Episode 224: Foundry with Georgios Konstantopoulous

This week, Anna (https://twitter.com/AnnaRRose) & Tarun (https://twitter.com/tarunchitra) catch up with Georgios Konstantopoulos (https://twitter.com/gakonst) from Paradigm (https://twitter.com/paradigm) - a well-known OG crypto VC. They chat about his move to CTO at the firm, the team he has built and what they are working on. Then they dive into Foundry - a fast, portable, modular testing toolkit for Ethereum app dev written in Rust. They discuss the tooling landscape, why Foundry is making a bet on solidity, the different types of testing that developers are doing and other open questions in the field. Here are some links for the episode: * Foundry on Github (https://github.com/gakonst/foundry) * Ep.142 Hasu & Georgios on BTC Sec. & Elastic Block Size (https://zeroknowledge.fm/142-2/) * Learning Foundry (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp_V7bYiTCM) * Truffle Suite (https://trufflesuite.com/) * Hard Hat (https://hardhat.org/) * dAppTools (https://dapp.tools/) * Brownie (https://github.com/eth-brownie/brownie) * Vyper Lang (https://vyper.readthedocs.io/en/v0.1.0-beta.8/) * Arbitrum (https://offchainlabs.com/) Some of Georgios' collaborators mentioned: * @samczsun (https://twitter.com/samczsun) * @brockjelmore (https://twitter.com/brockjelmore) * @FrankieIsLost (https://twitter.com/FrankieIsLost) * @onbjerg (https://twitter.com/onbjerg) * @mattsse_ (https://twitter.com/mattsse_) On April 15th in Amsterdam, ZKValidator is hosting ‘Privacy in Cosmos’ - the 4th installation in a series of events funded by the Cosmos Hub. Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/privacy-in-cosmos-live-in-amsterdam-tickets-290329462237 (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/privacy-in-cosmos-live-in-amsterdam-tickets-290329462237) zkSummit is back! Happening on April 21st in Amsterdam. Check out the program and details here: https://www.zksummit.com/ (https://www.zksummit.com/). We have a handful of sponsorships left! Get in touch to learn more: sponsorships@zeroknowledge.fm (mailto:sponsorships@zeroknowledge.fm) Today’s episode is sponsored by Electric Coin Company (https://electriccoin.co/). Electric Coin Company, the inventors of Zcash, are building the next generation of zero-knowledge tech. With its Network Upgrade 5 happening this April, Zcash will move to the Halo zero-knowledge proving system, removing the trusted setup and becoming shielded by default. They believe privacy is essential to delivering on the promise of a thriving and equitable Web3. With Zcash and Halo cryptography, ECC aims to usher in an era of self-sovereignty, and economic and creative freedom. Visit electriccoin.co (https://electriccoin.co/) to learn more. If you like what we do: Subscribe to our podcast newsletter (https://zeroknowledge.substack.com) Follow us on Twitter @zeroknowledgefm (https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm) Join us on Telegram (https://t.me/+TORo7aknkYNLHmCM) Catch us on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWsYz5cKw4wZ9Mpe4kuM_g) Head to the ZK Community Forum (https://community.zeroknowledge.fm/) Support our Gitcoin Grant (https://gitcoin.co/grants/329/zero-knowledge-podcast-2)