what’s the advantage of using circuit languages like noir when good zkVMs seem to be on the horizon ie SP1. seems like perf is becoming less of a reason

what’s the advantage of using circuit languages like noir when good zkVMs seem to be on the horizon ie SP1. seems like perf is becoming less of a reason 

https://blog.succinct.xyz/introducing-sp1/

https://persistence.wtf / https://nouns.build

Memory and speed (as it is today)

zkVMs still require a lot of compute and memory where in a mobile app or browser it’s not going idea for an end user product.

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are there any limitations around using private inputs with zkVMs? seems like most of them are run in a hosted instance and like you mentioned are not feasible to run on a consumer device. guessing this will change with the perf improvements @br1an mentioned