The融合 of AI and smart contracts in 2026 will be a significant turning point for DeFi.
Currently, most AI operates off-chain, which is a major flaw—black box operations, unverifiable, and entirely trust-based gambling. Looking at it from another perspective, if every step of AI's reasoning could be proven on-chain, it would be completely different. Zero-knowledge machine learning (zkML) does exactly that: each time AI makes a reasoning, it immediately generates a verifiable ZK proof. Is the result correct? It is mathematically certified. Has it been tampered with? It’s obvious at a glance. Is anyone secretly manipulating it? Impossible.
Once this approach is widely adopted, the entire trust model of DeFi can be upgraded—from "trust the intermediary" to "trust the code and mathematics." This is the true form that smart contracts should take.
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UncleLiquidation
· 18h ago
It's still early in 2026. Currently, zkML doesn't have a reliable application at all. What are you bragging about?
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ProbablyNothing
· 18h ago
The idea of zkML is indeed excellent, but it will probably take a few more years to become truly practical...
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MEVEye
· 01-15 07:48
zkML sounds pretty good, but I'm worried it might just be all talk. When the gas fees skyrocket, who's going to use it?
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UncommonNPC
· 01-15 07:45
zkML sounds promising, but it will probably take several more years before it actually goes on the chain.
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Frontrunner
· 01-15 07:41
zkML definitely has potential, but the real implementation depends on who can break through first.
The融合 of AI and smart contracts in 2026 will be a significant turning point for DeFi.
Currently, most AI operates off-chain, which is a major flaw—black box operations, unverifiable, and entirely trust-based gambling. Looking at it from another perspective, if every step of AI's reasoning could be proven on-chain, it would be completely different. Zero-knowledge machine learning (zkML) does exactly that: each time AI makes a reasoning, it immediately generates a verifiable ZK proof. Is the result correct? It is mathematically certified. Has it been tampered with? It’s obvious at a glance. Is anyone secretly manipulating it? Impossible.
Once this approach is widely adopted, the entire trust model of DeFi can be upgraded—from "trust the intermediary" to "trust the code and mathematics." This is the true form that smart contracts should take.