# Axelar's General Message Passing Launch with Sergey Gorbunov, Zaki Manian, & Steven Goldfeder

*Author: Ryan Sean Adams, David Hoffman*
*Published: May 3, 2023*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/de/axelars-general-message-passing-launch-with-sergey-gorbunov-zaki-manian-steven-goldfeder*

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Tune in to hear from CEO/Co-Founder Sergey Gorbunov, Zaki Manian, Co-Founder of Sommelier Protocol, Co-Founder of Iqlusion, & Steven Goldfeder, Co-founder of Offchain Labs, and contributor to Arbitrum

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**TIMESTAMPS**

0:00 Intro

5:09 Axelar Explained

8:25 Cross-Chain Bridging 

10:46 Axelar’s Announcement

15:10 Bridges of the Past & Future

19:00 General Message Passing

21:40 The New Way For Interoperability 

28:42 Arbitrum’s Side

32:36 The Tech Metaphor

35:40 Multichain & Interoperable World

37:00 Bridge Security

39:05 GMP Applications & Services

40:57 Zaki’s Cosmos Vision

43:20 Why is this Bullish for Arbitrum? 

47:27 Resources

48:00 Closing & Disclaimers

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**RESOURCES**

Sergey Gorbunov

https://twitter.com/sergey_nog

Zaki Manian

https://twitter.com/zmanian

Steven Goldfeder

https://twitter.com/sgoldfed