Keynote: Blockchain, Cryptography, and RISC-V: A New Frontier in Open Development
summary
Argues that RISC‑V as software execution layer could replace complex VMs like the EVM to make smart‑contract execution simpler and faster, notes zero‑knowledge proofs (ZKPs) remain compute‑heavy and create current scaling/privacy bottlenecks, points to real deployments (DTCC, Mastercard, HSBC, Citi, Fidelity, central bank pilots) and to an actual project—Solang Rust compiler targeting RISC‑V—already working to compile Solidity to RISC‑V for verifiable, more efficient execution.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction and keynote purpose
- 1:47Blockchain as trust infrastructure
- 4:58Real-world blockchain adoption examples
- 6:20RISC-V and blockchain intersection
- 8:48Zero knowledge proofs explained
- 11:44Call for open collaboration
- 13:09Closing vision for open systems
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