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If you want to change the world, don't protest. Write code!
zero knowledge proofs are truly another 0 to 1. it's a complete paradigm shift. a new way to verify integrity of computation. on bitcoin and other blockchains the way to verify integrity of the network is by re-executing everything. you run your full node (you should! it's the only way to have true sovereignty), and you validate everything, the consensus rules are respect, execution is correct, etc. but of course this process is hard to scale, because of the tension between making this verification accessible to anyone (and hence to low hardware and devices), and increasing throughput / computation power. zkp breaks this dichotomy. you can preserve fully the ability to verify cheaply, efficiently, even on small devices, without even re-executing blocks. it feels magical, but this is really what it brings. you, as an individual, even with a raspberry pi, can verify fully the actions performed by big machines, even super computers, even if they have 1000000x more compute power than you. we are yet to see the implications of such a new paradigm really. it started with blockchains, for scaling and privacy, because right now this is the only "industry" that is sufficiently paranoid to desire trustlessness, but you can be certain that zero knowledge proofs will shake many more industries (healthcare, military / defense, logistics, ai, you name it). it's a whole new world of possibilities. btw, starks are the endgame of zero knowledge proofs. truly scalable, no trusted setup, quantum resistant, pure mathematical power. those things are not just moon math anymore. they work, in real world. starknet proving system alone has secured over $1.5 trillion (yes trillions!) of cumulative trading volume over 5 years running in production, has processed over a billion transactions. it's the most battle tested zkp system in the world. zkps will change the world, first because they will turn bitcoin into truly unstoppable private and scalable p2p cash for the planet. and remember, if you fix the money, you fix the world (i truly believe in this!). but then they will also change many more industries. prove the world, one stark at a time!