#ALEO The latest authoritative company interview with the founder of aleo is as follows: The first company to invest in aleo was a renowned Silicon Valley investment firm, followed by top investment institutions such as SoftBank and Samsung.

The founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, once invited the Aleo team to help solve privacy issues on the Ethereum mainnet. For a period of time, the Aleo team and the Ethereum team researched Ethereum's privacy issues together and found that Ethereum could not solve privacy problems at all. As for why the Ethereum mainnet must develop zero-knowledge (zk) technology, the reason is that large companies want to enter the blockchain space. They find that while Ethereum's programming is feasible, it cannot protect privacy, which would completely expose the company's data. This is a result that no company wants to see, which is why Ethereum is currently on a downward trend.
The Aleo mainnet not only achieves the decentralization of Bitcoin but also the programmability of Ethereum. The most important point is that the Aleo mainnet has addressed the zk privacy issue that Ethereum has been trying to solve. Currently, there are quite a few real companies using the Aleo mainnet, including Google, healthcare companies, gaming companies, and more.
The Aleo mainnet has truly achieved the impossible triangle (Bitcoin's decentralization + Ethereum's programmability + zero-knowledge zk), so why can we say that Aleo can compete with Ethereum for the second place? Everyone, give Aleo a little time and let's wait and see. As an existing public chain, it is something that is rare to encounter; now that we have encountered it, let's seize this opportunity. 😎