# Why should I care about scalability with Zero-knowledge proofs

The success of your project is contingent on growth.

Bluntly put, there are only two approaches to scaling your crypto project.

1. Introduce trust assumptions.

2. Rely on cryptography.

This is important. Very important.

links:

- validity proofs
- zk vs optimistic rollup

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