Ethereum’s co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, has ignited a fresh debate in the protocol’s development sphere by calling for the removal of the modexp precompile — a legacy cryptographic function now seen as the primary hurdle for efficient zero-knowledge (ZK) scaling on the network. In a recent post, Buterin described modexp’s lingering presence as an “overweight anchor” … Continue reading Vitalik Buterin Urges Ethereum to Retire Legacy Modexp to Accelerate ZK Scaling