Episode 224: Foundry with Georgios Konstantopoulous

This week, Anna & Tarun catch up with Georgios Konstantopoulos from 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 Ep.142 Hasu & Georgios on BTC Sec. & Elastic Block Size Learning Foundry Truffle Suite Hard Hat dAppTools Brownie Vyper Lang Arbitrum Some of Georgios' collaborators mentioned: @samczsun @brockjelmore @FrankieIsLost @onbjerg @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 zkSummit is back! Happening on April 21st in Amsterdam. Check out the program and details here: https://www.zksummit.com/. We have a handful of sponsorships left! Get in touch to learn more: sponsorships@zeroknowledge.fm Today’s episode is sponsored by Electric Coin Company. 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 to learn more. If you like what we do: Subscribe to our podcast newsletter Follow us on Twitter @zeroknowledgefm Join us on Telegram Catch us on Youtube Head to the <a...