When we talk about Dusk's zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) technology, we often focus on its privacy protection features. However, ZKP also has an equally important value at the engineering level, which is data compression. On traditional blockchains, validating a complex transaction, such as a financial derivative contract containing hundreds of steps, requires all nodes to re-execute the calculations, which is extremely resource-intensive and limits the network's throughput. In the @Dusk network, the transaction initiator can perform complex calculations off-chain to generate a very small zero-knowledge proof to upload to the chain. Nodes on the chain only need to verify whether this small proof is correct without re-executing the entire calculation process. It's like validating a complex math problem; you don't need to derive the formula again, just verify whether the final answer is correct. This ability to offload complex calculations and move the verification process on-chain allows Dusk to maintain decentralization while supporting extremely complex financial business logic and achieving very high network performance.
