Ethereum Foundation Co-Executive Director: Ethereum's future depends on zero-knowledge proofs

In an interview with CoinDesk, Hsiao-Wei Wang, co-executive director of the Ethereum Foundation, stated that Ethereum is steadily moving towards a future where zero-knowledge cryptography becomes a core component of the network. Wang described zero-knowledge as part of Ethereum's mid-term roadmap, noting several breakthroughs achieved in the past year or two. While current upgrade priorities remain improving Layer 2 network execution and Blob space, zero-knowledge is increasingly feasible as a protocol-level feature. Ethereum researchers have released a native zkEVM plan, allowing the network to use zero-knowledge proofs to verify transactions by default. This technology can significantly reduce the amount of work required to secure Ethereum, enabling scalability without sacrificing decentralization or reliability. Wang emphasized that even as the network evolves, resilience, security, censorship resistance, and neutrality remain at the core of Ethereum.