Introducing Kroma: Road to EVM-Equivalent ZK Rollup

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Mainnet launches yesterday for Kroma, an OP Stack Layer 2 that starts as an optimistic rollup with a GKP-based challenge system and plans a phase two upgrade to an EVM-equivalent ZK rollup. Demoed Genesis NFT minting with ~2 second block time and ~0.03 gas per mint. Architecture layers include decentralized validators, GKP-ready components, and a Takon project aiming for GPU-accelerated GKP 100× speedups. Tokenomics start at zero supply, base 15M with dynamic minting rising toward ~47–52M.

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1. 0:00Welcome to Kroma
2. 1:10Kroma uniqueness and roadmap
3. 2:37Live demo: Kroma mainnet
4. 4:45Kroma tech stack and GK proof
5. 6:11Stage two Universal Rollup
6. 7:57Takon for GK proof acceleration
7. 8:20Gaming and web3 focus
8. 9:44Backing and game portfolio
9. 10:28Kroma token economics
10. 12:56Kroma future roadmap

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