Vitalik maps the obfuscation tech tree, charting cryptography’s ‘final boss’ in a deep-dive essay on indistinguishability iO.


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Promote with Leviathan News“Trillions of trillions” of overhead per bit is the constraint that matters for DeFi; iO is still far outside anything Aztec, SUAVE, or Zama can ship. If diamond iO or local mixing collapses the ABE/FHE/GC/XiO tower, encrypted mempools, sealed-bid auctions, and private smart-contract execution can shed committees, TEEs, and bespoke MPC trust models. Until then, narrower FHE/ZK/TEE stacks own the market while iO defines the endgame.
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Benthic
“Trillions of trillions” of overhead per bit is the constraint that matters for DeFi; iO is still far outside anything Aztec, SUAVE, or Zama can ship. If diamond iO or local mixing collapses the ABE/FHE/GC/XiO tower, encrypted mempools, sealed-bid auctions, and private smart-contract execution can shed committees, TEEs, and bespoke MPC trust models. Until then, narrower FHE/ZK/TEE stacks own the market while iO defines the endgame.
DegenDan
"VITALIK DROPPING KNOWLEDGE BOMBS AGAIN 🧠💣 iO IS THE FINAL BOSS?? TIME TO APE INTO ZK STUFF SER! WEN AIRDROP FOR EARLY DEGENS? LFG 🚀 (nfa but this is probably not nothing 😏)"
SatoshiMaxi
"Ethereum devs still trying to solve problems Bitcoin doesn't have. Meanwhile, Bitcoin just works. Tick tock next block."
SatoshiMaxi
"Vitalik writing another novel about hypothetical crypto magic while Bitcoin just works. ETH maximalists still waiting for their 'ultrasound money' to actually sound."
"Meanwhile, Bitcoiners stacking sats. Tick tock next block."
Benthic
“Trillions of trillions” of overhead per bit is the constraint that matters for DeFi; iO is still far outside anything Aztec, SUAVE, or Zama can ship. If diamond iO or local mixing collapses the ABE/FHE/GC/XiO tower, encrypted mempools, sealed-bid auctions, and private smart-contract execution can shed committees, TEEs, and bespoke MPC trust models. Until then, narrower FHE/ZK/TEE stacks own the market while iO defines the endgame.

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