The form of cryptography created by Zcash can help scale Ethereum," said platform founder Vitalik Buterin.
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Buterin said that using Zk-snarks technology, one could potentially scale Ethereum "to a huge value of up to 500 transactions per second" without relying on second-tier scaling solutions like Plasma or Raiden.
The ZK-snarks algorithm allows you to compress large packets of information into so-called "compressed proofs" that remain the same regardless of the number of inputs.
Buterin wrote:
We can actually scale the transaction of transfer of assets on Ethereum on a huge amount by not using level 2, which introduce assumptions about the survivability (e.g., channels, plasma) using a zk-SNARK for mass confirmation of the transaction.
Continuing, Buterin describes a method that involves a "relay" node, a kind of computer that performs the task of aggregating transactions in exchange for transaction fees.
"Anyone can be a relayer, there is no assumption about the existence of an unreliable special operator," Buterin added.
As a result, the Creator of Ethereum appreciated that this configuration can achieve "~ 24x for transactions and ETH ~ 50x for transmission ERC20".
The proposal came at a time when pressure on Ethereum researchers is growing, in an attempt to find ways to scale the platform.
In Saturday's comments on the forum Buterin also said:
Although aggregation of transactions with zk-snarks is computationally intensive, the technology is likely to improve in the future. I understand that the above requires some fairly complex computational work on the part of the repeaters. But at the moment it is widely known that optimization of snark / stark provers is very important, so I am sure that more and more software developments will work over time
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