In this 27th episode of Colors of Web3 & Entrepreneurship, we dive deep into Intmax, a novel stateless zk-rollup architecture that promises to deliver unparalleled scalability and privacy on Ethereum. Our guest, Leona Hioki, co-founder of Intmax, takes us on a journey through the pioneering technology, explaining how it achieves near-unlimited scalability by offloading all computations and data preservation to the client-side, while maintaining the full security of Ethereum's base layer.

Leona passionately advocates for the importance of privacy in the crypto space, making a compelling case for why it's not only a fundamental human right but also a crucial defense against criminals, bad actors, and future AI threats. We explore the potential impact of privacy on driving mainstream adoption, as well as the regulatory and accounting hurdles that need to be addressed.

⌛ Timestamps

00:00:00 Episode Intro

00:00:20 Introduction about the show and the guest: Leona Hioki from Intmax

00:01:38 Leona's background before his Web3 career

00:07:16 Definition of Plasma, a scaling solution on Ethereum

00:09:00 Leona's hobbies outside of Web3

00:10:51 Deep dive into Intmax

00:18:19 Gas fees and useable currencies on Intmax

00:26:18 Privacy feature of Intmax and importance of privacy

00:34:57 No typical smart contract on Intmax, but devs can build stateless applications

00:37:00 Intmax is suitable for stateless, conditional-payment applications

00:40:03 The team behind Intmax and the challenges they face

00:46:10 Statelessness is currently underrated

00:49:15 Programming languages needed to build stateless applications

00:49:47 Crypto payment and financial access

00:56:06 How to onboard 1 billion people into Web3

01:03:53 How Leona sees the future of Ethereum ecosystem

01:07:52 His thought in synergy between AI and Web3, including AI on-chain governance and ZKML

01:11:52 Advice for aspiring Web3 founders

01:15:37 Where to follow Leona and his company

01:16:52 Episode outro and closing remarks

Follow Leona and Intmax:

His Twitter/X: https://x.com/hiokileona

His company website: https://www.intmax.io/

His company Twitter/X: https://x.com/intmaxIO

My social media:

Twitter/X: ⁠https://www.twitter.com/LamWeb3⁠

LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/lamweb3/⁠

Website: ⁠https://lamtrinh.xyz⁠

My latest article: https://lamweb3.substack.com/p/the-importance-of-decentralized-science

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