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devcon 7 / wtf is the pessimistic proof

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WTF is the pessimistic proof

Duration: 00:07:50

Speaker: Ignasi Ramos, Jesus

Type: Lightning Talk

Expertise: Intermediate

Event: Devcon

Date: Nov 2024

Cryptographic safety for the AggLayer requires a novel solution. It’s called the pessimistic proof and it treats all chains suspiciously. The AggLayer will be a decentralized protocol that scales blockchains by unifying liquidity, users, and state. The Pessimistic proof is a proof generated to securely grant this shared liquidity, and it will be technically explained in this flash talk by one of the developers.

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