From Polygon To Avail: Taking Crypto To The Next Level (w/ founder Anurag Arjun)

In this episode, we sit down with Anurag Arjun, co-founder of
Polygon and now Avail, to unpack his journey from an early
fascination with Bitcoin to building two of the most ambitious
infrastructure projects in crypto.


We explore what it really took to get Polygon off the ground, why
Anurag believes interoperability is the biggest problem in Web3
right now, and how Avail aims to connect fragmented chains into
one seamless experience. We also dive into the role of ZK tech,
real-world asset tokenization, and why now might be the best time
to build in crypto.


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Guest Links / Additional Material:


Avail Website: https://www.availproject.org/


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Timestamps:


00:00 - Intro


01:40 - Anurag discovers Bitcoin


06:20 - Polygon’s birth in a co-working space


08:20 - Scaling from 0 to Billions


12:46 - Failures


15:00 - Founder Mode


18:00 - Crypto Is Fragmented


23:57 - Founding Avail 


28:33 - Launching Nexus


33:20 - Tackling Interoperability Across Crypto


38:37 - TEEs


43:27 - “ZK is going to win”


50:25 - Most Excited About…


51:40 - What’s Next For Avail


56:00 - From Cypherpunk to RWAs


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