1/ There are countless ZK projects – Zcash, Polygon, StarkNet – each with its own frontend language, backend proof system, or application.
But they all share one common layer:
Frontend → Algebraic Circuit (IR)→ Backend
The Intermediate Representation (IR) or algebraic circuit is the common thread.
Minimising the IR could be key in achieving real time ZK proofs, not for any single application, but across the entire ZK ecosystem.
3/ Because writing an optimized IR is hard.
Expanding constraints can explode in memory, and IR design in ZK is still a young field, unlike traditional mathematics or compiler theory, which have had decades of optimization work.
We believe that by mapping proven ideas from algebra and other mathematical fields into the ZK domain, we can unlock a new wave of efficiency.
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