Today on the show we welcome back Sandeep and Mihalo, the Co-Founders of Polygon.

Polygon is one of the most used chains in crypto. That in itself is a massive accomplishment. However, there’s been criticism of Polygon in the past, that it’s “just a sidechain.” That it’s not “Ethereum aligned.” The release of Polygon 2.0 will silence these critics. Tune in to understand why.

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro
6:35 EthCC
11:35 Polygon 2.0
20:00 PoS to zkEVM
33:50 What Will Users Have To Do?
37:10 Validiums & Wen Upgrade?
43:00 How $MATIC is Evolving?
47:00 The Evolution of Crypto Networks
48:50 $MATIC to $POL
50:27 Work Token
53:14 Why $POL Naming?
54:20 The Governance Framework
59:50 Is This Polygon’s Endgame?
1:08:48 zkSupernets
Closing & Disclaimers

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RESOURCES

Polygon Roadmap
https://polygon.technology/roadmap

Polygon PoS to a zkEVM -   / 1671208777784209441  

The Stack
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The Token
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