Ethereum Foundation Co-Executive Director Hsiao-Wei Wang recently revealed an important piece of information: zero-knowledge proofs have been incorporated into Ethereum's mid-term development plan. In simple terms, this technology is very likely to become a core part of the protocol layer in the future.

Why is this so promising? Mainly because there have been numerous technological breakthroughs related to zkEVM in the past two years. Native zero-knowledge proof solutions have made significant progress in performance and usability, making this approach more realistic and feasible. In other words, it's no longer just theoretical; there is a solid foundation for implementation.

What does this mean for the entire Ethereum ecosystem? Greater privacy, higher scalability efficiency, and more flexible application space. Once this upgrade is implemented, the ecosystem landscape of Layer 2 and privacy solutions could be completely redefined.