2026-05-10 –, Sladkovský Stage
Programmable cryptography like zero-knowledge proofs, together with LLMs, have expanded the design space for human economic organization. So far designs are in the skeuomorphic stage, reimplementing schemes invented for pencil and paper or stone tablets. We'll take a "Martian anthropologist" perspective on how money functions as a zero-knowledge proof, and what economic designs might be next.
Jason is the founder and CEO of EZKL. Jason was previously a tenured professor of mathematics and statistics at Penn State, and founded and sold a startup based in Southeast Asia. He holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from U.C. Berkeley, an M.A. in Economics from U. Michigan, and an A.B. Psychology from Harvard.