Podcast

zkSync Era Mainnet Launch & NEW zkEVM with Alex Gluchowski and Anthony Rose

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.

Mar 24, 2023 • 1 min read

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?!

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

RESOURCES

zkSync Website

https://zksync.io/

Alex Gluchowski

https://twitter.com/gluk64

Anthony Rose

https://twitter.com/anthonykrose

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