Ethereum’s Big Brain Move: ZK Proofs to Save the Day (and Your Laptop)

Apparently, this upgrade will let validators skip the tedious task of re-executing every transaction, which is kind of like letting the DMV skip the part where they ask for your life story. Instead, they’ll just verify a cryptographic proof, because who needs to do the work when you can just trust the math? It’s like outsourcing your homework to a genius friend, except the genius friend is a computer and the homework is worth millions of dollars.