It might sound counterintuitive, but I believe the real bottleneck for Web3 isn’t the number of transactions processed per second. Many projects have already achieved impressive throughput, yet mass user adoption remains elusive. The core issue lies elsewhere: in the real world, individuals possess reputations, financial histories, assets, and spending habits none of which can be reliably brought on-chain without compromising personal privacy. Valuable data such as exchange transaction histories, identity verifications, bank balances, or even social media activity remains locked within Web2 platforms. For DeFi protocols to leverage this information, they are currently forced to either rely on unverified claims or demand that users publicly disclose everything neither of which is a viable solution. Consequently, many applications are left operating on sparse data or excessive assumptions, making it difficult to develop credit systems, insurance, or other financial products that are genuinely useful for everyday users and institutions. @primus_labs is working to bridge this gap using zkTLS. The concept is simple yet challenging: you continue to interact with familiar websites and APIs as usual, but you can generate cryptographic proofs to verify specific facts such as "this account has completed KYC," "the balance exceeds a certain threshold," or "a successful transaction has occurred" without revealing your full dataset or login credentials. This process requires no cooperation from the external servers, nor does it involve pushing raw data onto the blockchain. Furthermore, this can be combined with FHE (Fully Homomorphic Encryption) to perform computations on the encrypted data whenever necessary. This approach opens up the possibility of bringing credible signals and real-world assets into DeFi, institutional-grade products, or even enabling AI agents to make decisions based on verified information all without requiring full visibility into the underlying data. Crucially, it does not necessitate building a dedicated blockchain to achieve privacy; instead, it can be integrated into existing ecosystems. While I wouldn’t call this a universal solution for every challenge, the direction is highly practical: rather than squabbling over who is faster, the focus shifts to making real-world truths usable on-chain while preserving privacy. If on-chain finance is to break out of the insular circle of crypto-natives, this type of bridge may prove far more significant than merely increasing transaction speeds.