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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