EPISODE · Sep 13, 2019 · 48 MIN
Zcash’s Anna and Deirdre on Zebra and quantum-resistant cryptography
from Relay Chain · host Parity Technologies
In this episode, Joe talks to Deirdre Connolly and Anna Kaplan from Zcash Foundation on the state of the Rust Zcash client, “Zebra,” originally developed by Parity Technologies and now maintained by Zcash Foundation. They also discuss integrating cryptography into our day-to-day lives, quantum-resistant cryptography, and what baby zebras are called. Highlights 00:28 - How Anna and Deirdre got to the Zcash Foundation 02:08 - Why have multiple Zcash clients? 06:54 - The state of Zebra now and future plans. 11:38 - Build-test-deploy benchmark pipeline 20:53 - Blossom features 22:03 - Integrating cryptography into our day-to-day lives 33:33 - Quantum security Links Zebra repo Parity’s Zebra release announcement Deirdre Connolly on Twitter Anna Kaplan on Twitter Zcash Rocket Chat Zcash Community dev room Zcash Wizards chat Subscribe and follow us at @relaychain to stay tuned for more episodes. Special Guests: Anna Kaplan and Deirdre Connolly.
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In this episode, Joe talks to Deirdre Connolly and Anna Kaplan from Zcash Foundation on the state of the Rust Zcash client, “Zebra,” originally developed by Parity Technologies and now maintained by Zcash Foundation. They also discuss integrating cryptography into our day-to-day lives, quantum-resistant cryptography, and what baby zebras are called. Highlights 00:28 - How Anna and Deirdre got to the Zcash Foundation 02:08 - Why have multiple Zcash clients? 06:54 - The state of Zebra now and future plans. 11:38 - Build-test-deploy benchmark pipeline 20:53 - Blossom features 22:03 - Integrating cryptography into our day-to-day lives 33:33 - Quantum security Links Zebra repo Parity’s Zebra release announcement Deirdre Connolly on Twitter Anna Kaplan on Twitter Zcash Rocket Chat Zcash Community dev room Zcash Wizards chat Subscribe and follow us at @relaychain to stay tuned for more episodes. Special Guests: Anna Kaplan and Deirdre Connolly.
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