Alex Evans - Can Data Availability be Zero Knowledge?
00:00 Intro
00:45 First steps in the space
04:34 Bain Capital: Origin Story
06:10 Is New York the new Crypto Capital?
07:43 Exciting research: ZK DA
12:06 Technical deep dive
21:16 Outlook for 2026 and beyond
26:55 Outro
Papers mentioned:
1. Fraud and Data Availability Proofs: Maximising Light Client Security and Scaling Blockchains with Dishonest Majorities (https://arxiv.org/pdf/1809.09044)
2. ZODA: Zero-Overhead Data Availability (https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/034.pdf)