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	Podcast:		The Defiant
	Episode:		Zero Knowledge Proofs: The Game-Changer for Digital Privacy You Need to Know, Featuring Rob Viglione
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		00:49:21
	Publish Date:		2025-06-04 11:00:00
	Description:		This week, we spoke with Rob Viglione, Co-founder and CEO of Horizen Labs, to explore the groundbreaking potential of Zero Knowledge Proofs (ZKP) in safeguarding digital privacy, bridging TradFi and DeFi, and creating income streams for consumers that empower them through the ownership of their own digital data. From balancing transparency and onchain privacy to the intersection of AI and Web3, Rob dives into the critical role cryptography will play in reshaping how we share and protect data. Learn how ZKPs can combat data misuse, empower individuals to monetize their information, and reimagine compliance as we step into a world where privacy is a fundamental human right. Key Highlights: 1. How ZKPs protect medical records and financial history 2. Will banks adapt, or become irrelevant? 3. The role of cryptography in privacy-centric AI systems Don’t miss this thought-provoking discussion packed with insights on the future of data, privacy, and decentralized innovation. Chapters: 00:00 Defiant Intro 00:07 Podcast Teaser 00:52 Hero Quote 00:59 Introduction to Rob Viglione 01:34 The beauty of ZKPs 02:40 How to balance transparency and privacy onchain 04:00 Why it’s so easy to overshare data 04:50 Living in an age of constant data leaks 06:34 The concept of wealth is fundamentally different now 07:33 Google adopts ZKP to verify age 09:00 A world of a trillion proofs 09:30 How can Web3 handle growing volumes of proofs? 10:09 Will Web2 relinquish their chokehold on our data? 11:52 Monetizing data as an incentive to online privacy 12:45 New opportunities for earning a living by monetizing your data 14:14 The intersection of crypto and AI 16:17 ZKPs and data protection 18:00 ZKPs and AI in medical records and financial history 20:18 How can ZKPs act as a safeguard against misuse in AI 22:15 Hackers and scammers are a certainty; how do we fight them? 22:36 Cryptography, ZKPs, and privacy-centric AI systems? 25:13 Why is privacy a human right? 26:25 Institutions, privacy, and Web3 26:45 Institutions coming onchain 28:30 Better communicating privacy as a human right in the context of Web3 30:30 Will ZKPs change the way people interact with the internet? 32:11 Marketing in the age of AI 33:24 ZKPs and KYC 35:40 Why ZKPs are bad for bad actors 37:38 Government regulation vs. Web3 companies regulating the industry themselves 39:00 It doesn’t make sense for politicians to be anti-crypto anymore 41:53 Can ZKPs redefine compliance and how it’s enforced? 43:13 How can ZKP tech support institutional privacy and consumer data? 44:45 TradFi onchain as a stepping stone to DeFi 46:39 Lightning round! Favorite existing use case for ZKP 46:54 Lightning round! Favorite potential use case for ZKP 48:04 Lightning round! Best advice for keeping your data safe online 48:49 Closing statements and where to follow Rob
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