Episode 255: Verifying Consensus On-Chain with Succinct

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In this week’s episode, Anna and Tarun speak with Succinct Labs. Guests Uma Roy and John Guibas discuss their interest in ZK, their work with 0xparc and the goals of Succinct Labs - that is to provide proof of consensus through SNARK-based light clients. Acting similar to IBC, but in the Ethereum context, we discuss the challenge of building ZK-based light clients on Ethereum, their first implementation linking Gnosis Chain to Ethereum, and how they imagine interacting with the larger blockchain space.

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Here are some additional links for this episode:

• 0xPARC Learning Resources
• TrustBoost: Boosting Trust among Interoperable Blockchains by Wang, Sheng, Kannan, Nayak, Viswanath, 2022
• Episode 136: Math competitions, crypto as alchemy & Gasper with Yan Zhang
• Past ZK HACK Events and Puzzles

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• Join the ZK HACK III - Session #2 on 24 November
• Join the ZK HACK Discord
• Follow the ZK Hack Twitter

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Today's episode is sponsored by Aztec. Aztec Network is building the first privacy-enabled zkRollup on Ethereum.

The team is proud to announce Noir, the world's first universal ZK language. Noir makes it safe and intuitive to write privacy-preserving ZK circuits.

Aztec is now hiring engineers and cryptographers to build the execution layer supporting Noir's private smart contracts.

Join the team making private Ethereum a reality. You can learn more by visiting aztec.network/careers.

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