Zero Knowledge25 Elo 2021

zkEVM with Jordi & David from Hermez

This week, Anna chats with Jordi Baylina and David Schwartz from Hermez about their zkEVM design that was first revealed at EthCC. Jordi and David explain the design choices such as why they push for recreating the EVM, how it’s done at a technical level and how Hermez’s approach is different from other zk teams like Matter Labs and StarkWare.

The original recording was done before the news of the merger with Polygon came out, so the trio came back together for a brief chat about what it means and how the zk space evolved in the past three years!

Here are a few links for this episode:

Circom & Hermez with Jordi Baylina, Zero Knowledge Episode 145
Jordi’s presentation of the zkEVM at EthCC
zkEVM & zkPorter with Matter Labs, Zero Knowledge Episode 175
The Polygon and Hermez merger announcement

If you’re inspired to work in ZK and contribute to the growth of the community, make sure to check out the updated zeroknowledge.fm website, now including its own community forum and a more advanced Jobs Board to find opportunities in this exciting field!

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