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

<p>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. </p> <p>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?! </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 Infura | New SDK for NFT APIs For Devs<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Infura">https://bankless.cc/Infura</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 JOIN BANKLESS PREMIUM: <br /> <a href= "https://www.bankless.com/dashboard">https://www.bankless.com/dashboard</a> </p> <p>------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: </p> <p>⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum">https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum</a> </p> <p>🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/kraken">https://bankless.cc/kraken</a> </p> <p>🦄UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/uniswap">https://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>👻 PHANTOM | FRIENDLY MULTICHAIN WALLET<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/phantom-waitlist">https://bankless.cc/phantom-waitlist</a> </p> <p>🦊METAMASK LEARN | HELPFUL WEB3 RESOURCE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/MetaMask">https://bankless.cc/MetaMask</a> </p> <p>🚁 EARNIFI | CLAIM YOUR UNCLAIMED AIRDROPS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/earnifi">https://bankless.cc/earnifi</a>  </p> <p>------<br /> Timestamps</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 8:15 zkSync’s Era Mainnet Launch<br /> 8:53 The Importance of zkSync Era<br /> 9:53 zkSync Era<br /> 13:53 Staged Roll-Out<br /> 18:50 zkSync Era Projects<br /> 21:14 Engineering Challenges <br /> 26:25 What Does zk Unlock? <br /> 28:16 zkEVMd vs Optimistic Rollups<br /> 36:35 How Low Can Gas Fees Go?<br /> 39:22 The Power