"Layer 2s and AppChains Will Converge": Aurora Labs CEO Alex Shevchenko

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Alex Shevchenko is the CEO of Aurora Labs, which is a Layer 2 scaling solution built on Near. Alex has a doctoral degree in math and physics. Today we get into the details behind Aurora Labs, the difference between Aurora Cloud and the Aurora EVM, how they have survived the market crash, Alex's vision of Ethereum Layer 2s, his conviction in an AppChain future, and so much more. We begin our conversation with Alex's focus at Aurora Labs.

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