Matter Labs on QuarkID and Argentina’s decentralized ID revolution

Alex Gluchowski is the Co-Founder CEO of Matter Labs, a company focused on scaling Ethereum using zero-knowledge proofs, and Matthias Broner is their Head of Growth for Latin America.

In this episode, Gluchowski and Broner discuss the QuarkID project in Buenos Aires, which uses zero-knowledge proofs to give citizens control over their digital identity and serve as a model for decentralized digital identity systems.

OUTLINE

00:00 Introduction

04:25 Blockchain Scaling

07:19 Buenos Ares ZK-Powered

12:01 Government Innovation

16:40 DID Tech Stack

18:25 ZK 101

19:57 Impact on Argentinian

21:39 DID Expansion

25:59 Crypto's Utility

31:33 Development Roadmap

32:42 Public Services Onchain

34:50 DID Security

36:24 ZKsync Roadmap

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