How ZK Will Shatter Social Media Monopolies | Alex & Stani

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We've got a timely episode. We've got Stony, founder, cofounder. I forget which one Stony, of, both AVE and Lens, protocols. And, Stony, you can correct me if if that's wrong. Alex, cofounder of MATTER Labs, as well as one of the creators of z k sync.

So, Alex, it's Donnie. Hopefully, I got those intros right. Welcome to the show.

Speaker 0: Thank you. Excited to be here.

Speaker 2: Yeah. Thank you so much for having us.