Ethereum Foundation Co-Executive Director: The future of Ethereum depends on zero-knowledge proofs

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Ethereum Foundation Co-Executive Director Hsiao-Wei Wang stated in an interview with CoinDesk that Ethereum is steadily moving towards zero-knowledge cryptography becoming a core component of the network’s future. Hsiao-Wei Wang described zero-knowledge as part of Ethereum’s mid-term roadmap and pointed out that several breakthroughs have been achieved in the past one or two years. Although the current upgrade focus remains on improving the execution of Layer 2 networks and Blob space, zero-knowledge as a protocol-level feature is becoming increasingly feasible. Ethereum researchers have released the native zkEVM plan, allowing the network to default to zero-knowledge proof verification of transactions. This technology can significantly reduce the workload required to protect Ethereum and achieve scalability without sacrificing decentralization or reliability. Hsiao-Wei Wang emphasized that even as the network continues to evolve, resilience, security, censorship resistance, and neutrality remain at the core of Ethereum.