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. Prior to joining Matter Labs, Anthony spent a number of years in the industry building teams at SpaceX. 

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?! 

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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

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Resources:

zkSync Website
https://zksync.io/ 

Alex Gluchowski
https://twitter.com/gluk64 

Anthony Rose
https://twitter.com/anthonykrose 

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