【When "Efficient Verification" Becomes a Necessity: The New Possibilities I See in Web3 with Succinct】
Recently, while helping the team organize the data authentication process, I was taken aback by a set of numbers—just last month, we verified the authenticity of 1,200 user agreements and 300 supply chain documents, and the third-party notarization fees alone cost nearly 80,000, not to mention the 170 hours of labor consumed. This suddenly made me realize: in this era of data explosion, "how to prove 'this is real' at a low cost" has become the most scarce capability.
It wasn't until I came across the solution of @Succinct that I finally grasped the concept. Their core is not simply about "putting data on the chain," but rather using a self-developed "layered zero-knowledge proof protocol" that allows anyone to quickly verify the integrity and authenticity of information without disclosing the original data. For example: last week, a friend involved in cross-border trade used Succinct to verify the origin information of a batch of Southeast Asian rubber. What originally required 72 hours of third-party testing and notarization now took only 12 minutes to obtain a traceable proof through Succinct's light node verification—the key is that all data never left his local server.
What excites me even more is the "real-world impact" of the technology. Succinct is not obsessed with showcasing complex algorithms but instead hands over the "verification rights" to every ordinary person: lightweight verification nodes that can be participated in with a smartphone, a universal proof framework that supports multi-chain compatibility, and even a "zero-code verification template" designed for small and medium-sized businesses. They often say, "True decentralization is making verification no longer out of reach," and this insistence on "practicality" precisely addresses the pain points that Web3 should solve.
