what is unlocked by the version of ethereum that finalizes 1gb of data per second?
what is unlocked by a zkSNARK protocol with a 100x overhead on underlying computation?
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commonly-used phrases in the discourse around popular topics take on connotational baggage that leave them vulnerable to being co-opted. fight intellectual laziness by switching terms every now and then - "shared infrastructure" vs "public goods," "proof systems" vs "zk crypto"
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what is unlocked by the version of ethereum that finalizes 1gb of data per second?
what is unlocked by a zkSNARK protocol with a 100x overhead on underlying computation?
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necessary to allow anyone to permissionlessly make claims about this data at arbitrary levels of granularity. think ID and reputation systems, queries on public social graphs, fine-grained claims of creditworthiness, actions in digital games/virtual worlds... 2/
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all of these require info asymmetry, and therefore require ZK (or MPC, or something similar).
privacy is important for ideological reasons, but even more fundamentally, information asymmetry is a *mechanic* that most complex coordination systems need to function. 3/3
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plasma and other off-chain DA solutions are still viable, but weren't a good fit for apps needing permissionless DA guarantees as strong as defi needs. i expect to see plasma-like constructions return for games / other lower-stakes use cases in 2023 (maybe app-specific plasmas)
