04-06, 12:15–13:15 (Europe/Zurich), Merge Stage
This lecture will cover the background maths needed when either developing zero knowledge proof applications, or working at the protocol level
This interactive workshop will go through the maths needed for zero knowledge proof creation and verification. It will cover - Background cryptography / number theory - Polynomial theory - Commitment Schemes - A run through of the zkSNARK and zkSTARK process - Optimisation techniques used in popular protocols
CEO - Extropy.IO - Blockchain and ZKP Consultancy.
I educate, develop and audit in the Web3 / ZKP space.
Since 2017 I have been running workshops, currently I'm running workshops for Encode.club, teaching advanced solidity, zero knowledge proofs and zkML bootcamps