The core contradiction of the current ZK ecosystem is 'dispersed capabilities but collaborative demands' — developers possess technology but cannot find scenarios, enterprises have demands but cannot connect to adapted solutions, and users expect trustworthy services but face operational barriers, with proofs between multiple chains being particularly difficult to interconnect, leading to the ZK value always failing to form a synergy. Succinct Labs' core positioning is to build a 'Trust Central' for the ZK ecosystem: it builds a collaborative network of 'technical interconnection, scenario intercommunication, and role mutual promotion' based on SP1 zkVM as the technical foundation, connecting dispersed trustworthy capabilities like an 'ecosystem hub', allowing technology, scenarios, and roles to form a value resonance around the hub.
1. Technical Interconnection: Using SP1 as the 'Central Interface', achieving seamless transfer of multi-chain proofs
The ZK ecosystem has long been restricted by 'multi-chain technology barriers' — the ZK proof formats and verification logics of public chains like Ethereum, Solana, and Avalanche are different, and developers must develop adaptation modules separately for each chain to allow a function to operate cross-chain, which is not only time-consuming but also leads to non-reusable proofs. Succinct Labs, using SP1 zkVM as the 'central interface', breaks the technical barriers, achieving 'one development, universal for multiple chains'.
SP1 zkVM is equipped with a 'Multi-Chain Adaptation Engine' that can automatically identify the verification rules of different public chains, convert the ZK proofs generated by developers into a 'standardized format', and then output adaptation versions according to the characteristics of the target chain without manual adjustment. A certain cross-chain NFT project is highly representative: in the past, the 'originality proof' function developed on Ethereum required rewriting 30% of the code to adapt to Solana, taking 1 month; after accessing SP1, the proof could be directly adapted to two chains after generation, shortening the launch cycle to 3 days and reducing development costs by 85%, with cross-chain user numbers increasing by 70%.
At the same time, SP1 also provides an 'Old Solution Migration Tool': for projects developed based on other ZK frameworks, the tool can automatically parse the existing code logic and quickly migrate to the SP1 ecosystem while retaining core functionalities. A certain DeFi project originally developed a 'Collateral Verification Module' based on the Groth16 algorithm; with the migration tool, the adaptation was completed within a week, increasing proof generation speed by 40% and adding support for Polygon and BNB Chain. Currently, SP1 is compatible with 20 public chains and 12 mainstream ZK algorithms, with the cross-chain proof reuse rate in the ecosystem rising from 12% to 75%, and developer multi-chain development efficiency increasing by 4 times.
2. Scenario Interconnection: Using the 'Central Connection Layer' to bridge trustworthy on-chain and offline demands
The 'scenario gap' between blockchain and the real world is a key obstacle to the implementation of ZK — on-chain authenticity proofs and desensitized medical data cannot function in offline shopping malls and community hospitals due to a lack of verification tools and staff unfamiliar with blockchain; while offline farmers' planting records and factory quality inspection data cannot be transformed into trustworthy on-chain assets due to difficulties in verifying authenticity. The 'Central Connection Layer' constructed by Succinct Labs becomes the 'bridge' to connect virtual and real scenarios.
The core of the connection layer is 'lightweight terminals + cloud-based middle platform': deploying 'ZK simple terminals' (such as farmers' mobile apps, shopping mall scanning devices) in offline scenarios like fields, factories, and shopping malls, offline data generates ZK proofs through terminals and is uploaded to the cloud-based middle platform, which reviews and synchronizes to the chain; simultaneously, offline scenarios can scan QR codes of on-chain proofs through terminals to obtain a visual result of 'genuine/verification failure' within 1 second, without requiring professional knowledge. A typical application case in a certain county's agriculture: farmers use mobile apps to record the citrus planting process, and the generated 'organic planting proof' goes on-chain; buyers verify through terminals and purchase at a price 0.4 yuan higher per pound, allowing farmers to earn an additional 2,500 yuan per acre, while buyers also avoid the risk of 'substituting inferior for superior'.
In the medical scenario, the connection layer also solves the pain point of 'difficult medical record sharing'. After a community hospital in a certain city connected with a tertiary hospital, the patient's 'examination report' generates a ZK proof on-chain, allowing the tertiary hospital to view key medical history through terminal verification during referrals, eliminating the need for repeated examinations, saving patients 35% on medical costs and improving hospital treatment efficiency by 55%. Currently, the connection layer has covered over 4,000 offline points and 10,000 off-chain devices, with the volume of trustworthy data flow between on-chain and off-chain increasing by 65% each month, truly realizing 'trustworthy interconnection between virtual and real scenarios'.
3. Role Mutual Promotion: Using the 'Central Value Pool' to activate collaborative growth among developers, enterprises, and users
In the ZK ecosystem, the value chain among developers, enterprises, and users often 'breaks' — the modules developed by developers go unused, enterprises cannot find low-cost solutions, and users do not enjoy the actual benefits of trustworthy services, leading to weak ecosystem growth. Succinct Labs has created a 'Central Value Pool' that enables a positive cycle of 'demand-driven development, development services for enterprises, enterprises attracting users, and users feeding back iterations' through 'demand docking + revenue distribution'.
The core mechanism of the value pool is 'dynamic sharing + feedback incentives': enterprises publish trustworthy demands (such as 'anti-counterfeit for goods') and prepay service fees, depositing them into the value pool; developers develop solutions based on these demands, and the winning bidder can receive 60% of the service fee from the value pool after implementation; users using the enterprise's ZK service (such as QR code verification) can receive points as rewards (redeemable for discounts and ecosystem rights), and points are also allocated from the value pool; users' feedback on optimization suggestions can earn them additional cash rewards after being adopted, while also prompting developers to iterate their solutions, enhancing the effectiveness of enterprise services. A certain chain convenience store brand's practice was very successful: it published a demand for 'imported snack authenticity verification' and paid $40,000 in service fees; after the developer's module went live, imported snack sales at the convenience store increased by 50%; users received points for QR code verification, and the repurchase rate increased by 35%; based on user feedback regarding the 'complexity of the verification interface', after optimization by developers, user operation steps were reduced from 3 to 1, further driving sales growth.
To reduce docking costs, the value pool has also built an 'Intelligent Matching Platform': based on AI algorithms, it matches enterprise needs with developers skilled in specific scenarios, providing a full-process service of 'requirement breakdown, solution review, and effect acceptance'. A certain catering company wanted to develop a 'food ingredient traceability' solution, and through the platform, it matched with a suitable developer team within 3 days, reducing the implementation period from 2 months to 2 weeks and cutting costs by 55%. Currently, the value pool has 20,000 developers, 8,000 enterprises, and 1.5 million users participating, with a 50% increase in the number of active roles in the ecosystem each month, forming a self-growth loop of 'the more you participate, the more you benefit; the more you benefit, the more you participate'.
Summary
The value of Succinct Labs' 'Trust Central' lies not in breakthroughs in single technologies or scenarios but in 'linking and collaborating' — it integrates multi-chain technology into one organic 'trust network', making it no longer isolated, ensuring no gaps between virtual and real scenarios, and preventing fragmentation among ecosystem roles. When technology can flow freely, scenarios can connect seamlessly, and roles can grow collaboratively, the ZK ecosystem truly possesses the ability for 'scaled implementation', transitioning from 'niche technology circles' to 'trustworthy services for all'. This 'centralized thinking' not only establishes core barriers for Succinct Labs in the ZK track but also promotes the upgrade of blockchain's trustworthy capabilities from 'localized empowerment' to 'systemic reform', providing 'ecosystem-level solutions' for the practical transformation of the industry.
