Foresight News reports that RISC Zero has announced that its zero-knowledge computation market, Boundless, has launched the mainnet testnet (incentivized testnet) on the Base chain. Boundless is committed to achieving decentralized general-purpose zero-knowledge computation, with early adopters including the Ethereum Foundation, Wormhole, EigenLayer, and others. Boundless also introduces a Proof of Verifiable Work (PoVW) mechanism to reward miners participating in zero-knowledge computation. This mechanism encourages developers and computation providers to collaborate across chains to support the computational needs of various on-chain applications by generating and verifying ZK proofs.
Boundless CEO Shiv Shankar stated that the protocol avoids redundant computation tasks, achieves cross-chain interoperability, and enhances security and scalability. The launch of the mainnet testnet means that protocols on any chain can call Boundless's ZK computation, aggregation, data availability, and settlement functions.