zkLogin: Onboarding the next billion users to web3 with Deepak Maram | a16z crypto research talks
Source: YouTube · a16z crypto · published Oct 11, 2024 · 45:39
ZK login enables users to create blockchain wallets using existing web2 accounts without memorizing private keys, leveraging zero-knowledge proofs for privacy and security 00:00.
Key Takeaways:
• Traditional blockchain onboarding faces significant UX hurdles with wallet installations and seed phrase memorization 02:30
• ZK login combines OpenID Connect tokens with zero-knowledge proofs to authenticate transactions without revealing sensitive user information 08:15
• The system has been deployed on Sui blockchain for 9 months, supporting major providers like Google, Facebook, Twitch, and Apple 15:40
This approach makes blockchain accounts more accessible and harder to lose than traditional mnemonic-based wallets, with applications extending beyond blockchain to content verification.
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so it's my pleasure to introduce Deepak maram today Deepak is a senior research scientist at miston Labs he got his PhD from cornal Tech advised by Jules um he had a lot of prominent works that uh arol space loves like Deco for example for the centralized oracles and in this talk he going to talk about his recent uh project login that's now in deployment in sui that allows clients who don't have wallets to get access to blockchain um and have an account thank you thank you Lara uh thank you for inviting okay so today I'll talk about ZK login which is a work which has been live since about uh 9 months now that allows people to use their existing accounts to create a blockchain wallet without having to remember another pneumonic or password a little bit about me I've broadly worked in the sp…