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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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#20 | Aleo: Privacy-Preserving Smart Contracts
Feb 26, 202500:56:07Tap to summarizeWith Howard wu, co-founder of Aleo and CEO of ProvableThis week, we spoke with Howard Wu, co-founder of Aleo and CEO of Provable, about building the foundations for decentralized privacy-preserving applications. Key takeaways include:Aleo’s privacy-first Layer 1, designed to enable private smart contracts by default, overcoming the transparency limitations of Ethereum.Developer tools and ecosystem, including the Leo programming language, SDKs, and privacy-preserving wallets that enable seamless integration of ZK applications.Trade-offs in building a private blockchain, balancing speed, usability, and compliance while ensuring robust security for users.ZK for compliance, offering tools like view keys and selective disclosure mechanisms to enable regulatory-friendly privacy solutions.Applications and ecosystem growth, spanning ZK-powered DeFi (ZeFi), private identity verification, confidential transactions, and even hidden-state gaming.AI and ZKML, exploring how ZK can enable provable AI agents, decentralized inference, and privacy-preserving machine learning on-chain.Hybrid consensus design, combining proof-of-work incentives with proof-of-stake for long-term sustainability.Future roadmap, focusing on hardware acceleration for ZK proofs, governance evolution, and expanding privacy solutions beyond blockchain.LinksHoward Wu's Twitter/X: https://x.com/1HowardWuProvable's Twitter/X: https://x.com/ProvableHQAleo's Twitter/X: https://x.com/AleoHQLearn more:https://aleo.org/blog/https://provable.com/bloghttps://aleo.org/grants/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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#19 | Phala: TEE Finds PMF in AI
Feb 19, 202500:52:36Tap to summarizeWith Marvin Tong, Co-founder at Phala Network This week, we spoke with Marvin Tong, co-founder of Phala Network, about their mission to eliminate centralized trust from Web3 through cryptography and Trusted Execution Environments (TEE). Key takeaways include: Phala’s evolution, from a fully decentralized confidential cloud network to finding product-market fit with TEE-based services for developers and enterprises. TEE as a Web3 infrastructure, enabling off-chain computation with verifiability, used in AI, DeFi, and decentralized identity. The role of DStack, Phala Cloud, and TEE-as-a-service, providing accessible tools for developers to deploy secure computation environments. Phala 2.0 and the move to an OP-succinct Layer 2, making TEE more accessible for Ethereum developers while maintaining decentralization. AI and Web3, from verifiable inference to autonomous AI agents with secure on-chain interoperability—shaping the future of collective intelligence and unlocking new economic potential.LinksPhala's Website: https://phala.network/Marvin's X/Twitter: https://x.com/marvin_tongYouTube: 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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#18 | The Fhenix Guys Talk FHE
Feb 12, 202500:47:12Tap to summarizeWith Guy Ziskind and Guy Itzhaky, co-founders at Fhenix This week, we spoke with Guy Ziskind and Guy Itzhaky, founders of Fhenix, about their mission to bring Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) to blockchain for on-chain confidentiality. Key takeaways include: The Fhenix co-processor model, enabling encrypted computations across multiple chains without requiring developers to switch ecosystems. Thedesign of an FHE rollup, where transactions are encrypted client-side, computations occur on encrypted data, and decryption is handled through a decentralized threshold network. Impact on MEV, as encrypted transactions significantly reduce extractable value opportunities while improving security and privacy for users. Interoperability challenges, addressing how encrypted data flows across different chains and rollups, and how FHE changes assumptions in blockchain design. Threshold decryption breakthroughs, enabling high-throughput decryption for real-world use cases like confidential DeFi and private OTC trading. Future vision, including FHE’s role in AI, confidential stablecoins, and verifiable computations beyond Web3, with hardware acceleration paving the way for scalable encrypted computing.LinksFhenix Website:https://www.fhenix.io/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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#17 | ZKML with EZKL
Feb 5, 202500:40:10Tap to summarizeWithDante, CTO atEZKLThis week, we spoke with Dante, CTO and co-founder of EZKL, about securing machine learning with zero-knowledge proofs. Key takeaways include:The journey from a Discord-based collaboration to a fully-fledged projectHow EZKL turns Python code into verifiable ZK circuitsThe role of Lilith, a proving backendPerformance improvements, including client-side provingReal-world applications in DeFi and emerging use cases in ZK identityFuture-proofing with modular design,LinksEZKL Website:https://ezkl.xyz/EZKL Repository:https://github.com/zkonduit/ezklDev Docs:https://docs.ezkl.xyz/EZKL's Twitter/X:https://x.com/ezklxyzYouTube: 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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# 16| OpenVM with Yi Sun and Jonathan Wang
Jan 29, 202500:46:02Tap to summarizeWIth Yi Sun and Jonathan Wang, co-founders of Axiom Heads up! Technical episode. We didn't find a way to compress it into a nice preview that will do it justice—tune in to learn with us about the latest in ZKVM technology. Links Axiom's Website: https://www.axiom.xyz/ OpenVM: https://openvm.dev OpenVM Twitter/X: https://x.com/OpenVM_org Yi Sun's Twitter/X: https://x.com/theyisun Johnathan's Twitter/X: https://x.com/jonathanpwang YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ingo_zk GitHub: https://github.com/ingonyama-zk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ingonyama Join us: https://www.ingonyama.com/career
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#15 | Physical cryptography with Cursive
