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