Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of the Ethereum blockchain, has previously written about the different types of provers, arguing that the benefit a Type 1 prover is that it is perfectly compatible with Ethereum, while the disadvantage is that there’s a lot of computation power that goes into producing ZK-proofs that are compatible with Ethereum, taking up to hours to produce.
Source: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/02/08/polygon-releases-type-1-prover-claiming-milestone-set-by-ethereums-vitalik-buterin/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines