Super Scaling with StarkWare | Uri Kolodny & Eli Ben-Sasson
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🗓️ 24 November 2021
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Ethereum is scaling. With a recent $50 million raise at a valuation of $2 billion, StarkWare is pioneering zkRollups across the Ethereum ecosystem. As it powers dYdX, arguably the most liquid market in the world, StarkWare is continuing to move into new territory, with StarkNet imminently deploying on Ethereum Mainnet.
The goal of StarkWare is simple: 'bring massive scalability to Ethereum while preserving L1 security, permissionless interactions, and decentralization.'
The ecosystem is growing at an astounding rate, so tune in as core members Uri Kolodny and Eli Ben-Sasson walk us through how StarkWare is bringing Super Scaling to Ethereum.
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TOPICS COVERED:
0:00 Intro
5:00 Eli and Uri of StarkWare
9:02 StarkEx vs StarkNet
16:37 StarkEx is Scaling Today
24:35 Latency & Data Tradeoffs
32:50 Scaling with Math & Cryptography
38:21 StarkEx to StarkNet
43:35 Ahead of Schedule
47:56 StarkNet Launch
54:48 StarkWare Roadmap
1:00:40 Modular & Privacy
1:04:39 Business Model
1:11:33 Values & Code
1:16:15 Closing & Disclaimers
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RESOURCES:
Uri on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/ukolodny?s=20
Eli on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/EliBenSasson?s=20
StarkWare on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/StarkWareLtd?s=20
StarkWare Discord:
https://discord.gg/uJ9HZTUk2Y
StarkNet Alpha:
https://medium.com/starkware/starknet-alpha-is-coming-to-mainnet-b825829eaf32
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Bankless Nation, it is time for another state of the nation. |
| 0:09.7 | Super excited about today's episode. |
| 0:11.4 | This is super scaling with StarCware. |
| 0:14.4 | We have two the two StarCware co-founders on, we have Ellie and Yuri of StarCware. |
| 0:20.6 | We're going to get to that conversation in just a minute, but David, this is the time |
| 0:24.2 | to bring on StarCware. |
| 0:25.2 | I mean, this is ZK roll-ups in general, are starting to really take off, I think, in a |
| 0:32.1 | big way. |
| 0:33.1 | StarCware is rolling out some crucial tech. |
| 0:35.1 | Why is now the time to have StarCware on to tell us about the scalability strategy for |
| 0:39.8 | Ethereum and blockchain in general? |
| 0:41.5 | Yeah, I recently tweeted out that Layer 2 is here. |
| 0:44.1 | It's just not evenly distributed yet. |
| 0:46.2 | And some components about Ethereum are super scalable. |
| 0:49.8 | DOIDX is doing more volume than Coinbase. |
| 0:52.9 | It's immutable. |
| 0:53.9 | It just releases a gaming-focused NFT platform, and it's already throwing out the transaction |
| 1:00.8 | throughputs. |
| 1:01.8 | The scalability that we all want to see on Ethereum is being built in these different corners. |
| 1:07.6 | Yet that is the first version of StarCware's product, StarCX. |
| 1:11.8 | StarCNet is also coming soon. |
| 1:13.5 | All of these conversations are happening all at once. |
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