Cysic: Why a ZK Chip Startup Hit Pause on Building Its Own Chip
Leo Fan spent two years learning how to build custom chips for zero-knowledge proofs. Then his company, Cysic, paused the chip. The founder and CEO, a Cornell cryptographer, explains why the market told him to wait.In this episode of The...
Cysic: Why a ZK Chip Startup Hit Pause on Building Its Own Chip
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