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Recently, I came across a project called Succinct. At first, I thought it was just another ZK project filled with a bunch of cryptographic jargon and far from practical implementation. However, after looking into it, I found it to be quite different.
It doesn't focus on 'launching another ZK application,' but rather on creating an entire platform for ZK capabilities—similar to how you use AWS, callable anytime, on-demand, fully service-oriented.
They have two core components:
One is called Prover Network, which connects a global network of GPU nodes specifically for running ZK proofs. The efficiency is off the charts, completing Ethereum blocks in under 12 seconds, already capable of supporting high-demand scenarios like 'real-time proofs.'
The other is SP1 zkVM, which simply means that developers don't need to understand complex cryptography to write ZK application logic using mainstream programming languages. This significantly lowers the barrier to entry.
Interestingly, this technology has already begun to be used in Web2. For example, Google Wallet has launched a zk age verification service that only verifies that you are 'of age' without exposing any other information. The underlying framework is indeed Succinct's. This signal is quite crucial—it’s not just a self-indulgent project on-chain; real users are starting to get involved.
They issued a token $PROVE , which isn't meant for governance voting but is used for settlement across the entire ZK network. Essentially, you pay each time you call a computation, using this token for settlement. The design philosophy is relatively clean.
- X: https://x.com/SuccinctLabs
- Discord: https://discord.com/invite/succinctlabs
In summary, this is not one of those projects where you need to read for a long time to understand what it’s doing; rather, it’s one of the few teams that genuinely makes 'ZK popularization' concrete, practical, and operational.
It doesn't focus on 'launching another ZK application,' but rather on creating an entire platform for ZK capabilities—similar to how you use AWS, callable anytime, on-demand, fully service-oriented.
They have two core components:
One is called Prover Network, which connects a global network of GPU nodes specifically for running ZK proofs. The efficiency is off the charts, completing Ethereum blocks in under 12 seconds, already capable of supporting high-demand scenarios like 'real-time proofs.'
The other is SP1 zkVM, which simply means that developers don't need to understand complex cryptography to write ZK application logic using mainstream programming languages. This significantly lowers the barrier to entry.
Interestingly, this technology has already begun to be used in Web2. For example, Google Wallet has launched a zk age verification service that only verifies that you are 'of age' without exposing any other information. The underlying framework is indeed Succinct's. This signal is quite crucial—it’s not just a self-indulgent project on-chain; real users are starting to get involved.
They issued a token $PROVE , which isn't meant for governance voting but is used for settlement across the entire ZK network. Essentially, you pay each time you call a computation, using this token for settlement. The design philosophy is relatively clean.
- X: https://x.com/SuccinctLabs
- Discord: https://discord.com/invite/succinctlabs
In summary, this is not one of those projects where you need to read for a long time to understand what it’s doing; rather, it’s one of the few teams that genuinely makes 'ZK popularization' concrete, practical, and operational.
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