š Vitalik Buterin reverses his 2017 stance on blockchain self-sovereignty, now says ZK-SNARKs enable personal verification without full transaction replay.
He emphasizes self-verification must remain as fallback against centralization.
š This is why Ethereum stays ahead. Not being afraid to admit "I was wrong" when tech improves. ZK proofs turn the old "impossible for normies" into "possible but optional". Based move Vitalik