkGitHub: https://github.com/ingonyama-zkLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ingonyamaJoin us: https://www.ingonyama.com/career
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# 37 | Hyli: Building a Blockchain Around Proofs
Jun 2500:35:05Tap to summarizeIn this episode, we spoke with Sylve Chevet, co-founder and CEO of Hyli, about designing a proof-first L1 that centers ZK as its core primitive. Main topics we discussed:- Hyli brand- How to build a blockchain with a lean team- Hyli testnet: operations and goals- Verifiable Apps and Hyli use cases- The future of ZK- ZK benchmarks for client side proving- Hyli roadmap towards mainnetLinksHyli's Website: https://www.hyli.org/Hyli's Twitter/X: https://x.com/hyli_orgSylve's Twitter/X: https://x.com/sylvechvYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ingo_zkGitHub: https://github.com/ingonyama-zkLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ingonyamaJoin us: https://www.ingonyama.com/career
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# 36 | Giza Tech: verifiable ML and Agents
Jun 1800:41:41Tap to summarizeIn this episode, we spoke with Raphael Ducasse, lead engineer at Giza, about building LuminAIR—a verifiable machine learning library—and how it powers autonomous DeFi agents through ZKML. Main topics we discussed:- The shift from Cairo-based tooling to building LuminAIR on Luminol, a minimal Rust-based ML library- How LuminAIR optimize models for ZK proving- Giza’s core thesis, roadmap, why they launched a token and institutional adoption- Verifiable recommender systems and other ZKML use cases- Giza protocol’s role in decentralizing agent execution with Eigenlayer AVS- How ARMA, Giza’s flagship agent, reallocates funds across lending protocols while maintaining custodyLinksGiza's Website: https://www.gizatech.xyz/Giza's Twitter/X: https://x.com/gizatechxyzLuminAIR: https://github.com/gizatechxyz/LuminAIRYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ingo_zkGitHub: https://github.com/ingonyama-zkLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ingonyamaJoin us: https://www.ingonyama.com/career
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#35 | Primus - zktls把现实数据搬上链
Jun 1101:05:18Tap to summarize本期嘉宾：Primus 联合创始人 谢翔（Xiang Xie）#SnarkChocolate 最新一期上线！对话 @PrimusLabs 联合创始人谢翔，聊聊「让真实世界数据安全上链」的正确姿势。- 什么是 ZKTLS？它解决什么痛点？ZKTLS方案中attester（盖戳者）的角色与 TEE 必要性- 中文社区为何对 ZKTLS 讨论度偏低？- QuickSilver 框架缘起与10倍性能优势- Primus 的技术路线、产品形态以及应用场景- ZKTLS与ZKVM的结合方案- 密码学与AI的潜在结合以及Primus在这个方向上的技术储备 相关链接Primus 官网：https://primuslabs.xyz/Primus 推特：https://x.com/primus_labsPrimus 开发者中心: https://dev.primuslabs.xyz/Primus 打赏: https://pay.primuslabs.xyz/技术文档：https://docs.primuslabs.xyz/YouTube：https://www.youtube.com/@ingo_zkGitHub：https://github.com/ingonyama-zkLinkedIn：https://www.linkedin.com/company/ingonyama加入我们：https://www.ingonyama.com/career
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#34 | Flashbots: MEV, Privacy, and Trusted Execution
Jun 500:51:41Tap to summarizeIn this episode, we spoke with Jonathan Passerat-Palmbach, Senior Research Scientist at Flashbots, about tackling MEV challenges through privacy-enhancing technologies. Main topics we discussed:- Flashbots' evolution: from MEV mitigation to building block building infrastructure- The MEV trilemma and why auctions offer a better approach than spam or latency games- The current MEV landscape and the role of PBS and BuilderNet- How Flashbots leverages TEEs for pre-trade privacy and integrity guarantees in block building - Limitations of TEEs and ongoing research to strengthen trust assumptions- Complementing TEEs with cryptography for stronger defense-in-depth architectures- Experimental work on encrypted backrunning using MPC and FHE- The broader Suave vision and decentralized encrypted mempools- Reflections on federated learning, privacy-preserving ML, and why PETs still struggle for adoption in AILinksFlashbots Website: https://www.flashbots.net/FHE Backrunning Paper: https://fc25.ifca.ai/preproceedings/238.pdfBuildernet: https://buildernet.org/Jonathan’s Projects: https://jopasser.at/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ingo_zkGitHub: https://github.com/ingonyama-zkLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ingonyamaJoin us: https://www.ingonyama.com/career
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#33 | Miden Blockchain: Edge-First, ZK-Native
May 28, 202501:03:11Tap to summarizeIn this episode, we spoke with Bobbin Threadbare, co-founder of Miden, about designing a new blockchain protocol built from the ground up around client-side proving. Main topics we discussed:- The vision behind Miden: building a blockchain assuming ZK is a native primitive- Why EVM and Solidity fall short for true client-side proving- How Miden’s actor model blends accounts and UTXOs for privacy and modularity- The trade-offs in launching as a centralized L2 before full decentralization- Why client-side proving matters — and what it actually looks like on mobile today- Privacy as a design principle: accounts, nodes, and nullifiers in MidenLinksMiden's Website: https://miden.xyz/Miden's Twitter/X: https://x.com/0xMidenBobbin's Twitter/X: https://x.com/bobbinthYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ingo_zkGitHub: https://github.com/ingonyama-zkLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ingonyamaJoin us: https://www.ingonyama.com/career
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