Is ZK bigger than blockchains? No. But it's the key that unlocks their full potential. Let me explain. Blockchains are revolutionary because they provide an immutable and verifiable ledger for both data and computation. This is an incredibly powerful foundation, allowing us to build systems based on programmable trust. Instead of relying on fallible intermediaries, we can turn promises into mathematical certainty, giving rise to entire ecosystems like decentralized finance and global payment networks. However, this paradigm has a fundamental limitation: scaling. As globally verifiable databases, public blockchains have historically struggled to scale at the execution layer, the very place where programs run. This performance bottleneck has been a significant barrier to mainstream adoption. Certainly, a new wave of high-performance blockchains (Solana, Aptos, Monad, Sei, MegaETH, etc.) has emerged. They achieve transaction speeds rivaling centralized systems like Visa and...
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