ZkMesh Newsletter: April 2020 Edition
Welcome to zkMesh - a monthly newsletter focused on sharing resources about decentralised privacy-preserving technologies, privacy protocol development and zero knowledge systems research.
It includes the latest research, useful articles, videos, podcasts, tweets, tools, project updates and events.
** This month, we are also including a special section on contact tracing technologies as this is something that many of the members of the community are currently working on. Our list of resources is far from exhaustive, so please feel free to reach out with anything you would like us to add this month, or in preparation for next month’s newsletter. **
zkMesh is put together by Mikerah (HashCloak) and Anna (Zero Knowledge Podcast).
Expect a new edition at the beginning of every month and be sure to subscribe!
Special Section: Contact Tracing
A short selection of links and resources related to Contact Tracing research & resources. Please feel free to send us links to groups and resources that we have missed.
Apple, Google Boost Privacy Protections for Contact-Tracing Tool
The UK won't use Apple and Google's coronavirus contact-tracing technology
What privacy-preserving coronavirus tracing apps need to succeed
Research
zkRelay: Facilitating Sidechains using zkSNARK-based Chain-Relays
Diogenes: Lightweight Scalable RSA Modulus Generation with a Dishonest Majority
Faster Montgomery and double-add ladders for short Weierstrass curves
Low-Latency ASIC Algorithms of Modular Squaring of Large Integers for VDF Applications
Toward Active and Passive Confidentiality Attacks On Cryptocurrency Off-Chain Networks
Articles
Videos/Podcast:
Halo with Sean Bowe and Daira Hopwood from ECC on Zero Knowledge Podcast
Bitcoin Privacy #CoinJoinDay w/ BTCxZelko, Max Tannahill, ErgoBTC, Stephen Cole | OC Bitcoin Network
Mixnets and privacy technology with Claudia Diaz from Nym on Zero Knowledge Podcast
Monero’s Unique Roadmap; Maximum Fungibility! Interview with Justin Ehrenhofer
Monero Means Money: Cryptocurrency 101, Live from Leipzig (Workgroup Edit)
Sounds of Soundness - STARKs @ Home with Eli Ben-Sasson
Hot AIR*: Programming for Succinct ZKPs with Eli Ben-Sasson
Let's do Arithmetic: Why are polynomials used in succinct ZK proofs with Eli Ben-Sasson
Exploring FHE with Flavio Bergamaschi from IBM Research on Zero Knowledge Podcast
Crypto libraries, Zcash's Zebra and contact tracing with Henry de Valence on Zero Knowledge Podcast
Last month’s zkSummit5 videos (Releasing videos on youtube throughout the month of May)
Blockchain Privacy in a TweetShell
Guides and Resources
Software and Security Engineering Course: Department of Computer Science and Technology, Cambridge
Create your first zero-knowledge snark circuit using circom and snarkjs
Project Updates
Zeropool: Fawkes-crypto — a new lightweight framework for building zkSNARKs
Matter Labs: Zinc Update: v0.1.5, open source, video from zkSummit
Aztec Protocol: ZK-ZK Rollup: Code Release I
Ethereum: EIP 2565: Repricing of the EIP-198 ModExp precompile
Bolt Labs: zkChannels for Bitcoin
Semaphore: Trusted Setup Ceremony
Tools
https://github.com/AztecProtocol/barretenberg/tree/master/barretenberg/src/aztec/stdlib/recursion
https://github.com/nymtech/nym/blob/develop/clients/webassembly/js-examples/index.js
Events
Deep FRI Dive - STARK @ Home Part VI , Online, May 13
12th NASA Formal Methods Symposium (NFM 2020), Online, May 15
https://zkproof.org/events/workshop3/ (Ongoing)