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Nico

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Nico

@nico_mnbl

'picious until proven otherwise @zksecurityXYZ. Research and cryptography. Recurring co-host on @zeroknowledgefm. Also a troubadour and chess enthusiast

London, England

Joined April 2020

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Nico
@nico_mnbl
Aug 8, 2024
The ZK Jargon Decoder has moved! It is now hosted at zkjargon.github.io and finally has an appropriate license. Few more content updates below and many planned to come soon. All in time for 𝐙𝐊 𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞́𝐚𝐥! @__zkhack__
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@nico_mnbl
Sep 10, 2024
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@nico_mnbl
May 6, 2022
Started writing a collection of informal definitions for common ZK jargon. Hoping this can help newcomers and experts alike nmohnblatt.github.io/zk-jargon-deco…
Nico
@nico_mnbl
Dec 1, 2023
Coming to ZK from electrical eng, I found some of the jargon confusing. Statement, instance, public inputs all seemed interchangeable yet were not; but technical definitions were always too complex. So I decided to write the article I wish I had on day 1 nmohnblatt.github.io/zk-jargon-deco…
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Nico
@nico_mnbl
May 30, 2025
Wrote a post on the Google Wallet ZKP This is not "just a simple application of ZK", it has a very interesting proof system and many brilliant insights. Highly recommend to have a closer look! Summary and link below (and @zeroknowledgefm episode coming soon 👀)
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Nico
@nico_mnbl
May 4, 2023
new paper GalaxyPlonk dropping soon
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Nico
@nico_mnbl
Sep 25, 2023
ZK in french is incredibly not catchy: ZKP - preuve à divulgation nulle de connaissance Commitment scheme - protocole de mise en gage Hash function - fonction de hachage Lookup table - table de correspondance how am I supposed to get anyone interested in this 😩😩
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Nico
@nico_mnbl
Nov 28, 2024
anyone else felt this after listening to the episode?
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Nico
@nico_mnbl
Aug 30, 2024
Hate to be that guy, but imo "zkTLS" is a misnomer. ZK has been (ab)used to mean succinct, non-interactive, publicly verifiable proofs, even if not zero-knowledge. With zkTLS we're going the other way: we have zero-knowledge but not the others. Can't have it both ways
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Nico
@nico_mnbl
Sep 13, 2024
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Nico
@nico_mnbl
Dec 11, 2023
Reminder that FHE does not magically solve all privacy challenges The E stands for *encryption*. Someone KNOWS that decryption key and WILL eventually decrypt to read an output FHE alone does not give us private aggregate statistics, compliance checks, private smart contracts
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Nico
@nico_mnbl
Apr 13, 2023
Made it to @zeroknowledgefm! Had so much fun recording this with @AnnaRRose and @angeris. We covered *a lot*, some technical, some personal, some very general stuff and even some French. Listen at your own risk zeroknowledge.fm/episode-271-be…
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Nico
@nico_mnbl
Aug 27, 2025
everyone been drinking Diet ZK™ with 0% ZK for too long, they won't know what hit them when they taste the classic ZK
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Nico
@nico_mnbl
Jul 29, 2025
are people actually arguing about this?
Polynom Labs
@polynom_labs
Jul 29, 2025
Has ZKP lost the privacy battle to MPC and FHE in 2025? Featuring: @0xMaxSoul - CEO of @polynom_labs @schmiddominik1 - @0xMiden co-founder @auryn_macmillan - @gnosisguild & @EnclaveE3 @luhelminger - CEO of @TACEO_IO 📅 July 29, 16:00 UTC x.com/i/spaces/1lPKq…
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