Demystifying the benefits of zero-knowledge proofs with Mysten Labs co-founder Kostas Chalkias
Quick Take Mysten Labs co-founder Kostas Chalkias and Axelar co-founder Sergey Gorbunov unpack the potential of zk-proofs for blockchain scalability.
Episode 37 of Season 6 of The Scoop was recorded with The Block's Frank Chaparro, Axelar Co-Founder Sergey Gorbunov, and Mysten Labs Co-Founder Chief Cryptographer Kostas Chalkias.
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This is the second installment of a miniseries sponsored by Axelar and featuring co-host Sergey Gorbunov, co-founder of Axelar — you can find part 1 with Eigen Layer's Sreeram Kannan here .
In this episode, Chaparro and Gorbunov are joined by Mysten Labs co-founder and chief cryptographer Kostas Chalkias to discuss the potential of zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs to revolutionize the blockchain space.
OUTLINE
00:00 Introduction
04:27 ZK-proof overview
08:45 Adoption of zk-proofs
15:33 Standardizing zk-proofs
22:27 Advice for builders
27:57 ZK AI
35:55 How ZK improves UX
45:00 Predictions
This episode is brought to you by our sponsor, Axelar .
Axelar is scaling interoperability to connect hundreds of new blockchains anticipated in the Ethereum L2 ecosystem. Find out more at axelar.network/layer2
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