The verification cost is really a breakthrough for SuccinctLabs!
Initially, I thought Succinct was just another ordinary zk project on the market, but it turned out to be doing something super foundational and ambitious:
It's not just about building an application, but about reshaping the entire zk economy's 'computing engine'.
As someone involved in system operations, I am particularly sensitive to 'how to greatly enhance throughput while ensuring security'.
Traditional large companies like Alibaba have used zk to address database inconsistency and privacy protection issues, but at that time, zk was prohibitively difficult for most developers.
What’s impressive about Succinct is that it has turned this 'zero-knowledge proof' capability into a globally decentralized cloud service—
Any developer or project team with a GPU can easily connect to this verification network, pay fees using $PROVE and generate ZK proofs.
This is not just a 'decentralized verification factory', but a key foundation for driving Ethereum and the entire ecosystem from an 'execution' to a 'verification' paradigm upgrade.
Special mention:
Succinct's self-developed SP1 zkVM combined with Hypercube expansion can complete 93% of the ZK proof for Ethereum block in 12 seconds.
What does this actually mean?
Ethereum currently can only handle a dozen transactions per second, while SP1 can push this number towards tens of thousands, and even small devices like Raspberry Pi can easily verify, ensuring the decentralization of the chain.
I also paid special attention to their collaborative experiment with World Chain:
Over 800 GPUs ran continuously for 7 days, with costs controlled around 0.005 USD.
The final confirmation time has been compressed from 7 days on the Ethereum mainnet to less than 1 hour, leading to a direct qualitative change in user experience.
This performance is not only usable on-chain but has also gained recognition from regulators—
The (2025 Digital Asset Report) from the White House specifically names ZK as the core technology for achieving 'privacy protection' + 'compliance supervision'.
This has also built a policy moat for Succinct and similar 'general-purpose zero-knowledge proof infrastructure'.
As of now, over 35 projects have connected to the Succinct Prover Network, protecting assets worth over 4 billion USD, with leading partners like Polygon, Celestia, and Avail included.
To sum it up:
From Web2 Alibaba Cloud to Web3 decentralized Prover Network, ZK technology is quietly reconstructing the trust architecture of the global data world.
For technical people like me who 'repair servers during the day and play with chains at night', Succinct lowers the barrier and is truly practical, definitely worth spending more time to study.
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