In the last few months, I've been working on something that, quite frankly, I have struggled to name. At first glance, it feels like a rollup—a validity rollup, to be precise. But then again, it also feels like an oracle. Sometimes, it even starts to resemble a zk coprocessor or some strange hybrid between them all. In truth, what we are building may not fit neatly into any one of these categories, and that's precisely why I want to talk about it.

The hum of the generator is the soundtrack of my city, Enugu. It’s a sound of resilience, but also a constant reminder of a promise unfulfilled. It’s the sound of a business owner watching profits evaporate to fuel costs, and a hospital praying the power stays on during a critical procedure, a student struggling to read by the dim light of a dying phone. This story, in countless variations, is the reality for billions around the globe.We've been told that energy is a complex, monolithic beast...