Vitalik Buterin applauds zkVM progress but notes key limitations

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Vitalik Buterin praised Succinct Labs’ real-time zkVM breakthrough but warned that verification and energy challenges remain before Ethereum Layer 1 adoption.

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Catalin

Publish date

May 21, 2025

Related people

Vitalik Buterin

Related projects

Succinct

Ethereum

Related topics

Blockchain technology

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1. This is average case, not worst case. We need real-time worst case for safe L1 use

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1. This is average case, not worst case. We need real-time worst case for safe L1 use 2. Not formally verified