zkSync and the Future of Crypto, with Omar Yehia (Matter Labs)

WAGMI Ventures Podcast

WAGMI Ventures Podcast
zkSync and the Future of Crypto, with Omar Yehia (Matter Labs)
May 26, 2023 Season 1 Episode 49
WAGMI Ventures

Omar Yehia is the Head of Investments at Matter Labs, creators of zkSync (https://matter-labs.io/).

Backed by a16z, Variant, Dragonfly, & more, Matter Labs is scaling Ethereum with zero-knowledge proofs to accelerate public blockchain adoption. In this episode we discuss zkSync’s evolution from testnet to mainnet alpha, the breadth of their ecosystem (and Omar’s opinion on most exciting directions), how he thinks about capital allocation on behalf of Matter Labs, and his predictions for the various possible futures of the crypto space.

Recorded Monday May 22nd, 2023.

SHOW NOTES:
1. https://zksync.io/
2. Omar's twitter: @0xomaryehia
3. zkSync's twitter: @zksync
4. Omar's content page: https://omaryehia.notion.site/omaryehia/A-collection-of-talks-podcasts-writing-and-so-on-0b6b31ccb0b44d5b847653d6bea6969e