ZCash Co-Founder: 'The World is Demanding More Privacy'

In this episode of The Big Brain Podcast, Eli Ben-Sasson – co-founder of Zcash and Starknet – joins The Block President Larry Cermak and MegaETH CSO Namik Muduroglu.

The conversation delves into the challenges of ensuring integrity in privacy payments on decentralized public blockchains, highlighting the role of ZK proofs in validating computations without compromising sensitive information.

OUTLINE
00:00 Introduction
03:48 From Academia to Crypto
08:52 Zcash Privacy Overview
13:06 Monero vs. Zcash
15:05 The Future of Privacy
16:50 Quantum Threats
24:13 Zcash’s Evolution
28:23 Starknet & BTCFi
33:13 Bitcoin’s Future
41:08 Why Privacy Matters
43:14 The Future of Starknet

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