How a loan almost ruined my friend's life. He applied for a loan online. The bank asked him to upload his entire ID, address, and even utility bills just to prove he was real. Weeks later, his data got leaked in a breach the loan company had. At the same time, he tried experimenting with AI for his startup. The model gave him results, but he had no way to check if they were correct. He was basically trusting a black box. And when he tried using Web3? The fees were so high, and transactions were so slow that he gave up halfway. This is the problem with today’s internet: AI without proofs = blind trust. Web3 without scalability = unusable. Identity without privacy = dangerous. That’s where Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs) flip the script. ZK lets you prove something is true without revealing the sensitive details. My friend can prove he’s creditworthy without handing over his whole life. AI results can be verified, not just doing things for the fun. Web3 can scale like highways...
Everyone is excited about ZK tech!
But here’s the dirty little secret nobody talks about
ZK proofs are insanely heavy to compute.
A simple rollup transaction means millions of cryptographic operations
Regular GPUs/CPUs are too slow and too expensive
Without a solution, ZK adoption stalls
This is the gap @Cysic_xyz is filling.
They’re building hardware accelerators designed ONLY for ZK
Think NVIDIA → AI
Cysic → ZK
Why this is important:
- Faster rollups mean lower gas
- On-chain privacy becomes usable
- Entire ZK ecosystem grows around their hardware
This isn’t a narrative play… it’s a picks & shovels play.
And in every gold rush, picks & shovels win.
See you in Day 3
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