Interview

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" summary

Describes concrete work: collaboration to import zk-SNARKs into Ethereum Metropolis and ongoing Zcash research focused on zero‑knowledge proofs; notes forks like Zclassic that removed the founders reward then spawned projects that tried to reintroduce funding; warns that many forks reuse the original trusted setup parameters; recounts a disclosed vulnerability that crashes nodes by overloading RAM via mempool transactions; announces active hiring for developers; cites the Free State Project’s 20,000 mover goal and crypto-friendly shops and meetups.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:15What is Zcash
3. 2:53Zcash vulnerability
4. 5:10Zcash team
5. 6:23New Hampshire
6. 8:47Portsmouth New Hampshire
7. 10:25Berlin Germany

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