The zkWars | zkSync & Scroll
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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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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zkEVM L2s Will Scale Ethereum | Scroll
In today’s episode of Empire, Jason and Santi are joined by the founders of Scroll - Sandy Peng, Ye Zhang and Haichen Shen - to discuss how ZK tech will scale Ethereum. Scroll is a general-purpose zkEVM rollup that combines Ethereum’s security with drastically reduced fees and low latency.
We start the conversation with a deep dive into zero-knowledge tech, the power of validity proofs and the different L2 scaling techniques. The team then explains Scroll's advantage, the difficulty of building a general-purpose L2 and why Scroll’s “EVM equivalence” is a massive breakthrough for Ethereum developers. Scroll has been flying under the radar, but they won’t be for long. Don’t miss this conversation on the most sci-fi tech in crypto.
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Referenced in the show:
Layer-2 for beginners
https://gourmetcrypto.substack.com/p/layer-2-for-beginners?s=r
Optimistic vs ZK Rollups
https://blog.matter-labs.io/optimistic-vs-zk-rollup-deep-dive-ea141e71e075
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(00:00) Intro
(05:00) Scroll, a zkEVM Rollup
(05:26) Why Is zk Tech Interesting?
(07:58) Optimistic vs ZK rollups
(10:26) The Evolution of ZK Tech
(13:27) zkSync and Starkware
(20:26) Where Is Scroll Today?
(22:09) The Scroll Team
(24:16) Moats In An Open-Source Industry
(26:42) General-Purpose vs App-Specific Rollup
(28:44) Paraswap Ad
(29:44) Creating The Best Developer Experience
(32:12) Working With The Ethereum Foundation
(36:02) What Scroll Will Enable for Web3
(41:22) China and Web3
(46:17) Building and Investing
(47:19) What's Next For Scroll?
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