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Wiretap Wednesday: Zk Scaling w Hermez Network
Hermez core developer Jordi Baylina joins DeFi Slate for a Layer 2 conversation. Learn more about Zero-knowledge scaling and the recent Hermez x Polygon partnership
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Today, Andy and Rob interview Jordi Baylina, the technical lead for Hermez, a decentralized zkRollup focused on scaling payments and token transfers on top of Ethereum. We get to hear Jordiβs thoughts on the merger between Polygon (formerly Matic) and Hermez, the current developments on zk-SNARKs and itβs broader implications to the DeFi ecosystem as well as how Hermez network has been developing the tooling to create an EVM compatible ZK-Rollup for scaling dapps.
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Wiretap Wednesday: Zk Scaling w Hermez Network
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