# Talks & Panels

Zircuit researchers have given over fifty talks on rollups, bridges, and security. This page lists them including links to recordings when they are available.

1. **Optimizing ZK-Rollups: Unlocking Cost-Effective Proving Infrastructure**
   * [EthCC\[8\]](https://youtu.be/ClrgV6WLiis?feature=shared), *Cannes, France,* 2025.
2. **Designing for Change: The Modular Architecture of Zircuit Prover**
   * [EthCC\[8\]](https://www.youtube.com/live/boG_5zYWWW0?feature=shared), *Cannes, France,* 2025.
3. **Challenges of Replicating Historical Exploits**
   * [EthCC\[8\]](https://www.youtube.com/live/uicp15MoF1I?feature=shared), *Cannes, France,* 2025.
4. **Smart Contract Families in Solidity**
   * [EthCC\[8\]](https://www.youtube.com/live/8i0jmvkWqQw?feature=shared), *Cannes, France,* 2025.
5. **EIP-7702: Programmable Accounts and the Future of UX on Ethereum and Rollups**
   * [EthCC\[8\]](https://www.youtube.com/live/lBEpmGy-ojk?feature=shared), *Cannes, France,* 2025.
6. **An Introduction to EIP-7702**
   * [ETHDenver](https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=shared\&v=WG_0EiHtKlc), *Denver, Colorado, USA,* 2025.
7. **Challenges of Bringing a zkTrie to the OP Stack**
   * [ETHDenver](https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=shared\&v=HydzerzxNHA), *Denver, Colorado, USA,* 2025.
8. **Rollups Unfiltered: What We Wish We Knew While Building Zircuit**
   * [ETHDenver](https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=shared\&v=oGVHPWnYwtM), *Denver, Colorado, USA*, 2025.
9. **Using AI to Secure Dapps and Users**
   * [L2con at DevCon 7](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wsCwqdDTec), *Bangkok, Thailand, 2024.*
   * [ETHGlobal Pragma](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRAb0_T6Ml8\&list=PLXzKMXK2aHh4LcwDpGf_itZrAu7XRNb07\&index=4\&t=58s), *San Francisco, CA, USA, 2024.*
10. **Panel: Will All Optimistic Rollups become zkRollups?**
    * ZK Hub at DevCon 7, *Bangkok, Thailand, 2024.*
11. **Panel: Modularity - Along with Avail, Swell**
    * AltLayer Rollup Day at DevCon 7, *Bangkok, Thailand, 2024.*
12. **Enhancing L2 Security with Sequencer-Level Protection: Insights from the Zircuit Network**
    * DeFi Security Summit, *Bangkok, Thailand, 2024.*
13. **Panel: Integrating L2 Innovations: Cross-Chain Collaborations and Hybrid Models**
    * [L2con at DevCon 7](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY425x0e2M8), *Bangkok, Thailand, 2024.*
14. **Workshop: Getting Started with Zircuit: Building a Secure & Scalable DApp on Layer 2**
    * ZK Hub at DevCon 7, *Bangkok, Thailand, 2024.*
15. **Accelerating Zero-Knowledge Proofs Computations with GPUs**
    * ZKAccelerate at DevCon 7, *Bangkok, Thailand, 2024.*
16. **Polynomial Commitment Schemes for Zero-Knowledge Proof Systems**
    * DevCon 7, *Bangkok, Thailand, 2024.*
17. **Robust, Distributed, and Prover-Agnostic Proof Orchestration**
    * Invisible Garden - Antalpha Hacker House, *Bangkok, Thailand, 2024.*
18. **Designing for Change: The Modular Architecture of Zircuit Prover**
    * [Aggregation Summit at DevCon 7,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jWyxNElCxc) *Bangkok, Thailand, 2024.*
19. **Abstract Interpretation for PLONKish Circuits**
    * 34th International Conference on Collaborative Advances in Software and COmputiNg (CASCON), *Toronto, ON, Canada, 2024.*
20. **Smart Contract Families in Solidity**
    * 34th International Conference on Collaborative Advances in Software and COmputiNg (CASCON), *Toronto, ON, Canada, 2024.*
21. **State of the Art EVM: Techniques and Benchmarks Building L2s**
    * Google Zero Knowledge (ZK) Summit, *Sunnyvale, CA, USA, 2024.*
22. **Panel: Interoperability and Cross-Chain Solutions: Enhancing Web3 Ecosystem in APAC**
    * Aggregation Cave at EDCON 2024, *Tokyo, Japan, 2024.*
23. **Introduction to Layer Three Networks**
    * Aggregation Cave at EDCON 2024, *Tokyo, Japan, 2024.*
24. **Panel: ZK Proofs: Pioneering Privacy, Efficiency and Transformative Applications**
    * Proof of Talk, *Paris, France, 2024.*
    * Panelists: Kurt Hemecker (CEO, MINA), Diego Fernandez (Innovation & Digital Department, QuarkID), Anthony Day (Head of Strategy & Marketing - Midnight, IOHK), Martin Derka (Co-Founder, Zircuit).
25. **Panel: ZK Proof Generation Infrastructure: Overhyped or Underutilized?**
    * [ETH Prague](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNaVJhmBiNo), *Prague, Czech Republic, 2024.*
    * Panelists: Martin Derka (Co-Founder, Zircuit), Tomas Eminger (Head of Staking Infrastructure, RockawayX), zpedro (Aztek Network), Tibor Tribus (Co-Founder, Maya-ZK).
