Interview with Offchain Labs (Derek Lee) | Blockchain Innovation with Synopsis: #Arbitrum

🎙 Speaker: Derek Lee
▪️ Senior Product Manager at Offchain Labs

#Arbitrum #DerekLee #OffchainLabs #crypto #blockchain #Web3

Questions:

1. Vitalik Buterin started to push for ZK rollups, while currently Optimistic Rollups take up over 70% of the market. Do you think ZK will outrun Optimistic any time soon? Or will a hybrid solution top the standalone ones?

2. The new challenge resolution protocol called Bounded Liquidity Delay brings you closer to being a Stage 2 (fully decentralized) rollup. What are the other steps you need to take to achieve decentralization?

3. Please tell us what is happening on the DeFi front at Arbitrum. Is Arbitrum willing to reclaim the No. 1 spot among L2s by TVL?

4. How is Arbitrum Stylus doing 2 months after the mainnet launch? What do developers who switched to Stylus say about their experience? Also, I'd like to get to the bottom of this: does Stylus support 2 virtual machines or multiple ones?

5. Offchain Labs says it is committed to creating solutions before problems arise. Why do you believe this is better than solving existing problems?

6. What are the main non-monetary use cases Arbitrum is suited for?

7. Do you believe rollups will be the top solution to the blockchain trilemma going forward?

8. Do you have any teasers for the upcoming Arbitrum milestones?

9. What's your advice for Synopsis viewers?