lean Ethereum Miniseries Kick-off with Anna & Nico

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In this episode, Anna Rose (x.com/AnnaRRose) and Nico Mohnblatt (x.com/nico_mnbl) kick-off a new six-part video miniseries exploring lean Ethereum (blog.ethereum.org/2025/07/31/lean-ethereum). Lean Ethereum is a proposal initiated by the EF (ethereum.foundation) that weaves zero-knowledge cryptography and post-quantum upgrades throughout Ethereum’s stack. They discuss why the topic deserves a deeper series, what listeners can expect from upcoming episodes, and how this new video-first format will differ from the podcast’s usual style.

The conversation previews key themes like hash-based signatures, formal verification, proximity gaps, and the broader goal of future-proofing blockchain protocols with minimal cryptographic assumptions. They also share details about the upcoming zkSummit14 (zksummit.com) and how the community can get involved.
Related Links

• Ethproofs (ethproofs.org)
• lean Ethereum (blog.ethereum.org/2025/07/31/lean-ethereum)
• Lean Consensus R&D Progress (leanroadmap.org)
• Poseidon2: A Faster Version of the Poseidon Hash Function (eprint.iacr.org/2023/323.pdf)

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