ZKVM With Succinct Labs Uma Roy

Today we’re joined by Uma Roy of Succinct Labs to discuss ZK-VM technology, the upcoming prover network, and the alternative scaling paths. We got into rollup architectures, Bitcoin integration, and the landscape of ZK proofs in crypto. Follow our guest on Twitter: @pumatheuma 00:00 Start 00:53 Who is Uma? 01:16 What's a ZKVM? 03:07 Starkware vs Prover Network 04:20 How does it work? 05:28 Who plans to use this ZKVM? 07:50 Why does it take an hour? 10:01 What is the Prover Network? 14:15 ASICS for Prover Network? 21:07 System design 24:55 Roll ups remaining optimistic? 26:04 Let a thousand roll ups bloom 28:14 App chains 30:50 Solana ZK? 32:06 Solana target applications? 34:38 Scaling L1 fallacy 37:12 Interoperability 42:21 Beamchain 45:46 Differences in ZKVMs available? 50:17 Why will ZKVMS be profitable? 54:36 BitVM 👋The Gwart Show is sponsored by Ellipsis Labs. Ellipsis Labs is building Atlas, the blockchain purpose-built for verifiable finance. You may know of Ellipsis Labs by their first product Phoenix, a fully on-chain orderbook DEX that’s done over 50 billion dollars in unincentivized volume. If you’re interested in working for a mission-driven company, Ellipsis Labs is hiring engineers passionate about crypto and finance to work on Atlas. You can learn more and apply on Ellipsis Labs’ Twitter “at Ellipsis_Labs”. Don’t forget to check out Atlas too, @atlasxyz on Twitter. Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. Questions or want to sponsor? hello@blockspace.media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices