2025-09-12 –, Plasma Stage
Language: English
High-speed EVM rollups prioritize performance and compatibility, but inevitably inherit the constraints of DA. Stateless approaches, by separating execution from state management, open up new possibilities, yet many open challenges remain.
This session will compare these two distinct directions—high-speed EVM and stateless rollups—highlighting their respective strengths and limitations, while jointly exploring where “true scalability” may lie.
Patrick has spent most of his adult life working on cryptocurrencies and his time was split across academic research and industry. Before working at the Arbitrum Foundation, he has worked on transaction delivery, layer-2 protocols, atomic swaps, consensus protocols, and applied cryptography. In a past life, he was an Assistant Professor at King’s College London and an accomplished researcher at UCL, UIUC and NCL.
After winning an award at the IPA Security Camp, he became involved in security and privacy from his university days. Since 2018, he has been part of the Plasma research community. Following an Ethereum Foundation Fellowship/Grant, he launched the INTMAX network based on his research achievements and continues to lead it to this day. INTMAX is Ethereum’s payment layer that can offer near-zero gas fees regardless of network congestion, while also providing privacy.
Jack Saracco is a seasoned professional in the fintech industry, particularly recognized for his work in Latin America. As a co-founder and COO of Ping, Jack has been pivotal in creating solutions that allow remote workers to collect fees and convert them into cryptocurrencies and local currencies, facilitating seamless financial transactions in the digital age.
Jack also co-founded and served as COO of Latamex, the largest fiat gateway in Latin America for buying and selling cryptocurrency wit