Return to MPC with Nigel Smart

In this week’s episode, Anna Rose is joined by Nigel Smart, Professor at KU Leuven and Chief Academic Officer at Zama to discuss the advancements in MPC over recent years. Nigel unpacks core components of MPC systems, including garbled circuits, secret sharing, and FHE. They discuss both systems-level applications like DKGs and Threshold Signature Schemes and actual real-world deployments. Throughout the episode, they also discuss how MPC and ZK differ, but how they can be used together to enhance each other's capabilities.Here’s some additional links for this episode:17 misconceptions about SNARKs (and why they hold us back by Justin ThalerNigel Smart’s GitHub Unbound Security GitHub Unbound Security Twitter MPC Alliance What is a multi-party computation (MPC) wallet? Relevant ZK Podcast epsTrusted Setups & FHEEpisode 76: Sean Bowe on SNARKs, Trusted Setups & Elliptic Curve Cryptography Episode 124: Exploring FHE with Flavio Bergamaschi from IBM Research Episode 133: Trusted Setup Ceremonies Explored Episode 137: Trusted Setup Bonus: Tornado Cash Episode 248: Revisiting FHE with Rand Hindi from Zama Episode 270: FHE and ZKPs with Sunscreen’s Ravital Solomon MPCEpisode 90: MPC systems with Nigel SmartEpisode 203: MPC and DAGs with Aleph Zero’s Adam Gagol & Matthew Niemerg Applications are now open to attend zkHack Istanbul - Nov 10-12! Apply here: https://www.zkistanbul.com/ RISC Zero’s out-of-the-box tooling allows developers to access the magic of ZK proofs from any chain without needing to learn custom languages or build custom zk circuits.Bonsai, RISC Zero’s most anticipated product, allows developers to prove huge programs off-chain, roll them into one succinct proof, and verify anywhere with low amounts of gas.Visit https://r0.link/ZKpodcast to learn more and sign up today for the Bonsai waitlist.Gnosis are searching for a VP of Technology who will provide technical leadership, foster innovation, and ensure the success of their technology.Check out the full job here If you like what we do:Find all our links here! @ZeroKnowledge | LinktreeSubscribe to our podcast newsletter Follow us on Twitter @zeroknowledgefm Join us on Telegram Catch us on YouTube Read transcript

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