The Why & How of Privacy for DAOs

This week, Anna chats with John Light and Samuel JJ Gosling, two passionate privacy advocates and DAO thinkers. This topic was brought up in a recent zkSessions focused on Privacy in NFTs and DAOs spurring a deeper dive into the subject.John brings his past experience at Aragon, and now Sovryn, to discuss what is a DAO and what are its needs in privacy and collusion protection. Samuel brings the on the ground view from his involvement in Tornado governance and current work with MACI.Here are some links for this episode:MACI with Koh Wei Jie, Zero Knowledge Episode 159MACI implementation code.Mixers with Tornado.cash, Zero Knowledge Episode 111CowSwap & DAO Tech with Gnosis’s Martin Köppelmann, Zero Knowledge Episode 183Be sure to check out the upcoming ZK Jobs Fair! Happening on July 29th, we will be hosting some of the top zk projects who are looking to build their teams and hire. Most jobs will be engineering and cryptography focused, but business positions abound as well.In the meantime, you can check out the ZK Jobs Board! For example, ZKValidator is looking to fill a Validator Reliability Engineer position, so make sure to apply if you have the necessary skills.Thank you this week’s episode sponsor, Mina!Mina, the world’s lightest blockchain – powered by participants. Mina is a layer-one protocol, creating a private gateway between the real world and crypto. The entire chain is around 22kb — even as it scales, thanks to zk-SNARKs, The layer-one protocol replaces the traditional blockchain with a zero-knowledge proof, ensuring a super-light and constant sized chain that allows participants to quickly sync and verify the network.And snark-powered dapps, called Snapps, allow access to verified real world data from any website for on-chain use. Visit minaprotocol.com to find out more.If you like what we do:Subscribe to our podcast newsletter to not miss any event!Follow us on Twitter - @zeroknowledgefmJoin us on TelegramCatch us on YoutubeRead up on the r/ZKPodcast subredditGive us feedback! -