In today’s episode, Anna and James chat with three representatives of the Cosmos ecosystem — Zaki Manian, Tess Rinearson and Shahan Khatchadourian — to learn all about its recent milestone upgrade, Stargate. First up is Zaki Manian, co-founder of Iqlusion and Sommelier Finance, who sets the stage for what Stargate achieved and why the upgrade was the most comprehensive and complex yet for Cosmos. Next is Tess Rinearson, VP of Engineering at Interchain, who recounted her deep involvement in the Stargate upgrade with an almost hour-by-hour replay.Finally comes Shahan Khatchadourian, Cosmos Hub lead, who talks about his recent transition from the Ethereum ecosystem and how Stargate impacts the Hub, its users and its validators.Here are some links for this episode:Cosmos and IBC with Chris Goes, Zero Knowledge episode 115Catch up with Zaki Manian, Zero Knowledge episode 108Diving into Cosmos with Sunny, Zero Knowledge episode 78An introductory article into Stargate and Cosmos.How the Cosmos development teams collaborated to deliver Stargate.Check out the latest Feb installment of zkMesh, a monthly newsletter overviewing every important development in zk land. Subscribe now to receive timely updates by Anna and Mikerah at the beginning of every month. Thanks to this episode’s sponsor, Least Authority.Least Authority is a security consulting company known for their dedication to pushing the limits on how to build privacy-respecting solutions. Known for audits of Eth 2.0 Specification, Protocol Lab's Gossipsub Protocol, Mina Protocol, Kolibri Smart Contracts and Stably’s Tezos Stablecoin for Tezos Foundation, Blockstack's Investor Wallet, and more. They want to help teams improve the security of their protocol and use of cryptography, including zero knowledge proofs: from design to implementation.With over 50 completed public audits to-date, join the growing list of audited projects, book a free consult at leastauthority.com/consult*If you like what we do: *Follow us on Twitter - @zeroknowledgefmJoin us on TelegramCatch us on

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