In this episode, we spoke with Bobbin Threadbare, co-founder of Miden, about designing a new blockchain protocol built from the ground up around client-side proving. Main topics we discussed:
- The vision behind Miden: building a blockchain assuming ZK is a native primitive
- Why EVM and Solidity fall short for true client-side proving
- How Miden’s actor model blends accounts and UTXOs for privacy and modularity
- The trade-offs in launching as a centralized L2 before full decentralization
- Why client-side proving matters — and what it actually looks like on mobile today
- Privacy as a design principle: accounts, nodes, and nullifiers in Miden
Links
Miden's Website: https://miden.xyz/
Miden's Twitter/X:https://x.com/0xMiden
Bobbin's Twitter/X: https://x.com/bobbinth
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ingo_zk
GitHub: https://github.com/ingonyama-zk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ingonyama
Join us: https://www.ingonyama.com/career
