Vitalik Retracts 2017 “Mountain Man” Take, Citing ZK-SNARKs as Ethereum’s Safety Net
Key Takeaways: Vitalik Buterin publicly walked back a 2017 remark dismissing full user self-verification Advances in ZK-SNARKs now allow blockchain state verification without replaying all history Buterin identifies self-verification as The post Vitalik Retracts 2017 “Mountain Man” Take, Citing ZK-SNARKs as Ethereum’s Safety Net appeared first on CryptoNinjas.
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