The crazy part, this work was done after learning cryptograhy on the fly. Yet, we managed to get citations from the world’s best cryptographers - <Add citations here>
In order to explain what this product was, let us talk about zero-knowledge proofs as a concept first. ZK proofs are a cryptographic construct.
One could ask what would be te use case of such extreme level of trustless ness, since when it comes to digital systems, we are always relying on a trusted intermediary always, since all internet services are delivered by a company.
However, this level of trustless was fundental to whole idea of blockchains was. The idea was to free up the financial system from State Control, and that can only be done when we can somehow agree on who has how much money digitally without a trusted 3rd party.
Whether you think this is revolutnarui or anarchic, that if for the reasder to decide. For me, and many other people in crypto, this was a religious matter, and we strongly believe that this is how Finance should operate. anyways, back to the topic now.