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Understanding the Moon Math of ZK Snarks workshop led by Anna Kaplan and Liz Steininger

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Are you fascinated by zk-SNARKs and want to learn more about their inner workings? During this interactive workshop, Anna and Liz focus on the mathematical and cryptographic foundations of zk-SNARKs by focusing on a pen-and-paper approach through every development step of the Groth16 zk-SNARK. They go through the mathematical basics needed first: arithmetics, algebra, and elliptic curves. Then, they continue to understand how statements can be represented and how proofs are constructed. Throughout this process, they construct the most insecure elliptic curve on Barreto-Lynn-Scott curve presumptions to apply the concepts we learned through calculations by hand or by Sage code for those interested. Participants should note that learnings from these mathematical basics can be applied not only for understanding zk-SNARKs but also to being able to discuss modern cryptography more generally. Latest version of the MoonMath Manual: https://leastauthor …...more
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Understanding the Moon Math of ZK Snarks workshop led by Anna Kaplan and Liz Steininger
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2022Aug 8
Are you fascinated by zk-SNARKs and want to learn more about their inner workings? During this interactive workshop, Anna and Liz focus on the mathematical and cryptographic foundations of zk-SNARKs by focusing on a pen-and-paper approach through every development step of the Groth16 zk-SNARK. They go through the mathematical basics needed first: arithmetics, algebra, and elliptic curves. Then, they continue to understand how statements can be represented and how proofs are constructed. Throughout this process, they construct the most insecure elliptic curve on Barreto-Lynn-Scott curve presumptions to apply the concepts we learned through calculations by hand or by Sage code for those interested. Participants should note that learnings from these mathematical basics can be applied not only for understanding zk-SNARKs but also to being able to discuss modern cryptography more generally. Latest version of the MoonMath Manual: https://leastauthority.com/community-... Presentation Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11vfO... Workshop Leaders:
  • Anna Kaplan (@kaplannie) is a security and cryptography researcher at Least Authority. She graduated from Technical University of Munich with a B. Sc. and M. Sc. in Mathematics and worked as an intern for IBM Research on privacy-preserving audit logs and for the Zcash Foundation within the beginnings of the Zcash node implementation Zebra. Twitter: kaplannie
  • Liz Steininger (@Liz) is the CEO/Managing Director of Least Authority in Berlin, a company supporting people’s right to privacy through security consulting and building privacy tech. Prior, she managed financing for Internet freedom projects at the Open Technology Fund. Liz has considerable experience as an entrepreneur, along with over 20 years of experience working as a Project Manager, Program Manager and Analyst on numerous tech development projects in both private companies and public organizations. She holds an M.S. in Management & Technology from Carlow University and B.S. in Digital Media from Drexel University in the United States of America. Twitter: Liz315
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