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NEW EP: Can Elastic Chain Solve Crypto's Biggest Problem? With Alex Gluchowski Freedom, sovereignty, and verifiability in the digital age are crucial to crypto's success. In today's episode, & @robbie_rollup interviewed ALEX | ZK of ZKsync to discuss the pivotal role of ZK technology, the Elastic Chain story, trust... show more

The Rollup

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The Rollup1 year ago

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porter | ZKsync ∎1 year ago

@ayyyeandy @robbie_rollup @gluk64 @zksync Stopped my car in the middle of the highway to start listening to this asap 👍

The Rollup1 year ago

@ayyyeandy @robbie_rollup @gluk64 @zksync Sounds like it was worth it 🙂

0xyanshu (d/acc)1 year ago

@ayyyeandy @robbie_rollup @gluk64 @zksync LFG, excited to tune in🫡!

The Rollup1 year ago

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Alex Maze (∎, ∆)1 year ago

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The Rollup1 year ago

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Dino ZK (∎, 🔥)1 year ago

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