Bitcoin Core Just Ran Inside a zkVM: What If New Nodes Could Verify 17 Years of Bitcoin in Milliseconds?

**Bitcoin Core just ran inside a zkVM.**

That could change how new nodes verify Bitcoin forever.

Instead of replaying **17 years of history**, imagine verifying a tiny cryptographic proof in milliseconds.

Not trust.

Not a snapshot.

**Proof.**

The catch? Creating that proof is still brutally expensive.

But if this scales, “Don’t trust. Verify.” could enter a completely new era.