Great introduction to ZKPs! I think your points about the interest and demand for privacy are very important as to why this tech even matters. I especially liked the framing of this: The choice hasn’t been “Do I want to use the internet with or without privacy?” but “Do I want to use the internet or not?”..."if you could build more scalable applications that also let users control their data and offload the headache of handling their PII for the same cost and effort, why wouldn’t you?"
Much appreciated. Rollups need documentation and exposition, and as an Ethereum implementer, this is a excellent overview. Swimming naked is fun but not always apropos.
Hey Packy I'm listening to a podcast with you in it. I just finished my first full year on Substack with an A.I. Newsletter. Do you have any tips for me to grow and find a sweet point or breakthrough? I'm wracking my brain trying to pay the rent.
"The longest I’ve essay I’ve ever written about the most complex subject I’ve ever written about" was an interesting introduction as it feels like it should be the other way around.
“I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes
First of all, it looks like nothing more than hash matching.
data1 --> hash1; data2 --> hash2. If hash1 = hash2, then data1=data2
Ok great. Now the real world:
1) How do prove data1 or data2 isn't faked?
2) The greater the size/detail of data1, the more likely data1 <> data2 because of an extra space or a typo or some such.
Nowhere in this equation is the need for trust obviated: trust that the intermediary (repositories presumably of data1 and/or data2; more importantly, the arbiters of what data1 & data2 should be) or trust that data1 OR data2 are legitimate. Ultimately this comes down to trust in whether the holders of data1 AND data2 AND the intermediary are honest and genuine.
Also: please stop repeating the nonsense that blockchain = privacy. Blockchain is the literal antithesis of privacy - if you want to be private, then data should be not preserved/deleted, or at least not preserved forever. There's a reason why real privacy apps have auto-erase functions.
You're the man, Packy. Another great piece!
Great introduction to ZKPs! I think your points about the interest and demand for privacy are very important as to why this tech even matters. I especially liked the framing of this: The choice hasn’t been “Do I want to use the internet with or without privacy?” but “Do I want to use the internet or not?”..."if you could build more scalable applications that also let users control their data and offload the headache of handling their PII for the same cost and effort, why wouldn’t you?"
Much appreciated. Rollups need documentation and exposition, and as an Ethereum implementer, this is a excellent overview. Swimming naked is fun but not always apropos.
Can any one tell me the names of project in L2 Scaling and Privacy 3rd one and 5th one
Hey Packy I'm listening to a podcast with you in it. I just finished my first full year on Substack with an A.I. Newsletter. Do you have any tips for me to grow and find a sweet point or breakthrough? I'm wracking my brain trying to pay the rent.
Hey Packy! Amazing stuff - will u publish a podcast version of it too?
If Packy compiled his posts like Vitalik did with Proo-of-Stake, you'd get over 1,000 pages.
"The longest I’ve essay I’ve ever written about the most complex subject I’ve ever written about" was an interesting introduction as it feels like it should be the other way around.
“I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes
This looks extraordinarily stupid.
First of all, it looks like nothing more than hash matching.
data1 --> hash1; data2 --> hash2. If hash1 = hash2, then data1=data2
Ok great. Now the real world:
1) How do prove data1 or data2 isn't faked?
2) The greater the size/detail of data1, the more likely data1 <> data2 because of an extra space or a typo or some such.
Nowhere in this equation is the need for trust obviated: trust that the intermediary (repositories presumably of data1 and/or data2; more importantly, the arbiters of what data1 & data2 should be) or trust that data1 OR data2 are legitimate. Ultimately this comes down to trust in whether the holders of data1 AND data2 AND the intermediary are honest and genuine.
Also: please stop repeating the nonsense that blockchain = privacy. Blockchain is the literal antithesis of privacy - if you want to be private, then data should be not preserved/deleted, or at least not preserved forever. There's a reason why real privacy apps have auto-erase functions.