Vitalik Buterin breaks down ‘Binius’ as a way to speed up zero-knowledge proofs

The Ethereum co-founder expects “many more improvements” in binary-field-based proving techniques in the months ahead.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has discussed a new cryptographic proving system that aims to achieve greater efficiency for zero-knowledge proofs. 

In a blog post on April 29, Buterin explained a system for highly efficient cryptographic proofs over binary fields called “Binius,” which aims to deliver significant performance gains over traditional proof systems such as zk-SNARKs.

Binius aims to achieve greater efficiency by performing computations directly over individual binary bits — zeros and ones — instead of larger numbers.

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