Rachel Wolfson sat down with Evan Shapiro, chief executive officer of Mina Foundation and o(1) Labs to discuss how zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) can be leveraged to make Web3 applications more private and secure. 

This week's guests:

Evan Shapiro is chief executive officer of Mina Foundation and o(1) Labs. Evan graduated from Carnegie Mellon with a BS in computer science. He then obtained his research MS while working in the CMU Personal Robotics Lab, where he did research for the HERB robotics platform. He has also worked as a software engineer for Mozilla.

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Show Outline/Highlights

0:00 – Introduction from Rachel

1:15 – Rachel welcomes Evan

1:43 – Evan explains his background and how he got involved with Web3

2:58 – Evan explains Mina Foundation and what Mina Protocol does

5:17 – What is a zero-knowledge proof?

8:00 – What is the relationship between zero-knowledge proofs and Web3?

10:16 – Can zero-knowledge proofs be applied to traditional businesses (Web2)? 

12:48 – How are regulations impacting the implementation of zero-knowledge proofs?

13:54 – How do zero-knowledge proofs work from a user perspective? 

16:20 – What are the best use cases for zero-knowledge proofs?

19:02 – Mina will have its hard fork soon so developers can build on Mainnet

19:30 – Why zero-knowledge proofs are not specific to web3 use cases

19:57 – Snarkyjs can work without a blockchain 

24:16 – How are AI and zero-knowledge proofs related?

31:56 – What is Zcash?

35:23 – How do zero-knowledge proofs enable interoperability?  

36:35 – How will zero-knowledge proof technology mature moving forward?

38:00 – Final thoughts and resource suggestions 

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