i'm pretty bullish on zero-knowledge (ZK) tech, and i think most people are still underestimating how big it could get
the idea is simple: prove something is true without revealing all the information behind it
imagine proving your identity without sharing unnecessary personal details, or verifying that a computation followed the rules without exposing private data
now think about AI agents trading, moving funds and making decisions with real money
are we seriously supposed to just trust they did what they said? lol
that's where ZK comes in
but there's another problem: generating proofs is one thing, verifying millions of them cheaply is another
came across
@ZKVProtocol, which is building a network for verifying ZK proofs, allowing apps and blockchains to check results without having to handle expensive verification themselves
the network already verified use 66M+ to-date
verification fees are paid in $VFY, with 70% of transaction fees being burned
so as more proofs flow through the network, more fees are generated and a portion of those tokens gets removed from circulation
if ZK becomes standard across AI, identity, gaming and finance, the demand for verification could be massive
and i think the infra handling all those proofs is worth paying attention to
we're still pretty early on this imo