Thread by @epolynya

@guiltygyoza is building a universe on StarkNet. Now, monolithic chain (L1) apologists or rollup deniers may shout - this is a pointless, frivolous waste of time. The point is, if you can simulate reality - the universe - on StarkNet, you can build *everything*. (1/6)

https://twitter.com/guiltygyoza/status/1450161069058560000

For the longest time, I had thought it would be impossible to build a decentralized reality simulation - ala Existenz/RP1. But zkRs are that magical invention that can realize this. Eventually, you can build entire game engines and reality simulators within zkR clusters. (2/6)

All you need to decentralize anything is to generate succinct ZKPs and compressed outputs, and have them verified on a security layer like Ethereum. The real heavy lifting - simulating the universe - can be done on a zkR. Won't be long before we have Vulkan API on a zkR. (3/6)

Science-fiction authors and futurists have had a dystopian twist on this concept - where centralized corporations will control the metaverse and everyone's lives within it. Well, they didn't see zkRs coming! Turns out you can decentralize *everything*! (4/6)

Back to the here and now, of course DeFi, payments, NFTs, social networks will be built on zkRs. But this is barely scratching the surface - where's the fun in that? Monolithic chains and their apologists are dinosaurs living in the past - it's the future that excites me. (5/6)

If you don't see how magicians like @guiltygyoza are building the future of how us homo sapiens live our lives, or how the wizards at @aztecnetwork, @StarkWareLtd, @PolygonHermez, @the_matter_labs, @loopringorg or @Scroll_ZKP are enabling it... Please look harder. (6/6)

Lastly, I'm just shitposting. Please don't take my ramblings too seriously.