ZK Talks 🎙 Ep. 9 – ZKsync: Prividium, Airbender, and the Masterplan | Alex Gluchowski In this episode of ZK Talks, we sit down with Alex Gluchowski (@gluk64), Co-Founder of Matter Labs, the creator of @ZKsync, to explore how one of the most promising ZK ecosystems is reshaping the crypto landscape. We cover ZKsync’s evolution into the Elastic Network, the launch of Airbender for home proving, the institutional breakthrough with Prividium, and how ZKsync quietly became the #2 RWA ecosystem in the world. Timestamps: 01:40 – Alex’s Journey: Freedom-Seeking Builder 04:45 – Discovering Bitcoin and Its Limitations 06:33 – From Ethereum’s Promise to the Scalability Challenge 08:37 – Founding Matter Labs & The Birth of ZKsync 11:57 – ZKsync in 2025: More Than Just a Chain 13:25 – From ZK EVM to the Elastic Network Vision 15:25 – Unlocking ZKsync’s Potential with Prividium 17:45 – Introducing Airbender: The Fastest Open-Source RISC-V Prover 20:27 – Unlocking Home Proving and Personal Chains 25:09 – Decentralized Infrastructure for Enterprises 26:37 – The Three Phases of Crypto-Regulation 30:11 – What Institutions Want from Crypto 31:51 – Why Prividium Matters 33:53 – ZKsync: The Second-Largest Ecosystem for Real-World Assets