Designing Optimistic Interoperability with Nomad

In this week’s episode, https://twitter.com/annarrose (Anna) catches up with https://twitter.com/annascarroll (Anna Caroll) and https://twitter.com/_prestwich (James Prestwich) from https://twitter.com/nomadxyz_ (Nomad). Together they explore the Nomad optimistic interoperability solution, how it first was developed, what lessons it takes from previous attempts at interoperability and cross-chain bridging, how the system works and more. Here are some links for this episode: https://zeroknowledge.fm/118-2 (Ep 118: Tarun and James talk Flash Loans and more | ZK Podcast) https://zeroknowledge.fm/34-2 (Ep 34: Blockchain 101: What are smart contracts? | ZK Podcast) https://prestwi.ch (The Balance Wheel | prestwi.ch) https://medium.com/connext/657c2cf69f17 (The Interoperability Trilemma | medium.com) https://blog.connext.network/fb800dc7b0e0 (Optimistic Bridges | blog.connext.network) https://blog.connext.network/e20cd8e62e31 (Connext Has Partnered With Nomad | blog.connext.network) https://www.nomad.xyz/ (Nomad | Home) https://github.com/nomad-xyz (@nomad-xyz | Github) https://github.com/prestwich (@prestwich | Github) If you are looking to jump into ZK professionally, check out the https://jobsboard.zeroknowledge.fm (ZK Jobs Board). https://zkvalidator.com/ (ZKValidator) is looking for a Junior Researcher who is interested in exploring and writing about emerging fields of cryptography like ZKPs, Proof-of-Stake, Bridges, Rollups, MEV, and other cutting edge meta blockchain topics. Check out the ad https://jobsboard.zeroknowledge.fm/job/144/junior-blockchain-researcher/ (here.) Today’s episode is sponsored by https://polygon.technology/solutions/polygon-hermez (Polygon Hermez). The Polygon Hermez zk-rollup is a layer 2 built on top of Ethereum that solves scalability issues through mass transfer processing rolled into a single transaction. ZKPs are used to present and publicly record the validity and correctness of the rolled transfers processed on the Ethereum blockchain. By storing just the proof and the compressed data of a batch of transfers, the efficiency and the throughput of the network is multiplied. Visit https://polygon.technology/ (polygon.technology) to learn more about Polygon Hermez and other Polygon solutions. If you like what we do: Subscribe to our https://zeroknowledge.substack.com (podcast newsletter) Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm (@zeroknowledgefm) Join us on https://zeroknowledge.fm/telegram (Telegram) Catch us on https://zeroknowledge.fm/ (Youtube) Head to the https://community.zeroknowledge.fm/ (ZK Community Forum) Support our https://zeroknowledge.fm/gitcoin-grant-329-zkp-2 (Gitcoin Grant)