In this episode, Anna explores the concept of Ultrasound Money with Justin Drake from the Ethereum Foundation. They kick off with updates on his work in VDFs, MEV and censorship resistance, alongside his particular interests in ZK and how the progress VRFs have made can be applied in Ethereum’s POS architecture. They then dive into the original concept of Ultrasound Money and where Justin sees it progressing to in the future, including the current status around issuance.

Here are some additional links for this episode:

• Episode 74: Blockchain 101: Randomness and Random Beacons with Justin Drake
• Episode 120: ZKPs in Ethereum with Vitalik Buterin & Justin Drake
• Episode 168: Flashbots with Phil Daian and Stephane Gosselin
• Zero Knowledge Episodes on zkEVMs
• ZK Whiteboard Sessions: Module Fourteen - Nova Crash Course with Justin Drake
• MevWatch.Info
• DeFi Llama
• L2BEAT
• Ultrasound.Money Website

RISC Zero announce the next version of their ZKVM is now available on GitHub at github.com/risc0

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