Podcast 60 [Bridged] - Louis Guthmann

What drives Starkware's success in nurturing a committed, bottom-up community?

Join us as we speak with Louis, Ecosystem Lead at Starkware. In a few words, Starkware develops a full proof stack, using STARK technology to generate and verify proofs of computational integrity. StarkWare’s cryptographic proofs are zero-knowledge, succinct, transparent and post-quantum secure.

Tune in to learn about Louis’ past as a startup founder, his views on the future of L2s, an overview of Starknet’s architecture and much more. Enjoy!

Link to Starknet’s Twitter page
👉🏻 https://twitter.com/StarkWareltd

Link to Starkware’s website
👉🏻 https://starkware.co/

Episode Breakdown

00:30 - Would you be able to present the vision behind Starkware using a creative and illustrative analogy?

02:00 - What was your background prior to joining Starkware?

04:00 - Has your previous experience as a startup founder helped you better advise Web3 entrepreneurs?

06:30 - How would you define and characterise this new wave of Web3 entrepreneurs?

10:00 - Will crypto’s adoption be fuelled by a single, killer use case or by a series of smaller, iterative use cases?

13:00 - Would you be able to provide an overview of the architecture at Starknet?

19:30 - In terms of ecosystem development and growth, what sort of philosophy do you implement when approaching projects? Quality over quantity?

21:30 - How has Starkware been able to nurture such a bottom-up, organic culture?

23:00 - What are some of the main values found within the Starknet community and culture?

29:00 - Do you think in the future there will be many L2s or few, big ones?

30:00 - In terms of next steps, what can we expect from Starkware in the near future?