Building a truly decentralised, peer-to-peer network, based on a built-in identity system, limits the ecosystem’s interoperability with the outside world. Onboarding developers and users to Urbit was only the first hurdle. On-ramping crypto was a whole different & daunting task. Uqbar set out to build an execution layer on top of Urbit, enabling smart contracts, which would ultimately settle, via a ZK rollup, on Starknet.
We were joined by Tim Galebach, founder of Uqbar, to discuss the different design choices involved, from Hoon programming DevEx to a hybrid ZK-optimistic rollup.
Topics covered in this episode:
- Tim’s background
- Urbit explained
- How Uqbar took shape
- Integrating crypto in the Urbit stack
- Hoon’s usability and DevEx
- AI-enabled Uqbar
- Uqbar interoperability
- Rollup vs. L1 approach for Uqbar
- Hybrid ZK-optimistic rollup
- Getting from programming in Hoon to ZK proofs
- Use cases for Uqbar & Urbit
Episode links:
This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/491
- SEO Powered Content & PR Distribution. Get Amplified Today.
- Platoblockchain. Web3 Metaverse Intelligence. Knowledge Amplified. Access Here.
- Minting the Future w Adryenn Ashley. Access Here.
- Source: https://epicenter.tv/episodes/491
- :is
- a
- and
- approach
- based
- blockchain
- Brian
- build
- built-in
- by
- cases
- choices
- contracts
- covered
- crypto
- decentralised
- Design
- developers
- different
- discuss
- enabling
- Epicenter
- execution
- First
- For
- founder
- from
- hosted
- HTTPS
- Hybrid
- Identity
- in
- Interoperability
- involved
- joined
- layer
- limits
- links
- Listening
- network
- Notes
- of
- on
- Onboarding
- Options
- outside
- peer to peer
- plato
- Plato Data Intelligence
- PlatoAiCast
- platoaistream
- PlatoData
- Programming
- rollup
- set
- settle
- show
- smart
- Smart Contracts
- starknet
- system
- Task
- The
- Tim
- to
- top
- Ultimately
- usability
- users
- via
- vs
- Web3
- which
- with
- world
- would
- ZK