Snark Chocolate

#20 | Aleo: Privacy-Preserving Smart Contracts


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With Howard wu, co-founder of Aleo and CEO of Provable


  • ​This 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.



Links

Howard Wu's Twitter/X: https://x.com/1HowardWu

Provable's Twitter/X: https://x.com/ProvableHQ

Aleo's Twitter/X: https://x.com/AleoHQ


Learn more:

https://aleo.org/blog/

https://provable.com/blog

https://aleo.org/grants/


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