Completely agree with this.

IMO this is a better way forward for Ethereum to reduce complexity and optimize for ZK performance.

We're 45 minutes away from deciding what an L2 is

Ok probably not but come anyway

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BASED ECOSYSTEM

minimal requirements -> maximally inclusive

🎙️ Bankless ‘Unifying Ethereum with the AggLayer’ with Brendan Farmer and Justin Ðrake 🦇🔊

The rare twitter debate that's respectful and substantive, s/o Apoorv Sadana and Kalman Lajko ∎

Take 2 🎬

Which designs are considered L2s? How do trust assumptions differ? Why pick one vs. another?

Tomorrow we'll cover these questions and more with:

◆ Toghrul Maharramov 🇺🇦 from Scroll 📜
◆ Brendan Farmer from Polygon | Aggregated
◆ donnoh.eth 💗 from L2BEAT 💗
◆ Dino from…

The agglayer is not an L2.

An L2 is an execution environment that allows an L1 to offload transaction execution. The agglayer cannot execute transactions, therefore it is not an L2.

The problem is that the word 'layer' is overloaded - we use it in the sense of modular…

'within one or two years we'll have the capability of proving the Ethereum L1 in realtime' (talking about zkchains vs no zkchains)

'now entering a mode where every serious chain is a zkChain'

vitalik.eth just now on the ACD call 🚀

the fun is just beginning

Surprised at the level of misunderstanding of L3s.

- Moving funds between L2s doesn't require withdrawing to L1.
- The fixed costs of posting state updates to L1 can be amortized across many L2s.
- Appchains need not be L3s.

Why be an L3 when you can be an L2?

Embrace the…

👀

I will be in Boston for the next few days for Harvard Blockchain Conference (hosted by Harvard Blockchain)!

Looking forward to discussing the future of rollups with Brendan Farmer and Neil Bhuta of Galaxy.

Don't hesitate to say hi if you see me in person!

Fast -> Faster -> Plonky

Tomorrow, we set the stage for one of the most impactful components of the Polygon ecosystem.

Excited. 😊🙏

Just when you think we’ve reached the diminishing returns zone, Plonky becomes even more performant. 🔥

Plonky 2 and 3 are the golden standard of recursive proving and, alongside Polygon zkEVM and AggLayer, Polygon’s biggest contribution to the space so far.

Keep building. 🛠️💪

Plonky3 got 2.5x faster in 2 months 😍

'Find someone who looks at you like ulrich.haboeck looks at his full decomposition for Circle STARKs'

Read here: eprint.iacr.org/2024/278

Fine words by alicia katz

Huge congrats to Justin Thaler and the rest of the team responsible for Jolt!

I want to make 2 things clear:

1. Brendan's response was to point out some specifics with the benchmarks. It was not to be hostile. That era of Polygon Labs is over. It is super exciting that so many…

Get ready, the Internet of Value is upon us.

Congratulations to the a16z team on developing Jolt. Exploring the design and tradeoff space is important given how early we are in building zkVMs. This is a huge achievement.

[Stephen A Smith voice]: BUT

I think the comparison between SP1 (built on Polygon | Aggregated 's Plonky3!) and…

Really enjoyed this conversation about the agglayer.

Thanks to Laura Shin for having us and for the great questions!