In this pod, @vanishree_rao goes deeeeep on Fermah, proof markets and privacy

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Universal Proof Market with Fermah

The latest SNARK CHOCOLATE is live! 🍫

We sat down with Vanishree Rao (@vanishree_rao), founder of @fermah_xyz, to explore how Fermah is building a universal proof marketplace designed for speed, cost-efficiency, and real-world ZK adoption.

🧩 The vision behind Fermah: solving ongoing hurdles in proof generation

🧩 What defines a proof market, and why universality across proving systems matters

🧩 How Fermah matches proof requests with machines using tailored mechanism design

🧩 Trade-offs between decentralization and efficiency—and why Fermah prioritizes the latter

🧩 Challenges of client-side proving and how Confidential Proving Delegation (CPD) addresses them

🧩 The tech stack behind CPD, including MPC, CIRCOM, and GPU acceleration via ICICLE

🧩 Fermah’s roadmap: moving from testnet to mainnet and onboarding major rollups

🧩 Thoughts on company-building, working with A16Z’s CSX, and staying lean

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