Alex Gluchowski: zkSync - A New Era for EVM-compatible ZK Rollups. 507
Channel: Epicenter Podcast
Date: 2023-08-04

Ethereum scaling solutions often resort to tradeoffs, sacrificing security or decentralisation in favour of scalability. However, zk rollups hold the potential of increasing throughput, while also inheriting the layer 1’s security. This is achieved through zero knowledge validity proofs, which are published on Ethereum mainnet. The final hurdle remains the sequencer decentralisation. zkSync was designed around EVM-compatibility, offering custom scaling solutions through its hyperchain architecture.

We were joined by Alex Gluchowski, co-founder & CEO of Matter Labs, to discuss the zk rollup landscape, its bottlenecks, and what makes zkSync stand apart as the most popular rollup.

Topics discussed in this episode:
0:00 - Introduction
1:04 - High-level overview of zero knowledge proofs
9:02 - ZK rollups
14:55 - zkSync Era
17:01 - ZK ecosystem taxonomy
21:59 - Rollup performance: bottlenecks & tradeoffs
35:00 - Bridging between zkSync hyperchains
43:25 - Data availability. Validium vs. Volition
53:08 - Governance & security layers
1:08:52 - Sequencer decentralisation

Links mentioned in this episode: 
- Alex Gluchowski on Twitter: bit.ly/3DGjmn4
- zkSync on Twitter: bit.ly/3qhSXsM
- Matter Labs on Twitter: bit.ly/3YmfrFy

This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: https://epicenter.tv/507
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