Miden is architected as an edge blockchain, fundamentally shifting where computation happens. Instead of funneling all application logic through a centralized execution pool like traditional chains, Miden pushes the work to the client side. Users run their application logic locally on their own machines. The verification part? That's where zero knowledge proofs come in. Users generate these proofs locally and then submit them to the network for verification. This design eliminates the constant network congestion that plagues shared execution environments, reducing bottlenecks and improving throughput. It's a different take on blockchain scalability—moving computation to the edge rather than trying to optimize a single shared pool.