Polygon 2.0: From Divergence to Convergence

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Sandy: There's two themes I'm kind of drawing upon, maybe for the listener and what you're describing for Polygon 2.0 here. The first is this journey for Polygon from divergence to convergence. That is moving to ZK EVM type of technology or actually, why don't you guys describe what this Proof of Steak chain to ZK transition is going to look like? And so now the next move in why this is a 1.0 to a 2.0 is because this is a move towards convergence where you can unify all of these approaches. So let's talk about that.

Today on the show we welcome back Sandeep and Mihalo, the Co-Founders of Polygon.

Polygon is one of the most used chains in crypto. That in itself is a massive accomplishment. However, there’s been criticism of Polygon in the past, that it’s “just a sidechain.” That it’s not “Ethereum aligned.” The release of Polygon 2.0 will silence these critics. Tune in to understand why.

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0:00 Intro 6:35 EthCC 11:35 Polygon 2.0 20:00 PoS to zkEVM 33:50 What Will Users Have To Do? 37:10 Validiums & Wen Upgrade? 43:00 How $MATIC is Evolving? 47:00 The Evolution of Crypto Networks 48:50 $MATIC to $POL 50:27 Work Token 53:14 Why $POL Naming? 54:20 The Governance Framework 59:50 Is This Polygon’s Endgame? 1:08:48 zkSupernets

----- RESOURCES

Polygon Roadmap https://polygon.technology/roadmap

Polygon PoS to a zkEVM - https://twitter.com/0xPolygonLabs/status/1671208777784209441

The Stack https://twitter.com/0xPolygonLabs/status/1668312616459030528

The Token https://twitter.com/0xPolygonLabs/status/1679427540790681600

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