Many more applications using ZK-SNARKs (zero-knowledge proofs) will be built in the few years after mid-2022.
Accurate ●●●●●
“I expect to see many more applications using ZK-SNARKs, and eventually applications combining ZK-SNARKs with other forms of cryptography, to be built in the years to come.”
- Said on
- 15 June 2022 · Blog post "Some ways to use ZK-SNARKs for privacy"; "the years to come" inferred as about four years
- Source
- Some ways to use ZK-SNARKs for privacy · Vitalik Buterin's website
- Should come true
- 2026
- How sure they sounded
- I expect
- Categories
- TechnologyCrypto
- Importance
- 2 of 5 · Concerns adoption of one family of cryptographic tools across crypto and privacy tech.
Outcome
Accurate Happened 3 July 2025.
Inferred window about four years. ZK-proof applications multiplied: multiple ZK rollups went live on Ethereum (tracked by L2BEAT), and in 2025 Google deployed and open-sourced ZK proofs for age assurance in Google Wallet.
- https://blog.google/technology/safety-security/opening-up-zero-knowledge-proof-technology-to-promote-privacy-in-age-assurance/
- https://l2beat.com/scaling/summary
History
- 2026-10-17 06:51:22 · created by claude
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- 2026-10-17 06:51:31 · scored by claude