In the RareSkills Applied ZK Bootcamp you will learn how to code applications using ZK circuits, specifically with Circom. Specifically, you will:
Although we focus on Circom in this course, the knowledge gained generalizes to other ZK DSLs (design specific langauges) such as o1js, Halo2, Gnark, and Plonky3.
We strongly suggested that you take the foundational ZK bootcamp before this. However, if you fully understand the first three chapters of the ZK Book as well as Rank 1 Constraint Systems, then you are ready to take this course.
This course is targeted to senior engineers (3+ years of professional programming experience). We assume familiarity with the following topics:
Last Updated : February 2025
Lectures are on Monday and Thursday at 8:00am EDT. The course is 7 weeks long.
Our instructors are industry experts with extensive experience in smart contract development and auditing. They are dedicated to helping you succeed through one-on-one mentorship, code reviews, and weekly live office hours.
Jeffrey Scholz, founder of RareSkills, was Yahoo’s youngest senior engineering manager, building its video machine learning team and earning two AI patents. His work at RareSkills has helped 100s of engineers land roles at top blockchain companies, and the author of the popular The RareSkills Book of ZK. He holds a Masters degree in computational theory from Columbia University.
Each week there will be 2 classes of one hour each and a homework assignment. Although these are recorded, you should not miss them because they are designed to be very interactive. There is an additional 30 minute of office hours for students to review homework and ask questions. Students on the premium plan can set up weekly 1-1 meetings with the instructor.
Please budget 6 hours of study per week for the course.
Premium includes everything in standard and adds a weekly 30 minute call with the lead instructor.
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Each week there will be 2 classes of one hour each and a homework assignment. There is an additional office hour so you can ask question in person, and a Slack group for asynchronous help.
Please budget 5 hours per week to complete the assignments.
The ZK Bootcamp focuses on foundational math. This course focuses on how to create ZK applications. These bootcamps can be taken in either order.
Writing verifiable computation using ZK is all about modeling a real problem using constraints, which specifically is a system of equations consisting of addition, multiplication, and equality.
You do it by learning the "design patterns" for simpler operations and then composing them into more complex applications. That is what you will learn in this course.
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