According to Howard Wu (@1HowardWu), their consensus mechanism is designed to incentivize hardware acceleration for zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs, aligning network participation with proof-generation performance (source: @1HowardWu on X, Sep 2, 2025). According to the source, he compares this to Intel adding cryptographic units to CPUs for HTTPS and states dedicated hardware is required to make ZK practical at scale (source: @1HowardWu on X, Sep 2, 2025). According to the source, this design links validator or miner competitiveness to specialized ZK accelerators, making hardware efficiency a primary lever for operators in ZK-focused networks (source: @1HowardWu on X, Sep 2, 2025).