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episode 396: Alex Gluchowski: zkSync – The First EVM-Compatible zkRollup Protocol
zkSync is a trustless protocol for scalable low-cost transactions on Ethereum. It's also the only zkRollup protocol which supports EVM smart contracts.
Alex Gluchowski is co-founder of Matter Labs, and co-creator of zkSync. We spoke with Alex in depth about how the protocol works and the potential for a highly scalable transaction and application layer on Ethereum.
Topics covered in this episode:
- Alex's background and how he got into the crypto space
- An overview of existing Ethereum scaling solutions
- Difference between Optimistic Rollup and zkRollup
- Transferring funds to the zkSync Layer 2 and gas fees involved
- How the zkSync transaction sequencer works
- Withdrawing funds to Layer 1 and timescales involved
- How the procol deals with reorgs
- How block formation works on zkSync
- The function of the zkSync token
Episode links:
- zkSync
- For Developers
- zkSync on Twitter
- Alex on Twitter
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