The Block's Editor-in-Chief Tim Copeland was joined by Matter Labs Co-Founder and CEO Alex Gluchowski to discuss the growth of Layer 2 networks and the increasing institutional adoption of blockchain technology. Gluchowski explains how Ethereum is becoming the platform of choice for enterprises and institutions due to its credible neutrality, security, and ability to support private and public chains through technologies like zk-rollups.

OUTLINE

00:00 Introduction

03:07 Ethereum's transformation and growth

06:06 Institutional adoption of blockchain

09:10 Ethereum vs. competing platforms

13:40 Interoperability 

17:07 Applications

24:43 Value accrual in the ethereum ecosystem

28:17 Native L2 networks

32:50 Application-specific rollups 

35:01 Governance tokens 

37:48 Future of crypto and regulation

43:11 Decentralization 

46:29 Growth and privacy 

48:12 Conclusion 

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Guest links:

Alex Gluchowski - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gluchowski/

Alex Gluchowski on X - https://x.com/gluk64

Matter Labs - https://matter-labs.io/

Matter Labs on X - https://x.com/the_matter_labs