zkEVM with Jordi & David from Hermez

This week, https://twitter.com/AnnaRRose (Anna) chats with https://twitter.com/jbaylina (Jordi Baylina) and https://twitter.com/davidsrz (David Schwartz) from Hermez about their zkEVM design that was first revealed at EthCC. Jordi and David explain the design choices such as why they push for recreating the EVM, how it’s done at a technical level and how Hermez’s approach is different from other zk teams like Matter Labs and StarkWare. The original recording was done before the news of the merger with Polygon came out, so the trio came back together for a brief chat about what it means and how the zk space evolved in the past three years! Here are a few links for this episode: Circom and Hermez with Jordi Baylina, https://zeroknowledge.fm/145/ (Zero Knowledge Episode 145) Jordi’s presentation of the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17d5DG6L2nw (zkEVM at EthCC) zkEVM and zkPorter with Matter Labs, https://zeroknowledge.fm/175/ (Zero Knowledge Episode 175) The Polygon and Hermez merger https://blog.hermez.io/polygon-hermez-merge/ (announcement) If you’re inspired to work in ZK and contribute to the growth of the community, make sure to check out the updated https://zeroknowledge.fm (zeroknowledge.fm) website, now including its own https://community.zeroknowledge.fm (community forum) and a more advanced Jobs Board to find opportunities in this exciting field! This episode is brought to you by https://minaprotocol.com/ (Mina), the world’s lightest blockchain – powered by participants. Mina is a layer-one protocol working to connect crypto to the real world. This means developers can leverage private, verified, real world data from any website to build decentralized apps. Mina’s decentralized apps, called Snapps, also allow users to access on-chain services without sacrificing personal data privacy. Mina replaces the traditional blockchain with a zero-knowledge proof, ensuring a super-light chain that stays around 22 kb and allows every participant to act as a full node. Now that Mina’s mainnet is live, the ecosystem is growing fast. Join the community and find out more by visiting https://minaprotocol.com/ (minaprotocol.com) If you like what we do: Subscribe to our https://zeroknowledge.substack.com/ (podcast newsletter) to not miss any event! Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm (@zeroknowledgefm) Join us on https://t.me/joinchat/TORo7aknkYNLHmCM (Telegram) Catch us on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYWsYz5cKw4wZ9Mpe4kuM_g (Youtube) Read up on the https://www.reddit.com/r/zkpodcast (r/ZKPodcast subreddit) Give us feedback! -https://forms.gle/iKMSrVtcAn6BByH6A (https://forms.gle/iKMSrVtcAn6BByH6A) Support our https://gitcoin.co/grants/329/zero-knowledge-podcast-2 (Gitcoin Grant) Support us on the https://www.patreon.com/zeroknowledge (ZKPatreon) Donate through https://commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/f1e56274-c92b-4a99-802f-50727d651b38 (coinbase.commerce) Or directly here: ETH: 0xC0FFEE1B5083230a5154F55f253B6b6ae8F29B1a BTC: 1cafekGa3podM4fBxPSQc6RCEXQNTK8Zz ZEC: t1R2bujRF3Hzte9ALHpMJvY8t5kb9ut9SpQ DOT: 14zPzb7ihiBeaUn9jdPW9cHKGBd9qtTuJE75hhW2CvzLh6rT