What clicks for me with @0xMiden isn’t the “zk L2” tagline, it’s how opinionated their execution model is around where work happens. Most of it runs on your device, the chain is basically a verifiable log. I spent some time in their “Privacy Simply Scales Better” post + the Miden Book, and the pattern is consistent: users execute locally, store data offchain, and send STARK proofs + commitments to the network instead of raw state. Privacy is cheaper, not bolted on. In practice that means: ❯ edge execution on user devices, with client-side proving as the default path ❯ a deterministic STARK VM so complex logic stays predictable and verifiable without trusted setup ❯ a roadmap that’s explicitly aimed at institutional-grade finance, backed by a $25M seed from a16z crypto, 1kx, and Hack VC after spinning out of Polygon Compared to typical rollups that scale by beefing up sequencers and still shipping everything through one public pipeline, Miden feels more like “browser-native zk infra” that just happens to settle to Ethereum. You choose what’s public vs private, and the network only ever sees what it needs to check. If you’re even thinking about real-world finance, payroll, or RWA flows, I’d try their Playground or Quick Start and actually feel what client-side proving + edge execution look like before this becomes the default stack