#18: Rolling into a Zero-Knowledge Proof world with Omar Azhar and Rico Muller

The Layer Two wars are heating up! Across the crypto ecosystem are rumblings of cutting edge Zero-Knowledge technology being developed and when they officially hit the market.  So we were delighted to sit down with Omar Azhar from Matter Labs (zkSync) and Rico Muller (Sygnum) to understand Layer 2s, and the evolution from plasma chains, side chains and optimistic roll ups to zero knowledge proofs and the arrival of Layer 3s. Its a technical subject, but an important one to understand!  We look at questions like: 

1. Why do we need to scale? What are different approaches to scaling? 
2. What are Zero-Knowledge rollups and why is everyone so excited about them? 
3. What does the Layer 2 ecosystem look like? And how come everyone made big ZK announcements at the *exact* same time? 
4. How does this effectively change our engagement with web3? 
5. How do you aim to address the fragmentation of liquidity with all the new solutions in the market? 

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