# #161: Functions, Quantumroot & STARKs feat. Jason Dreyzehner

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Podcast: [The Bitcoin Cash Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bitcoin-cash-podcast-1383214)
Published: 2025-09-30T16:26:07+00:00
Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/bitcoincashpodcast/2246195
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## Resource

Prominent BCH developer & CHIP author Jason Dreyzehner gives an in-depth update on BCH's industry-leading VM upgrades and accelerating innovation moving to the app layer. We’d love to hear your take, so please share your thoughts in the comments. Links: Jason Dreyzehner on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitjson Jason's blog: https://bitjson.com/ BCH Bullet: https://thebchbullet.substack.com/ Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13cMtJrhTtVgX6tM1aJ1E-kOp9KgFY35n/ Donations: bitcoincash:qrkgsxdegzzm4k8ngcmzznjpax8d7yg0dgg6kk6hd5 Sponsors: Thank you very much to our FundMe.Cash contributors: https://fundme.cash/campaign/57 BCH BULL: https://bchbull.com Be the bull & leverage or hedge with Bitcoin Cash - Non-custodial, permissionless, fully collateralized DeFi Socials: Website: https://www.bitcoincashpodcast.com Timestamps: 00:00 Video starts 00:38 Intro and market update 02:14 Jason Dreyzehner 08:57 Zero-knowledge proofs (ZKP) 20:18 Functions 39:49 Other CHIPs 56:25 Quantumroot 1:14:38 Can BTC's Taproot be quantum secure? 1:17:49 Quantum resistance in BTC and BCH 1:33:13 BCH STARKs 1:44:17 Zero-knowledge proofs use cases 1:59:56 Message to the community 2:01:51 Podcast supporter appreciation 2:02:56 Shoutouts and outro 2:04:51 "The circle of exit liquidity" song

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