As rollup solutions scale Ethereum's execution, a subset is diverging from the EVM. These teams are introducing alternative VMs, opening up a vast new design space for execution.
Join us for an afternoon to learn and engage with the builders behind these cutting-edge execution environments. Together, we'll delve into the intricacies, weigh the trade-offs, and unearth the transformative use cases these solutions unlock.
Agenda
1:30 - 2:20 | Welcome with coffee, tea, soft drinks & snacks
2:20 - 2:30 PM | Intro
2:30 - 3:20 PM | Lightning Talks Round 1:
RISC Zero, Stackr, Movement Labs & Fluent
3:30 - 4:10 PM
Panel 1: Adoption challenges & opportunities
Rollups allow us to move beyond the EVM, introducing new architectures and developer experiences. What new possibilities does this enable, and what challenges does it pose for developers?
Kautuk, Founder, Stackr Labs
Brian Retford, Co-Founder & CEO, RISC Zero
Dino, Co-Founder, Fluent Labs & Modular Media
Rushi Manche, Founder, Movement Labs
Moderator: Anna Rose, Zero Knowledge Podcast & ZK Validator
4:10 - 4:40 PM | BREAK with coffee, tea, soft drinks & snacks
4:40 - 5:40 PM | Lightning Talks Round 2:
Cartesi, Fuel, Arbitrum Stylus, Polygon Miden & Aztec
6 - 7 PM | Panel 2: General Purpose VS Custom VMs
While some projects introduce novel new blockchain VMs, other projects bring general VMs and languages into blockchains. What are the tradeoffs between these two approaches?
Nick Dodson, CEO, Fuel Labs
Carsten Munk, Board Director, Cartesi
Raul Jordan, Senior Software Engineer, Maintainer of Prysm Ethereum Client, Offchain Labs
Rahul Kothari, Protocol Engineer & PM, Aztec
Bobbin Threadbare, Project Lead, Polygon Miden
Moderator: David Mihal, Product Strategist, Fuel Labs
7 - 8:30 PM | Closing Drinks & Bites
💵 Price:
Free — limited tickets!
First come, first served for seating on the day.
📍 Location:
Devconnect, Istanbul, Türkiye
💫 Hosts
Cartesi is an app-specific rollup protocol with a virtual machine that runs Linux distributions, creating a richer and broader design space for DApp developers. Follow us on Twitter or our other social channels to keep in the loop on news and developments.
Fuel is a new blockchain stack designed from the ground up, enabling parallel transaction execution and native account abstraction on Ethereum. Fuel is soon launching a layer 2 on mainnet Ethereum, offering best-in-class tooling with an all-in-one unified toolchain and smart contract language, Sway. Follow on Twitter or other social channels.
