The Cryptographic Iceberg

​An informal guided tour through the next five, fifty, and five hundred (?!) years of cryptography. We'll board a submarine and descend through the levels of the modern "cryptographic iceberg."

​In the past decade, we've transitioned from first-generation cryptography (encryption, signatures) to second-generation, or "programmable" cryptography (zero-knowledge, homomorphic encryption, multi-party computation, smart contracts, and more).

​What is programmable cryptography? How do these exotic new primitives work, and what makes them possible? How might second-generation cryptography "invert" the Internet in the 2020s and 2030s?

​This is a small, interactive workshop hosted at the 0xPARC office. We'll go through some of the major recent advancements in programmable cryptography, discuss use cases for programmable cryptography, and code up some ZK circuits together. Folks are welcome to hang out afterwards also and we'll grab dinner with anyone who wants to stick around!