We’re continuing our ZK AMA series, this time with @uma of Succinct!

She’ll be answering questions on Thur/Fri. Cast your questions as a reply to the cast.

We’re continuing our ZK AMA series, this time with @uma of Succinct!

She’ll be answering questions on Thur/Fri. Cast your questions as a reply to the cast.

https://succinct.xyz
https://x.com/pumatheuma?s=21

Working on building zkTLS infra/products. A ruthless empiricist.

http://opacity.network

Advisor @ EV3 Ventures

Btw if you want an nft of that accomplishment we can make that happen

Do you have to graduate with a 5.0 from MIT to be a zk expert?

How important is zk technology in the blockchain world?

What skeuomorphic use case for verifiable compute are you most excited about?

How did you become interested in crypto and ZK?

how long do you think it will be before zkml is useful in production?

neuroscience PhD, onchain chaplain for /spirituality, vibe imagineer for /christin, co-host of /bcbhshow for the farcaster middle class. seemore.tv/christin

Never stopped to think about the intersection of ethics and zk.

It’s a good question, I have quite the arsenal of unethical zk ideas.

You could setup a bounty for people in some congrsnl committee to decide one way. The trick is to hide the fact it’s been claimed.

Can use zkTLS/Email to prove identity

appreciate the ama opportunity! 

what ethical considerations should developers and researchers keep in mind when working on/with zk?

Hi @uma Nice to e-meet you! Do you think ZK will penetrate the consumer psyche? As in they know they’re using a product that uses zk, or will it all be abstracted away from the user?

what are the usecases for succinct that you are personally most interested in?

Is there a possible world where every application is zk if dev/hosting costs were low enough?

what are your thoughts on Binius and snarks with smaller field sizes?

given the name "succinct", do you folks think about building privacy tooling in the future or would you always stick with succinctness?

what kind of speed improvements to blockchains can we be able to realistically expect in the short term?

What are the most compelling real world consumer & B2B use cases for ZKPs that you've seen?

there were a few attempts to make ZK-WASM work but at this point, it seems like everyone has moved to RISC-V. why WASM didn't work out for ZK?

what excites you the most, when thinking of things zk enables?

what's the easiest way to explain zk proofs and why they're important/cool to a complete non-dev or non-crypto enjoyor

 (aka pls explain to me thanks :D )

Now that you've built sp1, what are the next major pain points in zk product development?

What is the strangest/most interesting use case for a prover network that you have come across?

Hi Uma

the vast majority of $ invested in zk are directed towards blockchain scaling use cases 

is there a chance non-crypto use cases for zk become huge first? 

in which verticals/industries (beyond blockchain scaling) should app-builders be focused on experimenting with zk today?