The ZK Stack and the Cosmos Ecosystem

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The original idea of Cosmos was to build the internet of blockchains. What we're trying to build is the internet of value, extending the internet with the ability to transfer and program value. The difference between like all the similar stacks is going to be in a way how the bridges work. With hyper chains, you rely on Cosmos validators. You have to trust some group of people. This is the key difference that determines everything else.

Alex Gluchowski and Anthony Rose join us to discuss zkSync's ZK Stack and how Hyperchains enable composable applications at scale. We cover the ZK Stack design and ZK Credo, the security tradeoffs of various Hyperchain implementations, how Hyperchains enable shared composability, zkSync's forced tx inclusion mechanism, Hyperchains vs Cosmos appchains and more!

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(03:50) Interview Start: zkSync

(04:06) The ZK Stack Announcement + ZK Credo

(08:32) Why Use the ZK Stack?

(14:05) Implementations and Security Tradeoffs

(26:39) Hyperchain Composability

(29:52) The Priority Queue: Forced Transaction Inclusion

(34:59) Account Abstraction

(38:20) Customization and Application Specificity

(42:24) Decentralizing Sequencers and Provers

(52:14) Hyperchains vs Cosmos Appchains

(57:00) ZK Stack ELI5 and Early Partners

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ZK Credo

https://github.com/zksync/credo

ZK Stack Announcement

https://twitter.com/zksync/status/1673317167628967936

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