Summary

In this week’s episode, Anna chats with Connor O’Hara from Celestia. After discussing the latest ZK Hack Montréal event where Connor was a judge, they dive into his professional background, the ecosystems he has been a part of and what led him to work on Celestia. They then discuss various ZK-focused initiatives within the Celestia ecosystem.

Here’s some additional links for this episode:

Episode 311: The Launch of Celestia and Beyond
03:22 ZK Hack Montréal
08:08 ZK Hack Devfolio
24:33 Episode 151: John Adler on Optimistic vs ZK Rollup and the data availability problem
30:24 Episode 208: Digging into Data Availability with Ismail Khoffi from Celestia
41:26 Episode 220: The Road to Plonky2 with Brendan and Daniel from Polygon Zero
46:49 Vitalik Buterin Endgame Blog Post
49:41 Light Nodes Everywhere: Why & How - Connor O'Hara at Modulard Summit
56:29 ZK11: 1 Circuit, 5 Rollups: Building a Re-Usable DA Integration for ZK Rollups - Connor O'Hara

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Episode 336: ZK in Celestia with Connor O’Hara