We got excited about Bitcoin all those years ago and thought it might be possible to use the same technology for services beyond electronic cash. The vision (for some) is web services that bypass a network or database administrator (the Government, Central Banks, Facebook) and prevent any sort of censorship, blocking, or cancelling.

Outlier Ventures Announce Cohort for Second Zero Knowledge Base Camp
Outlier Ventures’ Zero Knowledge Base Camp accelerator takes a group of five startups using Zero Knowledge proofs to drive privacy and scalability.