A mathematician walks into a Bitcoin conference—and everything changes. In this talk, Eli Ben-Sasson, Co-Founder and CEO of StarkWare, tells the story of how a lifetime in pure math led to one of crypto’s most powerful technologies: Zero-Knowledge Proofs. From his days as a professor exploring math to helping create Zcash, StarkWare, and Starknet, Eli shares how ZK proofs—once called moonmath—became the key to scaling blockchains without compromise. He reflects on Bitcoin’s early energy, Satoshi’s vision, and why it’s time to bring true freedom and scalability back to the network that started it all.
You’ll hear about:
- The moment math met Bitcoin—and why it mattered
- How ZK-STARKs are shaping the future of Ethereum and Bitcoin: What Starknet is building to make Bitcoin self-custodial, scalable, and truly decentralized
- Why this is a defining moment for the next chapter of crypto.
