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Why One Chain Can't Rule Them All: Polygon's Aggregation Layer Deep Dive Brendan Farmer
Feb 20, 2024
Brendan Farmer, Co-Founder of Polygon, discusses why no single blockchain can scale like the internet and introduces Polygon's Aggregation Layer. Topics include interoperability, ZK proof innovation, Polygon CDK, developer adoption, and novel use cases enabled by the Aggregation Layer.
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Quick takeaways
- Scalable blockchain requires an Aggregation Layer for trustless interoperability and shared liquidity among chains.
- The Aggregation Layer by Polygon offers low-latency solutions while preserving individual chain sovereignty and customization.
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The importance of scaling blockchains and the limitations of a single chain
The podcast episode explores the challenges of scaling blockchains and the limitations of a single chain approach. It highlights the heterogeneous requirements of decentralization, latency, and execution environments, which cannot be accommodated in a single chain. The speaker argues against both a monolithic approach that focuses on building more scalable chains and a modular approach that suggests different layers of chains. Instead, they suggest an aggregated approach that focuses on scaling access to shared state and liquidity in a multi-chain ecosystem.
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