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Prev. Co-Founder @0xPolygon | Technology. Prosperity. Peace.
Dec 13, 2022 7 tweets 2 min read
One of the frequent questions that we get is why @0xPolygon has multiple zk efforts/teams. 🤔

A short thread on why we picked this strategy and how it is playing out so far..

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When we announced our zk thesis a bit more than a year ago, we knew that:

1) We wanted to bet big on zk tech.
2) We wanted to go for the Holy Grail - EVM-compatible zk solutions.
3) It is not going to be easy; experts estimated at least 3-5 years to build this Holy Grail.

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May 15, 2021 9 tweets 3 min read
1/8 I am a fan of @StarkWareLtd, everyone who knows me know that.

Uri is obviously coming from a good place, but this (and similar) statements are wrong and potentially dangerous, since they can cause confusion or even loss of funds if people take them at face value.

Thread 👇 2/8 First, Polygon is not a sidechain, it is a suite of scaling solutions.

This has been addresses many times so far, so I guess everyone's pretty much aware of it by now..

More info can be found at polygon.technology or in this short thread: