Episode 250: What's the Deal with Hash Functions?

In this week’s episode, Anna and Kobi Gurkan speak with Dmitry Khovratovich, researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, Dusk Network, and ABDK Consulting and JP Aumasson CSO at Taurus. This episode compares symmetric and asymmetric cryptography as well as a deep dive into hash functions. They explore what hash functions are used for, the process of developing and improving hash functions, and what it means for a hash function to be zk friendly. Here are some additional links for this episode: Dmitry Khovratovich Twitter Ethereum Foundation Dusk Network ABDK Consulting JP Aumasson Twitter JP Aumasson Website Taurus Twitter Taurus Website ZK8: New Directions in ZK hashing - Dmitry Khovratovich - Ethereum Foundation ZK8: On ZK hashes - JP Aumasson - Taurus ZK7: Security of ZKP projects: same but different - JP Aumasson - Taurus Serious Cryptography - JP Aumasson, 2017 Too Much Crypto - JP Aumasson, 2019 Crypto Dictionary - JP Aumasson Scalable, transparent, and post-quantum secure computational integrity - Ben-Sasson, Bentov, Horesh, Riabzev, 2018, page 71 NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology BLAKE2 Poseidon Network SHA-3 Reinforced Concrete - Maharramov, 2021 Nova - Recursive Zero-Knowledge Arguments from Folding Schemes - Kothapalli, Setty, Tzialla, 2021 ZK8: Fantastic Beasts: unfolding ZK hardware - Omer Shlomovits - Ingonyama Find the Aleo repo here github.com/aleohq. Today's episode is sponsored by Anoma. Anoma is a set of protocols that enable self sovereign coordination. Anoma's first fractal instance Namada is planned for later in 2022, and it focuses on enabling shielded transfers for any assets, with a few second transaction latency and near zero fees. Visit anoma.net for more information. If you like what we do: Find all our links here! @ZeroKnowledge | Linktree Subscribe to our podcast newsletter Follow us on Twitter @zeroknowledgefm Join us on Telegram Catch us on Youtube Head to the ZK Community Forum Support our Gitcoin Grant