The Economics of Zero-Knowledge Proofs

Last month, Andrew Huang (Conduit) and Uma Roy (Succinct) announced OP Succinct, a groundbreaking collaboration that blends Succinct’s SP1 zkVM with Conduit’s Rollup-as-a-Service platform. This new zkEVM promises 1-hour finality, breaking away from the traditional 7-day delays seen with optimistic rollups.

In this episode, we unpack what makes OP Succinct a game-changer and how it challenges the conventional ZK rollup landscape. Why is this Rust-based zkVM approach so different? Is ZK rollup tech finally ready for prime time? And could fast finality and the end of fraud proofs be the key to solving Ethereum’s fragmentation problem?

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------ TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro 2:52 zk Rollups Past vs. OP Succint  5:48 OP to zk Rollups Tradeoffs & Timeline 12:39 Benefits of 1-Hour Challenge Period  15:34 Scaling the Rollups  18:12 Endgame Vision  20:47 Cost of Proving Must Go Down? 21:55 Conduit’s Distribution Role 25:55 AggLayer vs. zk & Adoption  29:57 zk Rollup on ETH L1 Constraints? 35:53 Ethereum’s Negative Sentiment 51:04  Closing & Disclaimers 

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Uma Roy https://x.com/pumatheuma 

Succinct https://www.succinct.xyz/ 

OP Succinct https://github.com/succinctlabs/op-succinct 

Adrew Huang https://x.com/KAndrewHuang 

Conduit https://x.com/conduitxyz 

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