Anish Mohammed, Co-Founder & CTO of Panther Protocol | Bitcoin, zkSNARKs & Bringing Privacy to Decentralized Finance | Bitcoin.com Interviews

Anish Mohammed, co-founder and CTO of Panther Protocol, joins Dustin Plantholt on Bitcoin.com Interviews to discuss how Bitcoin’s privacy principles are evolving through zero-knowledge technology to enhance the safety and confidentiality of DeFi transactions.

Panther Protocol is an end-to-end privacy platform for decentralized finance, providing users with fully collateralized, privacy-enhancing digital assets. Using zkSNARK cryptography and crypto-economic incentives, Panther enables users to conduct secure, compliant, and private DeFi activity — all while maintaining transparency where necessary.

With over 20 years of experience in security, cryptography, and blockchain architecture, Anish shares insights from his work as an early Ripple advisor, Ethereum orange paper reviewer, and now as a leader building privacy infrastructure for the next era of DeFi and Bitcoin-compatible ecosystems.

💡 In this episode:
• How Panther Protocol integrates privacy with DeFi through zkSNARKs
• Why Bitcoin’s principles of security and autonomy inspire privacy innovation
• Anish Mohammed’s experience in cryptography and blockchain development
• How zero-knowledge proofs protect DeFi users without sacrificing transparency
• The future of privacy, compliance, and scalability in decentralized finance

🎧 A fascinating deep dive into Bitcoin’s influence on privacy-first DeFi, zkSNARK cryptography, and how Panther Protocol is creating a secure bridge between transparency and user protection in Web3.

🎙️ Host: Dustin Plantholt – Bitcoin.com Interviews
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💼 Featured Partner: Panther Protocol – The end-to-end privacy protocol for DeFi, leveraging zkSNARK technology to deliver confidential, compliant blockchain transactions.