ZK11: Common Pitfalls & Optimization for Modern Cryptographic Protocol Implementations - S. Agrawal

This was recorded at the ZK11 - Zero Knowledge Summit 11 on April 10th, 2024 in Athens, Greece. https://www.zksummit.com/ Title: Common Pitfalls and Optimization for Modern Cryptographic Protocol Implementations Speaker: Shresth Agrawal (Common Prefix) Description: Drawing insights from several past audits conducted by Common Prefix, this session aims to provide key pointers that engineers and scientists should keep in mind while implementing modern cryptographic primitives such as ZK, SNARKs, MPC, etc. We begin by identifying and dissecting common errors, such as biased generation of random group elements, non-unique serialization and deserialization, and improper handling of secret data. The talk then shifts focus to exploring strategies for optimizing cryptographic operations, including techniques for multiscalar multiplications and polynomial interpolation. Check out speaker slides here: (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WdUblvp63oMkng38SAs99A56tFXVMIFK?usp=sharing) ----------- If you are looking to jump into ZK professionally, check out the ZK Jobs board to find job posts from some of the top teams working in ZK - https://jobsboard.zeroknowledge.fm ------------ If you like what we do: - Subscribe to our podcast newsletter - https://zeroknowledge.substack.com - Follow us on Twitter @zeroknowledgefm - Join us on Telegram - https://zeroknowledge.fm/telegram