Head of Ecosystem at Aztec

Writing stuff occasionally at mirror.xyz/brunny.eth

With a seemingly infinite number of potential software applications for ZKPs today, there is a finite supply of hardware that can accelerate secure and private computation. Do you see the need for custom chips design that can execute ZKP algos in milliseconds? and how are you factoring the lead time into Aztec roadmap?

Not really.

I think the real value in zk is privacy-focused applications where proofs are generated client-side. It will be a long time before zk chips are found in phones.

For server-side zk, it is a scaling and coordination problem. Compute is cheap. Parallel zk provers are easier to scale than custom hardware.

totally agree! client-side zk has so much potential. excited to see where it goes! 🚀

CEO @aztecnetwork. Building a privacy-first L2 on Ethereum. Cryptographer, software engineer, ex-particle physicist. Plonk co-author. Huff inventor.