Ethereum can extend verifiability across the internet through two complementary tracks:
1. Natively verifiable infrastructure (modular scaling path)
Ethereum’s modular design enables services to achieve trust-minimized verifiability directly onchain.
• Rollups perform offchain execution and submit state roots plus compressed data to Ethereum L1.
With EIP-4844 (proto-danksharding), each block can now carry multiple ~125 kB blobs, increasing data throughput and lowering rollup costs.
• EigenLayer enables ETH stakers to restake their collateral to secure additional protocols — called Autonomous Verifiable Services (AVSs) — such as oracle networks, data availability layers (like EigenDA), or decentralized sequencers.
While not rollups themselves, these services inherit Ethereum-grade security via opt-in slashing, allowing them to enforce verifiable guarantees onchain.
2. Proof-wrapped Web2 interactions (TLS attestation path)
Traditional internet services can expose Ethereum-verifiable proofs using zero-knowledge TLS protocols.
• zkTLS and TLSNotary transform the TLS handshake into a verifiable proof that a specific server presented an X.509 certificate and followed protocol-compliant steps. This proof can be verified by Ethereum contracts, enabling applications to trust HTTPS interactions without trusted intermediaries.
• ZK-P2P uses this method to validate offchain fiat transactions. Once a user proves that a bank transfer occurred over HTTPS, an Ethereum contract can automatically release escrowed tokens.
These tracks are additive. Native infrastructure gains direct Ethereum security, while legacy services
can be bridged through cryptographic attestations — together forming a verifiable internet rooted in Ethereum.
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