Miden is making a bold move—spinning out from Polygon Labs to build something genuinely different: an edge blockchain designed for a new computing paradigm. What makes this interesting? Users can execute transactions locally and generate cryptographic proofs of those executions. It's a shift in how we think about blockchain scalability and verification. The separation marks a strategic pivot toward independent development, letting Miden pursue its vision of bringing local execution capabilities to mainstream adoption. This kind of architectural innovation could reshape how blockchain systems handle computation in the years ahead.