Security & Privacy
Ethereum's Forgotten Precompile: Verifying Zcash Proofs for 22,800 Gas Instead of 6.4 Million
A Zcash Sapling Merkle proof verification costs 6.4 million gas in plain Solidity. With Ethereum's obscure EIP-152 precompile? Just 22,800 gas. That's the hidden bridge nobody's crossing.