Episode 5 of The Block Research Podcast was recorded with The Block CEO Larry Cermak, and Matter Labs Co-Founder and CEO Alex Gluchowski.

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In this episode, Matter Labs co-founder and CEO Alex Gluchowski explains why zero-knowledge proofs are considered to be the "end game" for blockchain scalability and how zkSync's technology stack compares to that of other teams building layer-2 scaling solutions for Ethereum.

OUTLINE:
00:00 ZK is the Endgame
05:23 Trustless Verifiability
08:31 ZK-Rollups on Bitcoin
11:15 Hyperscaling
22:22 L2 Competition
29:35 EVM Compatibility
34:39 zkSync Milestones