Vitalik just dropped a spicy take: 60% chance SNARKs, FHE, and iO all hit <10x overhead eventually. First one (probably SNARKs) lands before 2030.
Why this matters:
• SNARKs = zero-knowledge proofs that could scale $ETH L2s to absurd levels
• FHE = fully homomorphic encryption (compute on encrypted data)
• iO = indistinguishability obfuscation (holy grail of crypto)
If SNARKs hit <10x overhead, we're talking near-native speed for zkEVMs. That's when rollups eat the entire blockchain stack.
Watch zkSync, Scroll, Polygon zkEVM. This is the infrastructure bet of the decade.
Why this matters:
• SNARKs = zero-knowledge proofs that could scale $ETH L2s to absurd levels
• FHE = fully homomorphic encryption (compute on encrypted data)
• iO = indistinguishability obfuscation (holy grail of crypto)
If SNARKs hit <10x overhead, we're talking near-native speed for zkEVMs. That's when rollups eat the entire blockchain stack.
Watch zkSync, Scroll, Polygon zkEVM. This is the infrastructure bet of the decade.
