Miden & the Edge Blockchain with Bobbin & Gaylord

Zero Knowledge

In this episode, Anna Rose and Guillermo Angeris speak with Bobbin Threadbare and Gaylord Warner from Miden to explore their zkVM and edge blockchain architecture. The group also reminisces on how they've each been a part of the ZK Whiteboard Sessions over the years. Bobbin shares Miden's earliest beginnings from Winterfell at Facebook through its development within Polygon to the recent spin-out as an independent project. The team discusses their custom ISA designed for blockchain use cases, and the multi-stage compilation pipeline that supports it. The conversation also covers Miden's pragmatic approach to privacy implementation, their plans for gradual decentralization starting with a centralized L2, and how they incentivize users to keep state off-chain through multidimensional fee structures. Related links:

• ZK Whiteboard
• Episode 373: Ethproofs, zkVM Benchmarks & the Unstoppable Rise of ZK with Justin Drake
• Episode 369: Ligero for Memory-Efficient ZK with Muthu
• Episode 367: Local-First with grjte and Goblin Oats
• Episode 365: ZK in Sui & zkAt with Kostas Kryptos
• Episode 210: The Road to STARKs and Miden with Bobbin Threadbare
• The Miden Compiler v0.4.0 – A Major Milestone
• ZK Whiteboard Sessions - Module Four: SNARKs vs STARKs with Bobbin Threadbare
• ZK13: Lifted FRI: A uniform multi-domain polynomial commitment scheme
• ZK Study Club - STARKs overview - Session 4
• ZK Hack Berlin
• Winterfell
• Fruity Friends
• Gaylord's X post that inspired the interview!

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