Season 7 | Episode 5 In today's episode Mike and Hart are joined by Uma Roy to dive deep into the world of zero-knowledge proofs and their transformative potential for blockchain interoperability. The conversation explores the fundamentals of ZKPs, the current ZKP landscape, and the economics of generating and verifying proofs. Uma shares insights on how ZKPs can enhance capital efficiency, security, and scalability across various blockchain architectures, including rollups and crosschain communication. Stay tuned for all of this and much more! -- Follow Uma: https://twitter.com/pumatheuma Follow Hart: https://twitter.com/hal2001 Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/MikeIppolito_ Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3R1D1D9 Subscribe on Apple: https://apple.co/3pQTfmD Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3cpKZXH- - -- Sei Labs believes the EVM is here to stay. By providing the fastest time to finality of any chain, thousands of transactions per second and full backwards compatibility with the EVM, Ethereum developers can try out a brand new design space for their applications. Try out sei v2 devnet - visit the new sei.io to find out more. - - Uniswap builds simple and secure products that help you swap smarter. Web. Mobile. Extension. Powered by the smartest protocol in DeFi. Click here to learn more about the Uniswap’s products https://blckwrks.co/Uniswap - - Join us at DAS (Digital Asset Summit) in London this March! DAS is the #1 institutional conference in crypto, hosted by Blockworks. Use the link below to learn more, and use BELL10 to get 10% off your ticket! Sign up now because the price goes up every month. See you there! https://blockworks.co/event/digital-asset-summit-2024-london/home - - Timestamps: (0:00) Interview Start: Uma, Succinct (3:52) What are ZK-Proofs? (9:40) The ZKP Design Space (16:33) Sei Ad (17:32) Economics of ZK Proofs (29:12) Sync Committee Functionality (38:58) Uniswap Ad (39:52) ZK Proofs and Interop (1:03:40) ZK Usecases Outside of Blockchain (1:06:54) Outro - - Disclaimer: Nothing said on Bell Curve is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Mike, Jason, Michael, Vance and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.