So what I get out of it is that it uses zk-rollups to batch transactions to the main chain. Gas fees are different for different operations. Creating a hash is very much more expensive than you'd think but the overall estimate I read was that it would cost like 1/100th of the gas total in fees. This obviously has to be proven but there's that.

If that's the case it may be the boost ETH needs. ETH's shining star is there is no shortage of those using it to develop. I think from what I gather the academic circles are just catching on to it.