Vitalik Buterin proposed reducing prover energy requirements to around 10 kW as a necessary step for making real-time ZK proving feasible for decentralized and home-based participation

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He suggested that it should be possible to do it at home with much less power, making it easier for more people to participate and keeping the network decentralized. This focus on energy efficiency aligns with Ethereum’s shift to more sustainable practices after moving away from previous energy-heavy methods.

Buterin said that ideally, such systems should be operable on machines with about 10 kilowatts of capacity to ensure broader decentralization and accessibility, since proving could be done at home.

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