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Honest Majority by Common Prefix · Dec 11, 2025 · 27 min

Alex Evans - Can Data Availability be Zero Knowledge?

Timestamps: (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 2. ZODA: Zero-Overhead Data Availability

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Timestamps:

(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

2. ZODA: Zero-Overhead Data Availability

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