#数字资产市场动态 Is the Road to Native ZK on Ethereum Feasible?

In the past couple of days, I saw Tomasz K. Stańczak share a roadmap for zkEVM proof integration, and honestly, it’s quite shocking. Basically, it’s about embedding ZK verification capabilities directly into Ethereum L1, making the mainnet the coordination layer and final verifier for all Rollups, especially zkRollups. It sounds ambitious, but the logic is indeed solid:

First is unified security. If L1 can natively verify zk proofs, the security of Rollups is on par with the mainnet, no longer relying on additional trust assumptions — this is a huge confidence booster for users. Second is the expansion ceiling being lifted. Verifying a single proof can handle massive amounts of transactions, significantly increasing gas limits, which benefits both L1 throughput and Rollup scalability. Third is simplified architecture, as Rollup designs can be more streamlined since they can directly leverage L1’s verification advantages.

But lofty ideals often face harsh realities.

ethPandaOps recently pointed out a key issue — while the data availability layer’s Blob expansion isn’t problematic per se, the MEV game played by proposers is subtly sabotaging progress. These actors deliberately delay block publication to maximize profits, causing validator voting rates to plummet. To be clear: scaling isn’t just a technical challenge; it’s an ongoing tug-of-war between incentives and protocol rules. This is exactly how mechanisms like ePBS are designed.

In the medium term, projects like Boundless, which represent the next generation of Rollup infrastructure, offer hope. Existing OP Rollups can be upgraded to ZK security models at low cost, reducing finality from days to hours or even minutes — this isn’t just a concept; it’s happening in real time.

This shows that both questions have answers: first, ZK technology costs have dropped to a level suitable for large-scale deployment; second, the market’s demand for fast finality and strong security is real and not just hype.

In this cycle, projects and developers who can see this pattern clearly may truly benefit from the opportunities.