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Ethereum’s roadmap now targets base-layer zero-knowledge proofs, aiming for stronger verification with less data exposure. Ethereum is moving closer to embedding zero-knowledge cryptography directly into its core infrastructure. What began as academic research is now translating into concrete plans at the protocol level. Ethereum Foundation leadership says recent breakthroughs have made zero-knowledge systems increasingly practical for the base layer. Ethereum Accelerates Toward a Zero-Knowledge Future Co-executive director of the Ethereum Foundation, Hsiao-Wei Wang, stated that Ethereum’s roadmap increasingly includes zero-knowledge systems as a midterm goal. In an interview with CoinDesk, Wang pointed to major technical advances over the past one to two years. Short-term upgrades continue to target execution improvements and expanded blob space for layer-2 networks. Meanwhile, zero-knowledge technology has moved beyond long-term research and is now part of active development plans. ZK proofs are commonly used to confirm access rights without exposing private data. Instead of sharing sensitive details, users show they are authorized through verification checks. A verifier then confirms whether the user can complete tasks that only someone with the right information can perform. Incorrect guesses eventually fail these checks with high probability. When the prover truly has the right information, the checks pass while the data itself remains hidden.  Ethereum Aims to Strengthen Core Verification Model Ethereum began adopting zero-knowledge technology around 2021, when zk-rollups began to gain wider adoption. These systems process transactions outside Ethereum’s main network and then send cryptographic proofs back on-chain. As adoption has grown, zero-knowledge rollups have become one of the network’s main scaling tools. However, they continue to function as separate layers rather than as part of Ethereum itself. Moving zero-knowledge technology directly into Ethereum’s core would change how the network secures itself. Under this model, Ethereum could rely on compact cryptographic proofs that confirm blocks were processed correctly,…

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