The research team at Discreet Labs has been following up on new results in zero-knowledge proofs. Recently, there has been a lot of discussion surrounding HyperPlonks as a breakthrough for ZK-rollup technology; Discreet Labs researchers are highly skeptical, and this article is meant to explain the sources of our skepticism.
Our efforts in experimenting and deploying HyperPlonk suggest HyperPlonks are not as efficient as claimed. In terms of Rollups and ZK-EVM, HyperPlonk may actually be inferior to existing approaches. We feel it necessary to share these concerns with the blockchain and ZK community to conserve efforts