Study Club
RISC Zero's Study Club sessions aim to introduce the pre-requisite concepts necessary to understand our technology.
Upcoming Sessions
We'll post announcements for upcoming talks on this page, on Twitter, and on Discord.
Past Sessions
Full recordings and slides from past sessions are available here
Zero-Knowledge Virtual Machines
Mathematical Primitives
- Intro Finite Fields
- Finite Field Implementations: Algorithms for Fast Multiplication
- Intro to Number Theoretic Transforms (NTTs)
- Intro to Reed-Solomon Codes
ZK Protocol Design
- Using Quotients in ZK Protocols: A Peek Inside STARKs and DEEP-ALI
- Intro to FRI
- FRI Mechanics: Folding, Committing, and Batching
Other Educational Videos
You may also be interested in some of our other talks and podcasts or our developer-focused workshops from ZKHack III and ZKHack Lisbon.