zk evm

Ryan talks to Polygon's Mihailo and Jordi about the launch of their zkEVM! 

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
3:58 Polygon zkEVM
10:40 What Polygon zkEVM Unlocks?
16:40 Polygon zkEVM vs. PoS 
18:20 Polygon PoS Chain
22:24 Cost Per Transaction
24:30 Optimistic Rollup vs. zkEVM
29:37 Polygon Ecosystem
38:06 Polygon zkEVM Value Proposition 
46:00 Risks of New Tech
54:15 $MATIC
56:20 Closing, Resources, & Disclaimers 

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Resources:

Mihailo
https://twitter.com/MihailoBjelic 

Jordi
https://twitter.com/jbaylina  

Polygon Labs Launches zkEVM Layer 2
https://www.theblock.co/post/222950/polygon-labs-unveils-zkevm-layer-2-scaling-solution 
https://wiki.polygon.technology/docs/zkEVM/develop/ 

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Alex Gluchowski is the Co-founder and CEO of Matter Labs and the creator of zkSync. Anthony Rose is the head of engineering at Matter Labs and has a background in software and machine learning. Prior to joining Matter Labs, Anthony spent a number of years in the industry building teams at SpaceX. 

In today’s episode, the four talk about zkSync’s massive announcement, they’ve launched their zkEVM to mainnet! They also delve into the engineering challenges, what zk unlocks, the difference between zkEVM vs Optimistic Rollups, what builders need to know, and of course…wen token?! 

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Timestamps

0:00 Intro
8:15 zkSync’s Era Mainnet Launch
8:53 The Importance of zkSync Era
9:53 zkSync Era
13:53 Staged Roll-Out
18:50 zkSync Era Projects
21:14 Engineering Challenges 
26:25 What Does zk Unlock? 
28:16 zkEVMd vs Optimistic Rollups
36:35 How Low Can Gas Fees Go?
39:22 The Power of zkEVMs
48:58 How is zkSync Era Different?
53:08 New Risks to Pay Attention to
55:35 Path to Decentralization & Security
1:03:42 What Do Builders Need to Know? 
1:05:36 Resources
1:07:12 Token?! 
1:08:20 Closing & Disclaimers

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Resources:

zkSync Website
https://zksync.io/ 

Alex Gluchowski
https://twitter.com/gluk64 

Anthony Rose
https://twitter.com/anthonykrose 

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zkEVM is here! Alex Gluchowski, CEO & Co-Founder of Matter Labs and of zkSync is here to talk about the huge accomplishment he and his team brought to market this past week. This is the first EVM-compatible ZK Rollup on Ethereum’s testnet! 

Is this the endgame of blockchain scalability? How were Alex and his team able to bring this to market way sooner than expected? Why is this important and a monumental leap forward for the space? Find out the answers to these questions and much more on this week's State of the Nation with Ryan and David! 

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro
6:00 Alex from Matter Labs
9:51 What is a zkEVM?
15:57 The Breakthrough
19:08 zkSync 2.0 Public Testnet
24:04 The User Experience
29:37 Developer Tooling
32:48 Why zkRollups?
37:22 Security, Centralization, Trust
41:51 Justin Drake's Question
46:33 The Roadmap
50:30 Wen Mainnet?
53:15 Wen Token?
58:51 zkDAO
1:00:52 Ukraine
1:06:57 Crypto's Impact in Ukraine
1:11:00 Closing & Disclaimers

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Resources:

UkraineDAO
https://twitter.com/Ukraine_DAO?s=20&t=k_QiuIA3ZukqUPd9gy--LA 

Alex Gluchowski on Twitter
https://twitter.com/gluk64 

zkSync on Twitter
https://twitter.com/zksync 

zkDAO
https://twitter.com/zkdao_official?s=20&t=9HO7KyxvPEwqBhAo6SgbEA 

zkSync's Website
zksync.io 

zkSync 2.0: Public Testnet is Live!
https://matterlabs.medium.com/zksync-2-0-public-testnet-is-live-de870ba9632a 

Modular vs Monolithic Blockchains
https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/modular-vs-monolithic-blockchains?s=w 

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