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

welcome to @zac-aztec, founder of Aztec and inventor (discoverer? founder?) of the famous PLONK proof system!


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Previously Head of Ecosystem at Aztec Labs

👋  Hello! I heard there was fomo. Is this where all the fomo is?

I’ve always considered it an invention rather than a discovery. Protocols are typically the application of existing techniques applied in a new context.

Zac what is the action of uncovering new cryptography called?

Is it discovered? is it created? invented? is math fundamental???