ZKValidator is teaming up with Gitcoin to bring you the ZK Tech side round in the next Gitcoin Grants CLR matching round. — As our mission statement outlines, we aim to promote and fund zero knowledge technology. At this point it should be self-evident that accelerating the development of ZK tools and applications will greatly benefit the larger blockchain ecosystem. …

This coming fall, Zero Knowledge Podcast and the Zero Knowledge Validator will be holding the first ever Zero Knowledge Hackathon — and hopefully we can do this in person! We want to get a sense for attendance interest and how to structure this event, so please fill out this short…

Wanted to share a quick announcement: On April 22nd, I will be hosting a ZK Jobs Fair as part of the zkSessions series! Backstory: Many of the top projects and companies in the zk community are looking to hire talented people into their team. At the same time, the Zero…

Yesterday, news broke that an NFT animation from an artist called Beeple sold for $6.6 million on digital art platform, Nifty Gateway (owned by Gemini). This comes after a month of increasingly record-breaking NFT sales. …

In this last week’s episode, James Prestwich and I chatted with David Vorick from Skynet Labs about his work on Sia and Skynet. One topic that came up around minute 45 was the double-edged sword of decentralization & the danger that comes with creating something unstoppable. Zero Knowledge Episode 164: The road to Skynet & beyond with David Vorick This week, Anna and guest co-host James Prestwich chat with David Vorick from Skynet Labs about the scope and goals of…share.fireside.fm

More than just a podcast… — Just over 3 years ago, myself and co-host Fredrik Harrysson launched the Zero Knowledge Podcast. We didn’t realise this at the time, but this little podcast project would bring us in contact with some of the top researchers and practitioners in the field of zero knowledge cryptography. …

UPDATE FROM ZKValidator: NEAR has just entered Phase 2 of its mainnet launch and we are happy to share that the ZKValidator is one of the first validators to be live securing the network. We have also joined as a member of the NEAR Validators Advisory Board! This brings the…

On Friday Aug 21st 2020, in the midst of an extreme Berlin heat wave, we convened the first meeting of the ZKValidator Polkadot Working Group. We had at the table a combination of implementers, researchers and community representatives from Parity Technologies and Web3 Foundation. Participants included: Fredrik Harrysson, CTO —…

Just this past week, the ZKValidator was voted onto the Kusama council! Thank you to those who voted for us. We look forward to being part of this decision making body. As we have described in previous posts, the ZKValidator is a purpose driven, privacy-focused validator operating on Kusama. With…