Jan 22, 202500:46:33Tap to summarizeWith Vivek, Mathematician and Designer, and Rachel, Designer at Cursive This week, we spoke with Vivek and Rachel from Cursive, a research and design studio focused on building cryptography for human connection. Key takeaways include: The journey of Cursive, blending cryptography, design, and NFC technology to make abstract concepts like ZK Identity more tangible and user-friendly. Experiments with physical ZK activations, such as using NFC cards to create verifiable social graphs, private POAPs, and interactive quests for events like Zuzalu and DevConnect. Insights into their research on multi-party FHE and their innovative Trinity protocol, combining MPC and ZK for low-latency, verifiable computations. A thoughtful approach to expanding beyond niche tech communities by exploring applications in real-world contexts like universities, co-living spaces, and broader tech environments. A vision for the intersection of cryptography and AI, aiming to enhance data ownership, privacy, and meaningful connections through local-first AI models and innovative hardware integration. Links Cursive's Twitter/X: https://x.com/cursive_team Vivek's Twitter/X: https://x.com/viv_boop Rachel's Twitter/X: https://x.com/rachel_aux YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ingo_zk GitHub: https://github.com/ingonyama-zk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ingonyama Join us: https://www.ingonyama.com/career
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# 14 | Zama : the craft of building FHE products
Jan 15, 202500:45:01Tap to summarizeWith Morten Dahl, VP Blockchain Engineering at Zama This week, we spoke with Morten Dahl, VP of Blockchain Engineering at Zama, about his work with fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) and its applications across blockchain and machine learning. Key takeaways include: A detailed exploration of FHE, highlighting its ability to perform computations on encrypted data without decrypting it, with applications in privacy-preserving machine learning and blockchain. Insights into Zama’s products, including TFHE-rs for core encryption, Concrete and Concrete ML for encrypted computations, and the FHEVM co-processor for scaling encrypted transactions on blockchains like Ethereum. Discussion on challenges and advancements in FHE, such as performance bottlenecks, scalability through custom hardware, and the integration of cryptographic techniques like ZK proofs and MPC. Vision for the future, including decentralized KMS solutions, enhancing the usability of encrypted smart contracts, and leveraging FHE for distributed identity, auctions, and gaming. A forward-looking perspective on cryptographic innovation, focusing on combining solutions like FHE, ZK proofs, and TEs to achieve secure, scalable, and user-friendly applications. Links Morten's Twitter/X:https://x.com/mortendahlcs Zama's Twitter/X: https://x.com/zama_fhe YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ingo_zk GitHub: https://github.com/ingonyama-zk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ingonyama Join us: https://www.ingonyama.com/career
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#13 | Reclaiming the Internet
Jan 8, 202500:50:03Tap to summarizeWith Madhavan (Maddy) Malolan, Co-founder of Reclaim Protocol This week, we spoke with Madhavan Malolan, co-founder of Reclaim Protocol, about his journey and how Reclaim is building the API of the internet using ZKTLS. Key takeaways include: Reclaim’s origin story, starting as an identity solution for Questbook and evolving into a standalone ZK-powered protocol for verifiable data sharing. A dive into ZKTLS and how Reclaim leverages proxy mode for efficient proof generation, balancing performance and security. Reclaim’s approach to developer experience, including comprehensive SDKs and tools for seamless integration across Web2 and Web3 ecosystems. Vision for 2025, focusing on background verifications, deals and discounts, and enabling Web2 games with Web3 economics. A long-term outlook on the role of verifiability in autonomous systems, aiming to reduce friction in decision-making processes. Links Maddy's Twitter/X: https://x.com/madhavanmalolan Reclaim Protocol's Twitter/X: https://x.com/reclaimprotocol YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ingo_zk GitHub: https://github.com/ingonyama-zk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ingonyama Join us: https://www.ingonyama.com/career
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#12 | The Rise of Orochi Network
Jan 1, 202500:45:41Tap to summarizeWith Chiro Hiro, CEO of Orochi This week, we spoke with Chiro Hiro, Founder at Orochi, about his journey and the evolution of Orochi’s cutting-edge ZK technologies. We covered the following topics: Inside look into grants from Ethereum Foundation and Mina Foundation deep dive into zkDatabase and ZK Memory and Orochi unique approach to data availability and zk scaling The Vietnamese eco-system, ZK marketing with ambassador program and a look in 2025 plans Links Orochi's Website: https://www.orochi.network/ Orochi's Twitter/X: https://x.com/OrochiNetwork Chiro's Twitter/X: https://x.com/Chiro8x YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ingo_zk GitHub: https://github.com/ingonyama-zk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ingonyama Join us: https://www.ingonyama.com/career
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#11 | Taiko: A Based Roadmap with No Turning Back
Dec 25, 202400:51:16Tap to summarizeWith Brecht Devos, Co-founder & CTO of Taiko This week, we spoke with Brecht Devos, co-founder and CTO of Taiko, about his journey and the evolution of Taiko as a Based ZK rollup. Key takeaways include: Insights into Taiko’s unique stack designs, such as the multi-tier proof system, based sequencing, and pre-confirmation. The rationale behind introducing Gwyneth, a next-generation based rollup focusing on real-time proving and composability with other based rollups. Key milestones for 2025, including onboarding more provers on-chain, achieving 100% zk coverage for proving, and advancing toward Stage 1 for Taiko. A forward-looking vision aligned with Ethereum’s snarkification roadmap, aiming to enhance scalability and composability while preserving decentralization and user experience. LinksBrecht's X/Twitter: https://x.com/BrechtpdTaiko's X/Twitter: https://x.com/taikoxyz 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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