Sandy Peng is the co-founder of Scroll.

In this episode, Peng discusses scaling Ethereum and particularly emphasizes the importance of business insight and experience outside of crypto in driving application-level innovation.

OUTLINE

00:00 Intro

01:07 Peng's Journey to Scroll

04:27 Peng's Regulatory Background

07:52 Industry Headwinds

10:31 Ethereum Scaling Competition

15:00 Consumer Crypto Apps

16:49 Improving Crypto UX

23:06 Stepn's Success

26:11 ZK Advantages

29:45 Scroll's Roadmap

34:14 Closing Thoughts

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