Post-Devcon5 catch-up with Tarun, James & Georgios

In this week's episode, Anna catches up with Tarun Chitra (Gauntlet Networks), James Prestwich (Summa) and Georgios Konstantopoulos on the last day of Devcon5 in Osaka. In this special 99th episode, we cover a broad range of topics from their Devcon take-aways, emerging ideas in the ecosystem, the latest in PoS systems, Roll-up and DeFi, to the explosion in zero knowledge research, and more. We mention the following episodes, presentations and articles in our talk:James Prestwich talks Smart ContractsTarun Chitra on Statistical modeling of PoS systemsLight clients & ZKPs with CeloAriah Klages-Mundt - (In)Stability for the Blockchain: Deleveraging Spirals and Stablecoin AttacksDesigning Smart Contracts With Free WillResearch paper: A model for Bitcoin’s security and the declining block subsidy - Hasu, Prestwich, CurtisOn the Frontiers of Validation with Bison TrailsThank you to this week's sponsor Trail of BitsTrail of Bits shared their review of this year's IACR Crypto Conference on the Trail of Bits blog. They highlighted some of the major themes of the conference, including the importance of getting basic cryptographic primitives right and the ascendance of cryptographic tools for privacy-preserving computation such as Zero-knowledge proofs, secure multiparty computation, and secure messaging systems.For more on their thoughts from the conference and what they see on the horizon in their industry, check out the blog post here: https://blog.trailofbits.com/2019/09/11/crypto-2019-takeaways/Our very own Zero Knowledge Summit is happening on Oct 26th. Spend the day with some of the best researchers and thinkers working on Zero Knowledge topics. Get your application in to attend here: https://forms.gle/ZouC15vhTguZ5azq9If you like what we do: Follow us on Twitter - @zeroknowledgefmJoin us on TelegramSupport our Gitcoin GrantSupport us on the ZKPatreonOr directly here: ETH: 0xC0FFEE1B5083230a5154F55f253B6b6ae8F29B1aBTC: 1cafekGa3podM4fBxPSQc6RCEXQNTK8ZzZEC: t1R2bujRF3Hzte9ALHpMJvY8t5kb9ut9SpQ

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In this week's episode, Anna catches up with https://twitter.com/tarunchitra (Tarun Chitra) (https://gauntlet.network/ (Gauntlet Networks)), https://twitter.com/_prestwich (James Prestwich) (https://www.summa.one/ (Summa)) and https://twitter.com/gakonst (Georgios Konstantopoulos) on the last day of https://devcon.org/ (Devcon5) in Osaka. In this special 99th episode, we cover a broad range of topics from their Devcon take-aways, emerging ideas in the ecosystem, the latest in PoS systems, Roll-up and DeFi, to the explosion in zero knowledge research, and more. We mention the following episodes, presentations and articles in our talk: https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/34 (James Prestwich talks Smart Contracts) https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/61 (Tarun Chitra on Statistical modeling of PoS systems) https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/93 (Light clients and ZKPs with Celo) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxpsHA_5Lr4 (Ariah Klages-Mundt - (In)Stability for the Blockchain: Deleveraging Spirals and Stablecoin Attacks) https://devcon.org/agenda?talk=rechPV7dNxkinynjQ (Designing Smart Contracts With Free Will) https://uncommoncore.co/research-paper-a-model-for-bitcoins-security-and-the-declining-block-subsidy/ (Research paper: A model for Bitcoin’s security and the declining block subsidy - Hasu, Prestwich, Curtis) https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/80 (On the Frontiers of Validation with Bison Trails) Thank you to this week's sponsor https://trailofbits.com (Trail of Bits) Trail of Bits shared their review of this year's https://www.iacr.org/meetings/crypto/ (IACR Crypto Conference) on the https://blog.trailofbits.com/2019/09/11/crypto-2019-takeaways/ (Trail of Bits blog). They highlighted some of the major themes of the conference, including the importance of getting basic cryptographic primitives right and the ascendance of cryptographic tools for privacy-preserving computation such as Zero-knowledge proofs, secure multiparty computation, and secure messaging systems. For more on their thoughts from the conference and what they see on the horizon in their industry, check out the blog post here: https://blog.trailofbits.com/2019/09/11/crypto-2019-takeaways/ (https://blog.trailofbits.com/2019/09/11/crypto-2019-takeaways/) Our very own Zero Knowledge Summit is happening on Oct 26th. Spend the day with some of the best researchers and thinkers working on Zero Knowledge topics. Get your application in to attend here: https://forms.gle/ZouC15vhTguZ5azq9 (https://forms.gle/ZouC15vhTguZ5azq9) If you like what we do: Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm (@zeroknowledgefm) Join us on https://t.me/joinchat/B_81tQ57-ThZg8yOSx5gjA (Telegram) Support our https://gitcoin.co/grants/38/zero-knowledge-podcast (Gitcoin Grant) Support us on the https://www.patreon.com/zeroknowledge (ZKPatreon) Or directly here: ETH: 0xC0FFEE1B5083230a5154F55f253B6b6ae8F29B1a BTC: 1cafekGa3podM4fBxPSQc6RCEXQNTK8Zz ZEC: t1R2bujRF3Hzte9ALHpMJvY8t5kb9ut9SpQ

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