《Turning 'Zero Knowledge' into Tradeable Computing Power: Succinct Aims to be the Uber of ZK》
Imagine a market where any developer can auction off a 'proof'—a proof that anyone can verify without disclosing details. Succinct establishes exactly this decentralized Prover Network, moving zero-knowledge proofs (ZK proof) from research institutions to a pay-per-use market. Developers pay for proof requests using PROVE, and provers on the network bid to generate the proof, successfully transforming 'proof generation' into a tradeable infrastructure service. PROVE also undertakes payment, staking, and governance functions, aiming to incentivize provers to become reliable service providers over the long term, thereby making ZK capabilities accessible to all on-chain/off-chain applications.  
The Succinct team positions its SP1 zkVM (also known as Hypercube) as the core of performance and compatibility: the official claim is that it has significant advantages in latency and cost compared to traditional solutions, with the goal of lowering the threshold for real-time proofs and operational costs to an acceptable level, enabling small teams to utilize enterprise-level ZK capabilities. This market-oriented approach transforms what was originally a highly specialized proof infrastructure into 'on-demand SaaS + decentralized supply', which has clear value for bridging multi-chain ecosystems and Web2→Web3.  
