Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
In this 27th episode of Colors of Web3 & Entrepreneurship, we dive deep into Intmax, a novel stateless zk-rollup architecture that promises to deliver unparalleled scalability and privacy on Ethereum. Our guest, Leona Hioki, co-founder of Intmax, takes us on a journey through the pioneering technology, explaining how it achieves near-unlimited scalability by offloading all computations and data preservation to the client-side, while maintaining the full security of Ethereum's base layer.
Leona passionately advocates for the importance of privacy in the crypto space, making a compelling case for why it's not only a fundamental human right but also a crucial defense against criminals, bad actors, and future AI threats. We explore the potential impact of privacy on driving mainstream adoption, as well as the regulatory and accounting hurdles that need to be addressed.
⌛ Timestamps
00:00:00 Episode Intro
00:00:20 Introduction about the show and the guest: Leona Hioki from Intmax
00:01:38 Leona's background before his Web3 career
00:07:16 Definition of Plasma, a scaling solution on Ethereum
00:09:00 Leona's hobbies outside of Web3
00:10:51 Deep dive into Intmax
00:18:19 Gas fees and useable currencies on Intmax
00:26:18 Privacy feature of Intmax and importance of privacy
00:34:57 No typical smart contract on Intmax, but devs can build stateless applications
00:37:00 Intmax is suitable for stateless, conditional-payment applications
00:40:03 The team behind Intmax and the challenges they face
00:46:10 Statelessness is currently underrated
00:49:15 Programming languages needed to build stateless applications
00:49:47 Crypto payment and financial access
00:56:06 How to onboard 1 billion people into Web3
01:03:53 How Leona sees the future of Ethereum ecosystem
01:07:52 His thought in synergy between AI and Web3, including AI on-chain governance and ZKML
01:11:52 Advice for aspiring Web3 founders
01:15:37 Where to follow Leona and his company
01:16:52 Episode outro and closing remarks
Follow Leona and Intmax:
His Twitter/X: https://x.com/hiokileona
His company website: intmax.io
His company Twitter/X: https://x.com/intmaxIO
My social media:
Twitter/X: twitter.com/LamWeb3
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lamweb3/
Website: https://lamtrinh.xyz
My latest article: lamweb3.substack.com/p/the-importance-of-decentralized-science
If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe to stay updated on our upcoming episodes with industry experts and innovators in the Web3 and Entrepreneurship spaces. Thank you for listening!
#web3 #scaling #stateless #zkrollup #privacy #podcast #entrepreneurship #startup
In this 27th episode of Colors of Web3 & Entrepreneurship, we dive deep into Intmax, a novel stateless zk-rollup architecture that promises to deliver unparalleled scalability and privacy on Ethereum. Our guest, Leona Hioki, co-founder of Intmax, takes us on a journey through the pioneering technology, explaining how it achieves near-unlimited scalability by offloading all computations and data preservation to the client-side, while maintaining the full security of Ethereum's base layer.
Leona passionately advocates for the importance of privacy in the crypto space, making a compelling case for why it's not only a fundamental human right but also a crucial defense against criminals, bad actors, and future AI threats. We explore the potential impact of privacy on driving mainstream adoption, as well as the regulatory and accounting hurdles that need to be addressed.
⌛ Timestamps
00:00:00 Episode Intro
00:00:20 Introduction about the show and the guest: Leona Hioki from Intmax
00:01:38 Leona's background before his Web3 career
00:07:16 Definition of Plasma, a scaling solution on Ethereum
00:09:00 Leona's hobbies outside of Web3
00:10:51 Deep dive into Intmax
00:18:19 Gas fees and useable currencies on Intmax
00:26:18 Privacy feature of Intmax and importance of privacy
00:34:57 No typical smart contract on Intmax, but devs can build stateless applications
00:37:00 Intmax is suitable for stateless, conditional-payment applications
00:40:03 The team behind Intmax and the challenges they face
00:46:10 Statelessness is currently underrated
00:49:15 Programming languages needed to build stateless applications
00:49:47 Crypto payment and financial access
00:56:06 How to onboard 1 billion people into Web3
01:03:53 How Leona sees the future of Ethereum ecosystem
01:07:52 His thought in synergy between AI and Web3, including AI on-chain governance and ZKML
01:11:52 Advice for aspiring Web3 founders
01:15:37 Where to follow Leona and his company
01:16:52 Episode outro and closing remarks
Follow Leona and Intmax:
His Twitter/X: https://x.com/hiokileona
His company website: intmax.io
His company Twitter/X: https://x.com/intmaxIO
My social media:
Twitter/X: twitter.com/LamWeb3
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lamweb3/
Website: https://lamtrinh.xyz
My latest article: lamweb3.substack.com/p/the-importance-of-decentralized-science
If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe to stay updated on our upcoming episodes with industry experts and innovators in the Web3 and Entrepreneurship spaces. Thank you for listening!
#web3 #scaling #stateless #zkrollup #privacy #podcast #entrepreneurship #startup
