What is a trusted setup ceremony, and what kind of translation is this? Just after posting this, I found out that a heavyweight project about to have its TGE, @union_build, is promoting itself, claiming that its trusted setup ceremony has set a record for the most participants in blockchain history, with 4,664 verification contributors, surpassing Manta Network's record from 2023, and there are another 4,590 contributors in the queue. Hold on, hold on... I think I understand what you're saying, but what exactly is this trusted setup ceremony? It turns out that the trusted setup ceremony is a direct translation of Trusted Setup Ceremony. My goodness, it really doesn't twist at all; have you never been to Chengdu? Today, I must give you a treatment and change the translation. Isn't Trusted Setup Ceremony just a foundational ceremony? Union aims to connect all ecosystems (L1, L2, Rollup, AppChain), be compatible with all languages (Solidity, Move, Babylon, Cosmos...), and not rely on validators, oracles, or multi-signatures. So how is this achieved? The answer is: ZK, Zero-Knowledge proofs. We've already explained zero-knowledge proofs; it's not about having zero intelligence, it's a powerful concept in cryptography. In simple terms, it means you can prove you know a secret without revealing what the secret is, and the other party can still trust you. However, this zero-knowledge proof also requires a kickoff ceremony to bring in a group of people to establish a basic parameter. These people collaborate to generate secure and reliable public parameters, which is necessary to achieve the functionality that Union desires. This process is called the Trusted Setup Ceremony, and I suggest translating it as "foundational ceremony"—how trustworthy, elegant, and effective is that? Union has set this record and is promoting it; what’s so impressive about it? Just because over 4,000 people started boasting? Monod has 400 million people! No, this isn't about gathering heads to boost interactions; it's a top-tier cryptography feast. To put it another way, it's like organizing a "global chicken dinner competition" where 10,000 people sign up, but only 10 can actually play the game, while the rest are all newbies. Will the competition be exciting? No, it's just a bunch of noobs pecking at each other, utterly meaningless! Union's foundational ceremony is like inviting over 4,000 "professional players," each contributing high-quality cryptographic parameters, elevating Union's chicken dinner competition to an unprecedented level that will be hard for future participants to catch up to. More people means a safer proof network, more complex technical coordination, and invaluable community support, so this record is indeed impressive, comparable to breaking a world record at the Olympics, proving Union's absolute strength in this field. Otherwise, it wouldn't have quickly secured $15 million in Series A funding from top institutions, with over 50 projects like Berachain, Polygon, Sui, and Avalanche building on it. To summarize in one sentence: Union's cross-chain capabilities are more broadly compatible than LayerZero, more decentralized than Wormhole, and simpler and lighter than Axelar. Now that Union is about to have its TGE, if you must draw a comparison, you can look at the $SOPH in the same ZK track, which is already on the BN spot market and can be a focus. I hope @union_build can consider my translation; if adopted, remember to send me a Grant, and I'll hold a lottery for my teachers. That's it, goodbye.