Ethereum Foundation publishes an article elaborating on the full adoption of zero-knowledge proofs by Ethereum, with the first step being the deployment of L1 zkEVM

The Ethereum Foundation blog published an article outlining Ethereum's full adoption of zero-knowledge proofs (ZK), with the first step being the deployment of a Layer 1 zkEVM. The plan is to achieve this within a year by allowing validators to optionally run ZK clients, verifying proofs generated by multiple zkVMs, replacing the need to re-execute blocks, and maintaining the security of client diversity. The Glamsterdam upgrade will introduce a pipelining mechanism to extend proof times. Real-time proof is defined as: 99% of mainnet blocks completed within 10 seconds, hardware cost ≤ $100,000, power consumption ≤ 10kW, proof size ≤ 300KiB, and security ≥ 128 bits. The goal is to support home-based proving, enhance censorship resistance, and increase the Gas limit and support native zk-rollup in the future. [Wu Shuo]