Trust is the core of blockchain, but the problem is: trust has always been too abstract. Users either trust the development team, the nodes, or the audit reports. Trust without cost will eventually lead to problems. Prove has commodified this issue: trust must be bought, must be sold, and must have calculable accounts.
It has established a market: computing power providers offer proof, and users and project parties pay to purchase it. Tokens circulate in the middle, forming incentives and penalties. Falsifying results incurs penalties on the stake, while genuine results yield rewards. This model has priced trust for the first time. Trust is no longer just empty talk but a tradable commodity.
From an industry perspective, this is an upgrade to Web3 infrastructure. Cross-chain bridges fear malicious behavior the most, and Prove makes state validation transparent; DeFi protocols are most afraid of risk control failures, and Prove provides reliable off-chain computation credentials; AI computing power fears 'black boxes', and Prove delivers results on-chain through proof. Its applicability almost covers all future scenarios that require large-scale computation.
What is truly frightening is that once Prove scales, it will standardize the entire 'trust market'. At that time, any on-chain service that wants user trust must bear the Prove credential. It will become the passport of the industry; those without proof will have no qualifications for adoption. This is its ultimate ambition.