The most discussed and competitive area in the ZKP field is Rollup and software innovations that can directly support Rollup acceleration (such as zkVM, zkEVM, DSL, etc.). Why do we think that hardware acceleration, a track that has not yet attracted mainstream attention, is a vast potential market for the current ZKP world? AI computer scientist Sara Hooker proposed the theory of "The Hardware Lottery". After analyzing the early history of computer development, she concluded that the development of hardware, software and algorithms is interconnected and historically separate. The success of research ideas often depends on their compatibility with existing hardware and software, rather than their inherent superiority. [2] Developing domain-specific languages and software for different hardware types is emphasized as a way to bridge the gap between hardware and algorithm requirements. Omer Shlomovits, the founder of Ingonyama and a thought leader in the field of ZKP hardware acceleration, publicly cited Hooker's lottery theory at the Cryptographic Frontier Workshop to emphasize the importance of the holistic nature of hardware solutions in the ZKP acceleration problem. In the ZKP (Zero-Know-What-You-Can) domain, the uneven development of hardware acceleration directly impacts the progress of upper-level software and algorithms. This is determined by the interdependence among hardware, software, and algorithms. Specifically, when hardware technology development is uneven, software and algorithms highly compatible with existing hardware will develop faster, while ideas incompatible with current hardware may lag behind or be difficult to implement due to a lack of appropriate support. Therefore, in the ZKP domain, focusing on the development of hardware acceleration technology is crucial for driving progress across the entire domain, and this dependency reveals the importance of hardware acceleration.
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