In this week’s episode, Anna (https://twitter.com/annarrose) and Kobi Gurkan (https://twitter.com/kobigurk) speak with Dmitry Khovratovich (https://twitter.com/khovr), researcher at the Ethereum Foundation (http://ethereum.foundation/), Dusk Network (https://dusk.network), and ABDK Consulting (https://www.abdk.consulting) and JP Aumasson (https://twitter.com/veorq) CSO at Taurus (https://www.taurushq.com/). This episode compares symmetric and asymmetric cryptography as well as a deep dive into hash functions. They explore what hash functions are used for, the process of developing and improving hash functions, and what it means for a hash function to be zk friendly. Here are some additional links for this episode: Dmitry Khovratovich Twitter (https://twitter.com/khovr) Ethereum Foundation (http://ethereum.foundation/) Dusk Network (https://dusk.network/) ABDK Consulting (https://www.abdk.consulting/) JP Aumasson Twitter (https://twitter.com/veorq) JP Aumasson Website (https://www.aumasson.jp/) Taurus Twitter (https://twitter.com/taurus_hq) Taurus Website (https://www.taurushq.com/) ZK8: New Directions in ZK hashing - Dmitry Khovratovich - Ethereum Foundation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXnb7T9YATs) ZK8: On ZK hashes - JP Aumasson - Taurus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-4fzHpd4dk) ZK7: Security of ZKP projects: same but different - JP Aumasson - Taurus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be9pbCKNB28) Serious Cryptography - JP Aumasson, 2017 (https://nostarch.com/seriouscrypto) Too Much Crypto - JP Aumasson, 2019 (https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/1492.pdf) Crypto Dictionary - JP Aumasson (https://twitter.com/cryptolexicon) Scalable, transparent, and post-quantum secure computational integrity - Ben-Sasson, Bentov, Horesh, Riabzev, 2018, page 71 (https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/046.pdf) NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology (https://www.nist.gov) BLAKE2 (https://www.blake2.net) Poseidon Network (https://www.poseidon.network) SHA-3 (https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/hash-functions/sha-3-project) Reinforced Concrete - Maharramov, 2021 (https://dusk.network/news/reinforced-concrete-paper-release) Nova - Recursive Zero-Knowledge Arguments from Folding Schemes - Kothapalli, Setty, Tzialla, 2021 (https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/370) ZK8: Fantastic Beasts: unfolding ZK hardware - Omer Shlomovits - Ingonyama (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q0BAO18Hu0&feature=youtu.be) Find the Aleo repo here github.com/aleohq (https://github.com/aleohq). Today's episode is sponsored by Anoma. Anoma is a set of protocols that enable self sovereign coordination. Anoma's first fractal instance Namada (https://namada.net/) is planned for later in 2022, and it focuses on enabling shielded transfers for any assets, with a few second transaction latency and near zero fees. Visit anoma.net (https://anoma.net) for more information. If you like what we do: * Find all our links here! @ZeroKnowledge | Linktree (https://linktr.ee/zeroknowledge) * Subscribe to our podcast newsletter (https://zeroknowledge.substack.com) * Follow us on Twitter @zeroknowledgefm (https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm) * Join us on Telegram (https://zeroknowledge.fm/telegram) * Catch us on Youtube (https://zeroknowledge.fm/) * Head to the ZK Community Forum (https://community.zeroknowledge.fm/) * Support our Gitcoin Grant (https://zeroknowledge.fm/gitcoin-grant-329-zkp-2)