Recorded: Nov 20th, 2016 Today on the show, we're talking with Zooko Wilcox (CEO of the Zcash Company)about the design and execution of the parameter generation ceremony needed for making zero knowledge proofs possible with Zcash. Leading up to this discussion we talk about Zookos history in bitcoin and his cypherpunk roots, the Zcash company and the importance of fungibility. We're also joined by a special guest co-host Andreas Antonopoulos. Guest: Zooko Wilcox -...

Recorded: Dec 3rd, 2016 Today on the show, we’ll discuss the story behind creation of Zcash, the importance of privacy, why the zerocoin protocol was never integrated into Bitcoin and how Zcash eventually evolved into it’s own blockchain protocol. We’re joined by Dr. Matthew Green, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins. He has been largely recognized for his work on privacy-enhanced information storage, anonymous payment systems, and cryptographic engineering. Most...