The No Execution Podcast

Private execution in a modular world with Zac Williamson and Jon Wu of Aztec - Ep 4

Episode Notes

We sit down with Zac Williamson and Jon Wu, Co-Founder and growth at Aztec respectively, to discuss private rollups vs private L1s, modular blockchains, and the relationship between Ethereum and its rollups with Celestia labs team members Mustafa Al-Bassam and John Adler. Moderated by Ekram Ahmed.

 

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Timestamps

0:00 Start

1:40 Explanation of blockchain privacy

5:06 Privacy in the modular stack

7:47 Privacy for rollups

11:43 Private rollups vs private L1s

13:52 Are rollups parasitic to Ethereum?

27:43 Is modularity a risk to Ethereum?

34:37 Quantum Gravity Bridge

48:34 Can Aztec be deployed to other L1s?

50:12 How privacy affects auditability

52:24 L3s and fractal scaling

53:51 Closing remarks

 

Social links

Zac Williamson on twitter

Jon Wu on twitter

Mustafa Al-Bassam on twitter

John Adler on twitter

Ekram on twitter

 

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