Summary

In this week’s episode, Anna (https://x.com/AnnaRRose) chats with Connor O’Hara (https://theorg.com/org/celestia/org-chart/connor-o-hara) from Celestia (https://celestia.org/). After discussing the latest ZK Hack Montréal event (https://www.zkmontreal.com/) where Connor was a judge, they dive into his professional background, the ecosystems he has been a part of and what led him to work on Celestia. They then discuss various ZK-focused initiatives within the Celestia ecosystem.Here’s some additional links for this episode:Episode 311: The Launch of Celestia and Beyond (https://zeroknowledge.fm/311-2/) 03:22 ZK Hack Montréal (https://www.zkmontreal.com/) 08:08 ZK Hack Devfolio (https://zk-hack-montreal.devfolio.co/)24:33 Episode 151: John Adler on Optimistic vs ZK Rollup and the data availability problem (https://zeroknowledge.fm/151-2/)30:24 Episode 208: Digging into Data Availability with Ismail Khoffi from Celestia (https://zeroknowledge.fm/208-2/)41:26 Episode 220: The Road to Plonky2 with Brendan and Daniel from Polygon Zero (https://zeroknowledge.fm/220-2/)46:49 Vitalik Buterin Endgame Blog Post (https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2021/12/06/endgame.html) 49:41 Light Nodes Everywhere: Why & How - Connor O'Hara at Modulard Summit (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6KmiFSN0OA) 56:29 ZK11: 1 Circuit, 5 Rollups: Building a Re-Usable DA Integration for ZK Rollups - Connor O'Hara (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsOvk7GSxLg)Check out the ZK Jobs Board (https://jobsboard.zeroknowledge.fm/) for the latest jobs in ZK at jobsboard.zeroknowledge.fm (https://jobsboard.zeroknowledge.fm/)

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