The zkEVM is Here | Alex Gluchowski of zkSync

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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