# ZK

Vitalik Buterin proposes Ethereum as an AI settlement layer, highlighting ZK API usage credits for privacy-preserving transactions. Meanwhile, blockchain TPS numbers are often discussed, with ZK systems potentially altering the trade-offs.

### About ZK
ZK (Zero-Knowledge) technology enables proving a statement's truth without revealing underlying information, crucial for blockchain privacy and scaling.  

### Insights
- zk creators is up 71.59% from the previous month.
- zk mentions is up 98.19% from the previous month.
- zk posts created is up 27.27% from the previous week.

### Engagements: [---------] (24h)
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[Engagements 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/zk/time-series/interactions.tsv)  
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Daily Average: [----------]  
[--] Week: [----------] -1.50%  
[--] Month: [-----------] -56%  
[--] Months: [-------------] +95%  
[--] Year: [-------------] +184%  
1-Year High: [-----------] on 2025-12-05  
1-Year Low: [---------] on 2026-02-14  

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### Mentions: [-----] (24h)
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[Mentions 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/zk/time-series/posts_active.tsv)  
Current Value: [-----]  
Daily Average: [-----]  
[--] Week: [-----] +24%  
[--] Month: [------] +98%  
[--] Months: [-------] +203%  
1-Year High: [------] on 2025-11-20  
1-Year Low: [-----] on 2025-03-09  

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### Creators: [-----] (24h)
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[Creators 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/zk/time-series/contributors_active.tsv)  
[-----] unique social accounts have posts mentioning ZK in the last [--] hours which is up 2.80% from [-----] in the previous [--] hours
Daily Average: [-----]  
[--] Week: [-----] +24%  
[--] Month: [------] +72%  
[--] Months: [------] +98%  
1-Year High: [------] on 2025-11-07  
1-Year Low: [-----] on 2025-02-23  

The most influential creators that mention ZK in the last [--] hours

| Creator                                              | Rank | Followers  | Posts | Engagements |
| -------                                              | ---- | ---------  | ----- | ----------- |
| [@zubairkhalique7](/creator/youtube/zubairkhalique7) | [--]    | [---]        | [--]     | [------]      |
| [@zkofficial](/creator/youtube/zkofficial)           | [--]    | [------]     | [--]     | [-----]       |
| [@Kayzcrvg](/creator/twitter/Kayzcrvg)               | [--]    | [---]        | [--]     | [-----]       |
| [@zkisbackspam](/creator/tiktok/zkisbackspam)        | [--]    | [---------]  | [--]     | [-----]       |
| [@upediashorts](/creator/youtube/upediashorts)       | [--]    | [----------] | [--]    | [-----]       |
| [@TheCeduu](/creator/twitter/TheCeduu)               | [--]    | [------]     | [--]     | [-----]       |
| [@zzz_1921](/creator/twitter/zzz_1921)               | [--]    | [--]         | [--]     | [---]         |
| [@zeekaycartoons](/creator/youtube/zeekaycartoons)   | [--]    | [-------]    | [--]     | [---]         |
| [@zktrend778](/creator/youtube/zktrend778)           | [--]    | [------]     | [--]     | [---]         |
| [@zkmastertech](/creator/youtube/zkmastertech)       | [--]   | [-------]    | [--]     | [---]         |

[View More](/list/creators/zk/100)
  
  
### Sentiment: 84%
![Sentiment Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:zk/c:line/m:sentiment/iv:1d.svg)  
[Sentiment 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/zk/time-series/sentiment.tsv)  
Current Value: 84%  
Daily Average: 67%  
[--] Week: 80% +7%  
[--] Month: 79% -4%  
[--] Months: 79% +24%  
[--] Year: 79% +19%  
1-Year High: 100% on 2025-12-05  
1-Year Low: 9% on 2025-12-15  

Most Supportive Themes:
- Brevis ZK Infrastructure: (35%) Brevis is a key infrastructure project enabling verifiable computation and data access across blockchains, with integrations in DeFi and other applications.
- Cysic Hardware Acceleration: (25%) Cysic is praised for its hardware-first approach, accelerating ZK proof generation and creating a compute market.
- ZK Integration with Bitcoin: (15%) The integration of ZK technology with Bitcoin, particularly through projects like GOAT Network and Citrea, is seen as a significant advancement.
  
