CoinWorld news, the Ethereum Foundation blog published an article explaining the comprehensive adoption of zero-knowledge proofs (ZK) by Ethereum, with the first step being the deployment of Layer 1 zkEVM. The plan is to achieve this within a year by allowing validators to optionally run ZK clients, verifying multiple proofs generated by zkVMs, instead of re-executing blocks, to maintain client diversity and security. The Glamsterdam upgrade will introduce a pipelining mechanism to extend proof times. Real-time proof is defined as follows: 99% of mainnet blocks completed within 10 seconds, hardware cost ≤ $100,000, power consumption ≤ 10kW, proof size ≤ 300KiB, and security ≥ 128 bits. The goal is to support household proofs, enhance censorship resistance, and in the future, increase gas limits and support native zk-rollups. [Wu said]