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Ink Protocol describes an Optimistic L2 built on the OP Stack to move Kraken users on-chain, citing 14 million Kraken clients with only ~20% ever withdrawing as the addressable market. It runs a centralized sequencer today but reached permissionless fault proofs stage one and plans sequencer decentralization in about a year. Tech work focuses on product UIs, DeFi primitives, institutional custody and regulatory gating, experiments with zk/Arbitrum/zkSync, and engineering for 250 ms block times using commit‑boost and sequencing optimizations.

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1. 0:00Introduction & Fireside Chat Overview
2. 0:47Founding Ink Protocol: Bringing Kraken Clients On-Chain
3. 2:25Why an Optimistic L2? Early Experiments & Lessons
4. 4:22Choosing the OP Stack & Super Chain Advantages
5. 6:08Managing the Sequencer & Decentralization Plans
6. 9:27Focus on DeFi Partnerships & Institutional Adoption
7. 11:58Challenges for Institutions & Regulatory Considerations
8. 13:21Exchange Chain Lessons: Observing Binance & Others
9. 16:10Launching Early & Developer Feedback
10. 17:38Opportunities & Concerns for Ink’s Future
11. 19:03Conclusion & Next Steps

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