Most Critical Themes:
- Resource Intensity of ZK Proofs: (5%) Concerns are raised about the resource-intensive nature of ZK proof generation and the need for efficient scaling.
- Complexity and Security of ZK Systems: (5%) The complexity of ZK systems and potential security vulnerabilities are acknowledged.
  

### Top ZK News
Top news links shared on social in the last [--] hours  

*Showing a maximum of [--] news posts without a LunarCrush subscription.*  

"Vitalik Buterin pitches Ethereum as the AI settlement layer but one hidden leak could ruin it ZK API usage credits let agents pay for thousands of calls per deposit without turning billing logs into identity trails"  
[News Link](https://cryptoslate.com/vitalik-buterin-pitches-ethereum-as-the-ai-settlement-layer-but-one-hidden-leak-could-ruin-it) [@CryptoSlate](/creator/x/CryptoSlate) 2026-02-12T23:16Z 67.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Why Blockchain TPS Numbers Often Collapse in the Real World Big TPS numbers point to scale but each additional transaction compounds the work every node must perform unless proof-based systems such as ZK alter the tradeoff"  
[News Link](https://cointelegraph.com/news/blockchain-tps-numbers-collapse-real-world) [@Cointelegraph](/creator/x/Cointelegraph) 2026-02-12T04:15Z 2.9M followers, [----] engagements


"Inside Zcash: Encrypted Money at Planetary Scale CoinDesk Research Explore how Zcashs zk-SNARKs and default-shield wallet are scaling encrypted money for global use - privacy reimagined at planetary scale"  
[News Link](https://www.coindesk.com/research/inside-zcash-encrypted-money-at-planetary-scale) [@CoinDesk](/creator/x/CoinDesk) 2025-11-04T14:25Z 3.5M followers, 215K engagements



### Top ZK Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

*Showing a maximum of [--] top social posts without a LunarCrush subscription.*

"We are entering the age of adversarial compute. Whether its - Verifiability (model integrity) - Privacy (non-disclosing training) - Provenance (deepfakes/anti-spoofing) ZK is the only realistic cryptographic solution for a probabilistic world. From AI to ZK. Artificial intelligence is the attack. Zero knowledge is the defense. AI takes advantage of the slightest slip. ZK does not let anything slip. AI decodes all the data. ZK encrypts all the data. AI is the surveillance state. ZK is the sovereign individual. From AI to ZK. Artificial intelligence is the attack. Zero knowledge is the defense."  
[X Link](https://x.com/ai/status/2022486272586191087) [@ai](/creator/x/ai) 2026-02-14T01:41Z 47.7K followers, [----] engagements


"ZK is the sovereign individual. From AI to ZK. Artificial intelligence is the attack. Zero knowledge is the defense. AI takes advantage of the slightest slip. ZK does not let anything slip. AI decodes all the data. ZK encrypts all the data. AI is the surveillance state. ZK is the sovereign individual. From AI to ZK. Artificial intelligence is the attack. Zero knowledge is the defense. AI takes advantage of the slightest slip. ZK does not let anything slip. AI decodes all the data. ZK encrypts all the data. AI is the surveillance state. ZK is the sovereign individual"  
[X Link](https://x.com/arjunkhemani/status/2022466991983079567) [@arjunkhemani](/creator/x/arjunkhemani) 2026-02-14T00:24Z 33.4K followers, 11.1K engagements


"From AI to ZK. Artificial intelligence is the attack. Zero knowledge is the defense. AI takes advantage of the slightest slip. ZK does not let anything slip. AI decodes all the data. ZK encrypts all the data. AI is the surveillance state. ZK is the sovereign individual"  
[X Link](https://x.com/balajis/status/2022462579713675506) [@balajis](/creator/x/balajis) 2026-02-14T00:07Z 1.3M followers, 222.9K engagements


"Great read on @grvt_io rapid growth to Top [--] DEX by Volume and their vision to become the financial infrastructure for a new generation enabled by the ZK Stack. GRVT https://t.co/uenK51SDIx https://t.co/uenK51SDIx"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zksync/status/2022429462873378923) [@zksync](/creator/x/zksync) 2026-02-13T21:55Z 1.5M followers, 10.8K engagements

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