Study Club
RISC Zero's Study Club sessions aim to introduce the pre-requisite concepts necessary to understand our technology.
Upcoming Sessions
- October 25: Intro to Zeth, with Wolfgang Welz
- November 1: Use cases for ZK in blockchain, with Steven Li
- November 8: zkVM Performance Optimization, with Victor Graf
All sessions are hosted at 9am Pacific / 4PM UTC.
Join the session: Zoom link
Join the conversation: Discord
Past Sessions
Full recordings and slides from past sessions are available here
Zero-Knowledge Virtual Machines
Mathematical Primitives
- Intro Finite Fields
- Finite Field Implementations: Algorithms for Fast Multiplication
- Intro to Number Theoretic Transforms (NTTs)
- Intro to Reed-Solomon Codes
- Proximity Gaps and Succinct Proofs
ZK Protocol Design
- Using Quotients in ZK Protocols: A Peek Inside STARKs and DEEP-ALI
- Intro to FRI
- FRI Mechanics: Folding, Committing, and Batching
Other Educational Videos
You may also be interested in some of our other talks and podcasts or our developer-focused workshops from ZKHack III and ZKHack Lisbon.