In the field of ZKP, most projects focus on 'enhancing technological ceilings'—serving high-concurrency on-chain scenarios and meeting complex needs of large enterprises—while neglecting 'lowering usage thresholds,' resulting in small and medium enterprises and individual users being unable to enjoy the benefits of trusted technology due to high technical barriers and heavy cost burdens. The differentiated path of Succinct is to center around SP1 zkVM, breaking out of the limitations of 'serving the top', transforming trusted technology from a 'niche high-end tool' into an 'inclusive infrastructure that everyone can use,' through the design of 'threshold lowering, controllable costs, and scenario adaptation,' allowing all participants in the digital economy to obtain trusted capabilities at low cost and high efficiency, fundamentally changing the status quo of 'elite applications' of ZKP technology.
Succinct implements the 'trusted technology threshold lowering' with SP1, making it accessible for small and medium-sized entities. The development threshold of traditional ZKP solutions is extremely high, requiring a professional cryptography team and several months of development time, making it difficult for small and medium enterprises and individuals to bear. Succinct creates a 'low-code trusted development platform' through SP1: encapsulating common trusted needs (such as digital rights confirmation, device verification, cross-chain proof) into 'plug-and-play' scenario templates, where users do not need to understand cryptography but only need to fill in basic parameters (such as device number, data source, target scenario) to generate trusted solutions with one click. For example, individual creators protecting digital works can select the 'original rights confirmation template' on the platform, and within 10 seconds of uploading their work, a SP1 trusted proof is generated, costing as low as $0.01; small enterprises can use the 'device trusted pledge template' for equipment financing, completing proof generation within 1 hour after uploading operation and maintenance data, without needing to form a technical team. This 'zero technical threshold' design has increased the proportion of SP1 users who are small and medium-sized enterprises from 15% to 50%, with individual users growing by over 100,000 in six months, completely breaking the barrier that 'ZKP can only be used by large enterprises.'
More critically, Succinct implements 'controllable cost of trusted use' with SP1, making it affordable for small and medium-sized entities. The high costs of traditional ZKP (computational investment, development fees) are the biggest barriers to inclusiveness; a certain enterprise's self-built ZKP system incurs an average annual cost exceeding 500,000 yuan, far exceeding the capacity of small and medium entities. Succinct builds a 'flexible cost system' through SP1: in terms of computational power, integrating decentralized CPU nodes, shared FPGA clusters, and cloud computing, using low-cost CPU (0.01 USD/transaction) for small scenarios and automatically scheduling efficient FPGA for large scenarios (cost reduced by 60%), while idle computing utilization increases from 30% to 85%; in terms of services, introducing a 'pay-as-you-go + free quota' model, small and medium enterprises can receive 100 free proof quotas each month, and the excess is charged based on actual usage, keeping annual costs within 10,000 yuan; in terms of modules, opening a 'shared module library' with 68 types of scenario modules (such as carbon data verification, logistics trust) available for free reuse, avoiding repeated development costs. A certain cross-border e-commerce (annual transaction volume of 8 million USD) reduced its annual investment in trusted technology from 200,000 yuan to 12,000 yuan through SP1, while customs clearance efficiency increased by 70%, truly achieving 'low-cost access to trusted services.'
Succinct also uses SP1 to achieve 'deep adaptation of trusted scenarios,' making inclusive trust 'truly useful.' Traditional ZKP solutions are mostly 'general-purpose tools,' making it difficult to match the segmented needs of small and medium entities, resulting in 'used but ineffective.' Succinct targets the core pain points of small and medium enterprises and individuals, developing 'exclusive solutions for segmented scenarios' with SP1: addressing the financing difficulties of small and micro enterprises by developing a 'lightweight device trusted pledge solution,' which requires only core operation and maintenance records to generate financing proof, allowing a certain mechanical parts factory to obtain a loan of 500,000 yuan from a bank; for personal digital asset protection, launching a 'multi-platform trusted rights confirmation solution,' where a single SP1 proof can be synchronously connected to platforms like Xiaohongshu, Douyin, and NFT platforms, enabling a fashion blogger to increase their rights protection success rate from 30% to 95% within half a year through this solution; for county agricultural cooperatives, designing a 'trusted solution for agricultural product traceability,' which generates SP1 proof by collecting data with simple sensors, helping cooperatives increase product premiums by 20% and enter the high-end market. This 'precise adaptation' makes inclusive trust no longer a 'formal service' but a solution that can effectively address the operational pain points of small and medium entities.
The core innovation of Succinct has never been about 'pursuing extreme technical parameters,' but rather reshaping trusted technology from an 'elite tool' to an 'inclusive infrastructure' using SP1. It makes it possible for more entities to 'use it' by lowering thresholds, makes it affordable for more entities by controlling costs, and makes inclusive trust 'truly useful' through scenario adaptation, truly realizing 'trusted technology serves every participant in the digital economy.' As the role of small and medium-sized enterprises and individuals in the digital economy becomes increasingly important, SP1, as a 'universal' ZKP infrastructure, will become a key support for promoting balanced development in the digital economy and open a new value direction for the ZKP track from 'serving the top' to 'inclusive for the public.'
