Justin Drake, a member of the Ethereum Foundation (EF) and a key figure in the development of the protocol, released a message addressing the elements he believes are essential to the future of the network.
Its approach revolves around: dislikeA type of cryptographic proof that allows . Verify information without revealing the content And there is no need to communicate with the person who generated it.
According to Drake, these tests will be core to Ethereum’s next leap forward. Improve scalability and privacy.
Snarks as a technology foundation and the goal of protocol simplification
Drake argues that technology only matures when it retains complex technical names.
In his message, he said, just as terms like “laser” and “radar” started out as long acronyms, “dislike” (by Concise non-interactive discussion of knowledge“a concise, non-dialogic discussion of knowledge”) reaches that state. If reliable, verifiable, and widely used.
Drake is dislike As a central and everyday technologyis easily and reliably integrated into the main Ethereum layer.
Developers suggest that post-quantum security, full formal verification, in-depth cryptographic analysis, and real-time demonstrations are inevitable steps to reach that maturity.
These tools are intended to ensure testing. dislike Work despite opposition Attacks that may take advantage of it quantum computeris a theoretical but relevant risk for any system that stores value.
Drake highlighted that Ethereum has been able to operate without crashing for “10 years” and has kept “$1 trillion secure in hashes and signatures,” and described it as the “workhorse” of crypto today.
These hashes and digital signatures are mechanisms to secure transactions and authenticate keys, but there are limits to their evolution.
However, he said that in the future, Ethereum will have “100 years of online time” and secure “$10 trillion” with proof. I say sarcasm.
Ethereum has three focuses, according to Justin Drake
Among the technical goals, he mentioned three areas: scalability, security, and privacy.
Regarding scalability, as previously reported by CriptoNoticias, Drake reiterated that he is aiming to: ≪10,000 transactions per second≫ Use a test-compatible virtual machine zkEVM (Ethereum virtual machine using zero-knowledge technology) Real-time.
Russ zkEVM These are environments in which transactions and smart contracts can be executed compressed into verifiable cryptographic proofs. In summary, they prove everything. The transactions and contracts executed were valid..
Instead of each node in the system processing and verifying each operation one by one, the node only needs to verify its compact proof. This validation is much lighter and faster, reducing the workload and Network allows more transactions to be processed in less time.
On the security front, Ethereum Foundation developers are projecting signatures that are resistant to quantum attacks.
Finally, from a privacy perspective, Aiming for a “Zcash level” model using tools like “Wormhole” (wormhole), a concept present in the EIP-7503 proposal, Hidden channel for private transfers.
Finally, Drake said that the Ethereum Foundation intends to. “Tens of millions” spent on formal verification and other effortsadvanced crypto analysis, real-time demo, privacy and framing zkEVM within the main protocol.
