Avi Zurlo is the chief product officer at the =nil; Foundation — a cryptography firm building a zkEVM Layer 2 on Ethereum.

In this episode, Zurlo discusses the importance of horizontal scaling in the crypto space and the need for blockchain technology to solve societal issues of trust and transparency.

OUTLINE

00:00 Introduction

02:15 L2 Competition

04:22 =nil;'s Architecture

06:41 Scaling for Mass Adoption

08:56 Horizontal Scaling

14:34 Scaling Solutions

19:41 Accelerating Mass-Adoption

24:18 Closing Thoughts

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