26. **Panel: L2 Panel @ ETH Taipei**
    * [ETH Taipei](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RlyWo2fDPI), *Taipei, Taiwan, 2024.*
    * *Panelists:* Jordi Baylina (Co-founder, Polygon-Hermez*),* Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum Foundation), Martin Derka (Co-Founder, Zircuit), Karl Floersch (CEO, OP Labs), Queenie Wu.
27. **Sequencer Level Security**
    * [ETH Prague](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpwhTC2G1WI), *Prague, Czech Republic, 2024.*
28. **SoK: Compression in Rollups**
    * IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC), *Dublin, Ireland, 2024.*
29. **Panel: ZK Season in 2024 : Hype VS. Reality**
    * L3 Summit at Token 2049, *Dubai, UAE, 2024.*
30. **Panel: Unlocking Scalability: Founders' Perspectives on ZK**
    * Google Web3 Roadshow Dubai, *Dubai, UAE, 2024.*
31. **Panel: EVM Equivalence in Rollups**
    * Ethereum Zurich, *Zurich, Switzerland, 2024.*
32. **A Rollup Comparison Framework**
    * ChainScience 2024, *Zurich, Switzerland, 2024.*
33. **Sequencer Level Security**
    * [Ethereum Zurich](https://youtu.be/IhmtmXuAFO8?si=b6pAZiglw9rAgqO3), *Zurich, Switzerland, 2024.*
    * ETH Denver, *Denver, CO, USA, 2024.*
34. **Zircuit: A Security-Focused ZK Rollup Built on the OP Stack**
    * ETH Denver, *Denver, CO, USA, 2024.*
35. **Zircuit: Challenges of Building an EVM Equivalent ZK Rollup on the OP-Stack**
    * [Epic Infra Day](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUQerNv9-MM), *Istanbul, Turkiye, 2023.*
    * ETH Denver, *Denver, CO, USA, 2024.*
36. **Attacks on Rollups**
    * 4th International Workshop on Distributed Infrastructure for the Common Good (DICG), *Bologna, Italy, 2023.*
37. **A Rollup Security Framework**
    * Epic L2 Day, *New York City, NY, USA, 2023.*
    * L2Warsaw, *Warsaw, Poland, 2023.*
38. **Lightweight Formal Methods in dApp Development**
    * [ETH Warsaw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WD_gvx1ei4), *Warsaw, Poland, 2023.*
39. **Automated Analysis of Halo2 Circuits**
    * 21st International Workshop on Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT), *Rome, Italy, 2023.*
40. **Towards Satisfactory Web3 Software Engineering**
    * 14th Pragmatics of SAT International Workshop, *Alghero, Italy, 2023.*
41. **Evaluating Rollup Compression**
    * ETH Portland, *Portland, OR, USA, 2023.*
42. **Automated Flash Loan Attack Synthesis**
    * [DeFi Security Summit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6VR7Rv-jiY), *Paris, France, 2023.*
43. **Quantstamp's Ethereum Grants**
    * [ETHGlobal Pragma](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlzK0UYussQ), *Paris, France, 2023.*
44. **Smart Contract Development**
    * [ETHGlobal Waterloo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZX8u736Q9k), *Waterloo, ON, Canada, 2023.*
45. **Linting Halo2 Circuits**
    * ZKSummit 9, *Lisbon, Portugal, 2023.*
    * [ETH Denver](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66gtzO-G1IA\&t=1s), *Denver, CO, USA, 2023.*
46. **Why L2s Are the Key to Onboarding Billions**
    * [The Rollup](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXrN8hmtXik), *online, 2023.*
47. **Not Quite Water Under the Bridge**
    * IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC), *Dubai, UAE, 2023.*
    * Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator, *Berkeley, CA, USA, 2023.*
    * [ETH Portland (2022)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BafvOY3PXSU), *Portland, OR, USA, 2022.*
    * [ETH Denver](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4GOa4XwCjY), *Denver, CO, USA, 2022.*
48. **The Impact of Chain Forks and Reorgs on Cross-chain Bridges**
    * [ETH Denver](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkIxK3zn_To), *Denver, CO, USA, 2023.*
49. **Protecting Bridges from Most Recent Hacks**
    * [ETH Denver](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a7ekBGuGks), *Denver, CO, USA, 2023.*
50. **Ideal Properties of Rollup Escape Hatches**
    * 3rd International Workshop on Distributed Infrastructure for the Common Good (DICG), *Quebec, QC, Canada, 2022.*
    * [DevCon 6](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjEK8PrH9kQ), *Bogota, Colombia, 2022.*
51. **An Overview and Wishlist of Rollup Escape Hatches**
    * [DevCon 6](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjEK8PrH9kQ), *Bogota, Colombia, 2022.*
52. **The Blockchain Bridge You Dream About**
    * [DevCon 6](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_GE6VrmDvM), *Bogota, Colombia, 2022.*
53. **The Proper Treatment of Randomness**
    * [ETH Denver](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2fo8uiVHWk), *Denver, CO, USA, 2022.*
54. **EVM-to-EVM Bridges: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly**
    * [ETH Denver](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa-b6mROCeI\&t=1s), *Denver, CO, USA, 2022.*
55. **How to Hack a Bridge in 2022**
    * [ETH Denver](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a7ekBGuGks), *Denver, CO, USA, 2022.*