zkMesh: March 2020 Edition
Welcome to zkMesh - a monthly newsletter focused on sharing the latest in decentralised privacy-preserving technologies, privacy protocol development and zero knowledge systems research.
Here you will find the latest research, useful articles, videos, podcasts, tweets, tools and events listings.
zkMesh is put together by Mikerah (Hashcloak) and Anna (Zero Knowledge Podcast).
Expect a new edition every month and be sure to subscribe!
Quick Note: If you haven’t yet, grab your ticket for the zkSummit happening on March 31st - Online!
Research
Constructing hidden order groups using genus three Jacobians
"Many-out-of-Many" Proofs with Applications to Anonymous Zether
Pseudo-Free Families of Computational Universal Algebras (revised in March 2020)
Optimized and secure pairing-friendly elliptic curves suitable for one layer proof composition
Articles
Secret-sharing app Whisper left users’ locations, fetishes exposed on the Web
Bitcoin Fungibility, Mixing And The Legal Limits On Maintaining Privacy
Privacy and Cryptocurrency, Part V: Bisq, RuneScape and stories from buying bitcoin anonymously
Jacobians of Hyperelliptic Curves by Alan S.
Videos/Podcast:
Dr. Ben-Sasson or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Blockchains and Scalable ZKPs (Pt 1)
Fast and Furious {Fourier Transforms, PCPs, STARKs} with Eli Ben Sasson (Pt 2)
SLP160 BTCXZELKO – Protect your Bitcoin privacy with Ronin Dojo
Jordi Baylina: "Big zkSNARKs circuits for zkrollups with circom"
ZkStudyClub: Vitalik & Dankrad on using polynomial commitments to replace state roots
Blockchain Privacy in a TweetShell
Guides and Resources
Project Updates
Tools
Miscellaneous:
Events
zkSummit5 - Berlin, March 31, ONLINE
Noncon - Vienna, April 3-7, ONLINE
zkProofs workshop3 - April 20 – May 21, ONLINE
12th NASA Formal Methods Symposium (NFM 2020), NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, May 15, 2020
Zcon2 - Lima, Peru, June 20-22 2020 [CANCELLED]