The first day: First Impression of the Mainnet
In the early morning, I plugged two idle 4090s into the cabinet and ran the official CLI self-check—@Boundless The "first proof within 30 minutes" given is not just a gimmick; it actually returned the hash in 27 minutes. With fewer than 40 active nodes in the queue, the scarcity is directly reflected in the rewards: at the end of the first epoch, I received 0.61‰ of the total network PoVW rewards, far exceeding the early returns of equivalent computing power in other ZK networks.
The second day: Staking vs Calculated Choices
Observing the leaderboard, I found that the 18-year-old South Korean student who "staked all after printing 300,000" has ranked among the top three in output. The lesson is clear: if you want to reach the maximum limit, you must let computing power and staking grow simultaneously. I added a bit more $ZKC, increasing the staking multiple, while the computing power ratio was automatically capped by the system within the 1/15 rule, resulting in a smoother yield curve.
Day 3: Delayed Pressure Test
Submitted 50 Keccak batch hash circuits continuously, recording the end-to-end delay distribution: P95 falls at 10.8 seconds, worst case 18 seconds. Compared to the 14–20 seconds I measured on the test network two weeks ago, there is a clear benefit from the three new Korean GPU data centers.@Boundless Someone in the community has already tested a customized VPU solution, and I am starting to consider migrating high-frequency tasks over.
Day 4: Content Workflow Integration
When writing on-chain analysis articles, I turned API scraping → sampling verification → proof generation into a GitHub Action, attaching a verification event link at the end of each article. The first click-through rate for readers was 17%, with a 100% verification success rate.#Boundless Transforming 'you have to believe me' into 'go verify it yourself', the noise from arguments in the comment section has directly decreased.
Day 5: Side Meetings and Hotspots
The Seoul meetup has concluded, and the team is flying to Singapore to prepare for Token2049. On-site news: the official team will disclose the FRI 2.0 iteration roadmap and the latest hardware ecosystem cooperation list. For someone like me who mines while writing, this means that delays are expected to drop another 25% in the next 2–3 months.#Boundless Yielding a premium.
Day 6: Market Fee Observation
Aside from PoVW, the reverse Dutch auction market fee brought me an additional 0.18 ETH this day, enough to offset 72 hours of electricity costs. The peak order price rose from 0.002 ETH to 0.006 ETH, and the reminder in the prover group was 'don't turn off the machine'.
Day 7: Risk Checklist
Hardware concentration is starting to rise, with the top 10 nodes accounting for 62% of orders; 2) CLI error prompt occasionally shows 'fflonk batch out of gas', and the official team is collecting Chinese and English error logs on Discord; 3)$ZKC The circulation is still only 20% of the total, and future unlocks need to pay attention to selling pressure. Written at the end:@Boundless The PoVW is tying GPU cost reduction with content credibility, and this week has truly made me feel that 'verifiable internet' is not just a slogan.#Boundless