How Native Rollups Scale Ethereum | Uma Roy & Justin Drake
How Native Rollups Scale Ethereum | Uma Roy & Justin Drake  
Podcast: Bankless
Published On: Mon Mar 17 2025
Description: Native Rollups are the next big step toward scaling Ethereum securely. In this episode,Uma Roy (CEO of Succinct) and Justin Drake (Ethereum Foundation researcher) break down what Native Rollups are, how they leverage Ethereum’s core infrastructure for execution and validation, and why they're crucial for stronger security, better composability, and sustainable Ethereum growth.Tune in to understand the evolution of Ethereum’s rollup-centric roadmap and how Native Rollups could become a foundational upgrade for Ethereum's future.------📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium------BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFihttps://bankless.cc/Frax🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAINhttps://bankless.cc/unichain⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORKhttps://bankless.cc/Mantle🌐CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPERhttps://bankless.cc/Celo🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APPhttps://bankless.cc/Infinex-----✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨https://zora.co/coin/base:0x9ad876e913102d5097df82db0617816a17b07414?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E------TIMESTAMPS0:00 Intro6:41 Why Native Rollups?16:32 Security & Composability Benefits38:13 ZKProofs42:52 Making L2s Native50:48 Network Effects52:35 Customizability Trade-Offs58:59 Timelines1:02:39 ETH Economic Impacts1:05:46 Other Advantages1:08:17 Succinct1:08:59 ETHProofs.org1:11:32 Real-Time Proving1:12:33 Ethereum’s Bottleneck1:15:43 Closing & Disclaimers------RESOURCESUma Royhttps://x.com/pumatheumaJustin Drakehttps://x.com/drakefjustinNative Rollupshttps://ethresear.ch/t/native-rollups-superpowers-from-l1-execution/21517Succincthttps://www.succinct.xyz/L2Beathttps://l2beat.com/scaling/summaryETHProofshttps://ethproofs.org/------Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