I've had quite a few people ask me how to get started in ZK. I'm by no means any expert, but here's what worked for me, and I still keep adding to it:
Part 1:
1. https://t.co/yGlMJwEfnF: which is the best resource to start as a beginner
2. https://t.co/nCZBLFzydq: I moved on to reading the moon-math manual and solving the exercises. It gets easy if you have already read the Zk-book
3. https://t.co/liDLJkQY0B: For learning Abstract Algebra in detail, I recently added it to my list, and it's great.
This gives us enough exposure to zk mathematics, and we move on to deep-diving next,
Part 2:
1. https://t.co/Y9OLJE7wLm: ZKP-MOOC series is great for understanding various protocols, along with some circuit writing sessions
2. https://t.co/9gtP0dbKQx: Justin Thaler's "Proof, Args, and Zk” is the best book for learning everything from the ground up, and I have thoroughly enjoyed it.
3.https://t.co/ssHJbrpqrM: ZK-Whiteboard sessions by the professionals themselves.
Once through with the above resources, we should be good enough to read the newly released research papers and advancements.
https://t.co/FyYJy8eKCa and @ZKNewsletter have been my go-to sources for tracking recent updates.
Some other resources which I followed include:
1. https://t.co/0sMC3c5XBL: “Graduate Course in Applied Cryptography” by Dan Boneh for understanding cryptography in general (math-heavy, still reading..)
2. Real-world Cryptography by @cryptodavidw, giving us exposure to real-life use cases of cryptography without forcing us to know the exact maths.
3. https://t.co/6tVVyOjvMO: I still have this tweet by @portport255 bookmarked, listing all the books in one place. He is an amazing guide.
It’s an ever-evolving field—keep learning and enjoy the journey! I’m still learning too, so let’s grow together. Good luckkk !!!
wow @garrytan just exposed Anthropic as total frauds
Claude Code was ONLY 512K LOC ☹️
Gary is shipping 37K LOCs PER DAY
so Gary could recreate all of Claude Code in ONLY 13 days!
a supposedly $380 billion is big trouble
Let's be clear: we need more hackers.
And I'm not talking about the cool, sanitised term we give to developers who build things quickly. I mean the real hackers—the adversarial thinkers, the security researchers, the ones who exist to find the breaking point of things.
We are drowning in "vibe-coded" software, this culture where everyone is a developer, shipping an entire app in a day to catch the next wave. In this rush to build, no one gives a flying fuck about the privacy or security of their app.
And the approach feels outright negligent.
Everything feels shiny and innovative until it breaks, and the fallout reveals just how dangerous pushing insecure code is for users, for companies, for everyone.
There should be some sense of responsibility for every developer when pushing code, before copying and pasting the AI slop.