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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