Imran and Qiao invited Sandeep Nailwal and Mihalio Bjelic (Polygon) to discuss whether the Polygon's Chain Aggregation can unify all L2s.

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro
(00:45) Welcome To Good Game
(02:02) Things We're Excited To Talk About With Sandeep And Mihailo (Polygon)
(05:27) Quick Note On The Vitalik's End Game
(09:18) Sandeep And Mihailo (Polygon) Introduction
(11:08) Addressing Fud Surrounding Polygon's Impact And Partnerships
(19:43) Addressing Misconceptions And Branding Challenges In Polygon's Journey
(22:17) People Say Polygon Has Too Many Narratives And Always Jumps On To The Latest Narratives
(24:32) Exploring Polygon's Parallel Evm And Aggregation Layer
(32:27) Transitioning Perspectives
(36:02) The Token Rebrand
(39:55) The Reason Behind The Layoff
(46:17) Final Words
(46:58) Putting Aside The FUDs And Narratives
(49:50) Wrap Up
(52:00) Partnership Vs. Competition
(55:02) There Is A Disconnect Of Information
(57:05) How Polygon Moved From Proof Of State To A ZK Validium
(58:54) Polygon's Move To Parallelization
(59:49) Founder Anecdotes That Imran Learned
(01:01:05) Polygon Laid Off 20% Of Their Staff
(01:02:25) Polygon Could Have Continued To Compete With Optimism And Arbitrum
(01:04:35) Twitter Narrative Is So Different From The Real World

Aggregated Blockchains: A New Thesis - https://polygon.technology/blog/aggregated-blockchains-a-new-thesis

Sandeep Nailwal Twitter/X: https://x.com/sandeepnailwal
Mihailo Bjelic Twitter/X: https://x.com/MihailoBjelic

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