Polygon and Immutable zkEVM Partnership with Sandeep Nailwal & Robbie Ferguson
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🗓️ 20 March 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
David interviews Polygon Co-Founder, Sandeep Nailwal & Immutable Co-Founder Robbie Ferguson on their new zkEVM Partnership.
The three dive into the announcement, what it means for IMX and MATIC, how this partnership impacts the future of web3 gaming, and so much more.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
5:15 Immutable x Polygon Announcement
10:47 Immutable zkEVM
13:00 Polygon’s Tokenomics
14:32 IMX & MATIC
16:50 Paradigm Shift of Gaming Deals
20:26 Topology of Immutable x Polygon
24:17 Immutable x Polygon Business Development
29:11 Web3 Gaming Competition
31:22 Current State of Web3 Gaming
34:00 What’s Next for Immutable x Polygon?
39:42 Resources to Learn More
40:25 Scaling with Ethereum
42:06 Closing & Disclaimers
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Resources:
Sandeep
https://twitter.com/sandeepnailwal
Robbie
https://twitter.com/0xferg
Polygon
https://twitter.com/0xPolygon
Immutable
https://twitter.com/immutable
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| 0:00.0 | This is David Hoffman doing an extra show this week without my AI co-host RSA. |
| 0:19.7 | But regardless, we are here to help you become more bankless and also perhaps more gamer |
| 0:25.3 | because that is the subject of today's episode. |
| 0:27.6 | There's an exciting new announcement out of two of the biggest powerhouses as it relates |
| 0:32.4 | to crypto gaming and crypto gaming chains. |
| 0:35.2 | This is a partnership between immutable and polygon, two massive chains who are coming |
| 0:41.1 | together to align themselves rather than be competitive. |
| 0:44.6 | And as it relates to this partnership, I don't know who is really left building out the |
| 0:48.8 | world of Web 3 gaming. |
| 0:50.6 | These are the two biggest Web 3 gaming pioneers and now they are joining forces. |
| 0:54.6 | So you're going to get all of these details here in this episode. |
| 0:58.1 | In this episode, we are talking to Robbie Ferguson, who is the co-founder of Immutable and |
| 1:01.4 | Sandeep, who is the co-founder of Polygon, talking all about how these two brands, these |
| 1:06.5 | two chains are melding their technology and melding their effort to become the same vertical, |
| 1:11.5 | the same stack. |
| 1:12.8 | So I'll drop the punchline here using Polygon's ZK EVM, Immutable is building their own |
| 1:19.5 | ZK EVM using Polygon technology. |
| 1:22.5 | And so we're having this combined BD force to push Web 3 gaming onto the Immutable ZK EVM. |
| 1:30.0 | So that is the announcement. |
| 1:31.0 | You'll hear all about the nuances and the details and the second order effects and the topology |
| 1:36.0 | of these networks because of course the layer 3 conversation is related here. |
| 1:40.3 | And all of these details are coming in this interview with Robbie Ferguson and Sandeep. |
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