ZK in Celestia with Connor O’Hara

Summary
In this week’s episode, x.com/AnnaRRose chats with Connor O’Hara (theorg.com/org/celestia/org-chart/connor-o-hara) from Celestia (celestia.org). After discussing the latest ZK Hack Montréal event (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 (zeroknowledge.fm/311-2)
03:22 ZK Hack Montréal (zkmontreal.com)
08:08 ZK Hack Devfolio (zk-hack-montreal.devfolio.co)
24:33 Episode 151: John Adler on Optimistic vs ZK Rollup and the data availability problem (zeroknowledge.fm/151-2)
30:24 Episode 208: Digging into Data Availability with Ismail Khoffi from Celestia (zeroknowledge.fm/208-2)
41:26 Episode 220: The Road to Plonky2 with Brendan and Daniel from Polygon Zero (zeroknowledge.fm/220-2)
46:49 Vitalik Buterin Endgame Blog Post (vitalik.eth.limo/general/2021/12/06/endgame.html)
49:41 Light Nodes Everywhere: Why & How - Connor O'Hara at Modulard Summit (youtube.com/watch?v=L6KmiFSN0OA)
56:29 ZK11: 1 Circuit, 5 Rollups: Building a Re-Usable DA Integration for ZK Rollups - Connor O'Hara (youtube.com/watch?v=gsOvk7GSxLg)

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