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The zkWars are heating up. With 3 different teams recently announcing their zkEVM, we’re joined by Alex Gluchowski of zkSync and Ye Zhang of Scroll.

Optimism’s Ben Jones cohosts as we explore why zkEVM is such a big deal, the respective roadmaps to mainnet, and of course… wen token?

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro
3:15 Crypto 101
10:00 Alex and Ye
13:25 zkSync
18:20 Scroll
22:30 What's Different about zkSync
31:10 What's Different about Scroll
37:15 zkProof Performance
41:30 Decentralizing Provers
46:30 Approaching Developers
57:07 Challenges to Upgrading
1:03:40 Vibe Check
1:09:20 Centralized Keys
1:17:45 Closing

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Resources:

Ben Jones
https://twitter.com/ben_chain

Alex Gluchowski
https://twitter.com/gluk64

Ye Zhang
https://twitter.com/yezhang1998

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Some of them are. With others, it’s more complicated (and more promising). We try to get past the Bored Apes and the ripoffs to see if we can find art on the blockchain. (Part 2 of "What Can Blockchain Do for You?")

Marguerite deCourcelle, known by her persona Coin Artist, has been in the crypto space since 2014. Marguerite pushes the boundaries at the intersection of art, games, and crypto, carving out a career for herself as an artist and creator.

Although her focus is certainly in crypto gaming, it might not be what you’d expect. Her endeavors have a cypherpunk feel at the protocol level, innovating creative ways for NFTs to interact in our wallets.

Alongside discussions of her work at Blockade Games, we explore emergence, embedding data in the blockchain, and the untapped world of meaningful crypto gaming.

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro

4:30 Coin Artist

7:49 Early Days of Crypto Art

12:34 Gamifying the Blockchain

16:50 The Technology Crossover

24:33 Bombing & Bitcoin

30:43 Permadeath & High Stakes

38:05Winning Hearts and Minds

42:30 A Utopian Vision

48:00 Emergence & Complexity

53:17 Blockade Games

57:55 The Motivation for Profit

1:04:10 The Thrill of the Game

1:09:17 Fighting for Crypto’s Soul

1:13:22 New York City

1:16:33 The Crypto Social Game

1:23:47 Curation

1:27:43 Optimism & Advice

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Resources:

Marguerite on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/coin_artist?s=20&t=2V5r_ik50UfcZMaCSB0HgA

Blockade Games:

https://blockade.games/

Neon District:

https://portal.neondistrict.io/

Skyweaver:

https://www.skyweaver.net/

Boys Club:

https://twitter.com/BoysClubCrypto?s=20&t=2V5r_ik50UfcZMaCSB0HgA

Ethereum: The Money-Game Landscape

https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/ethereum-the-money-game-landscape?s=w

Conway’s Game of Life:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life

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Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here:

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Today's episode is a segment from, "Episode 22: Marketing For The Now" where Mark Cuban and I sat down to talk about our long history with innovative technology, how we remember it being initially received by the public, the similar patterns we are seeing with the introduction of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) and Web 3.0.

Enjoy! Let me know what you thought.

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Today's episode is an interview I did on CNN about all things NFTs including my new NFT project VeeFriends! I am launching VeeFriends to show the importance of smart contracts and the legitimacy of social currency in today's day and age. The way everyone needs a social media account to be relevant in 2021 is the same way that everyone  is going to need an NFT strategy in 2025.

Enjoy! Let me know what you thought.

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Welcome to the State of the Nation a new video podcast where RSA & David Hoffman weigh-in on topics relevant to the Bankless Nation every week.

Watch the video here.

New episodes on Tuesdays.

SotN #1 - BULLISH
Tuesday, June 16, 2020

The State of the Bankless Nation is....BULLISH! The Bankless boys discuss why.

Covered:

- Why DeFi tokens are the next pump narrative (but better than 2017)

- How 100m ETH accounts is like the early internet

- Do and David disagree on his Bitcoin tweet?

We show you how:

- To calculate returns on your COMP tokens

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