The Amazon rainforest produces one-third of the world's oxygen each year, so it is also known as the 'lungs of the Earth.'
The rainforest maintains its vibrant vitality not because a single tree grows the tallest, but because the entire ecological cycle is connected.
Sunshine, rain, soil, insects, plants, and animals depend on each other; the energy in each link can flow. If any one of these links is missing, the rainforest cannot thrive.
Today's blockchain and AI world lacks such a complete circular mechanism.
Zero-knowledge proofs (ZK) are considered the key to closing the loop—they can help Ethereum overcome performance bottlenecks, allow companies to protect user privacy under compliance conditions, and enable verification of AI results.
But the reality is quite stark:
The technical threshold is too high, and the number of capable individuals is very limited;
The power consumption is large, and ordinary teams cannot afford it;
Companies want to use it, but first, they need to hire a cryptography research team.
It's like an ecosystem that has seeds but lacks soil and rain.
@Succinct What we want to do is fill in this missing soil and rain.
It is not creating an isolated application but transforming 'proof' into a globally callable network.
Developers can write logic using SP1 zkVM without having to struggle with complex circuits;
Proof generation is entrusted to a global Prover Network, where nodes compete using GPUs to complete and settle through $PROVE.
For application parties, integrating ZK is like calling a cloud service: one call generates one proof, ready to use.
More importantly, it has already begun operating in real networks:
On the Ethereum mainnet, 93% of blocks can be proven within 12 seconds, and the verification speed finally aligns with the block generation rhythm;
Well-known protocols like Celestia, Wormhole, Lido, and Near have already integrated, entrusting core security to Succinct.
Google Wallet has adopted Succinct's ZK capabilities for authentication scenarios—allowing verification of whether users meet requirements while protecting privacy information from being disclosed;
In the White House's digital asset report for 2025, ZK is explicitly named as the key technological path that 'both protects privacy and complies.'
In terms of monetization, Succinct also has a straightforward approach:
Each call will trigger protocol fees, and high-frequency users need to hold and lock up $PROVE to gain greater resources, with some fees flowing back to verification nodes. The more calls made, the stronger the network, the lower the cost, and naturally, more applications will join.
The golden age in history was created by the resonance of tools, economy, and institutions.
Today, Succinct is building such infrastructure for ZK.
Once this path is fully opened, zero-knowledge proofs will no longer be experimental tools for a few experts, but rather public tools for developers and companies.
Just as the prosperity of the rainforest does not rely on a single tree but on a complete circular system, Succinct is not achieving a single project but is filling in the missing ecological links for the entire industry.
When this loop is truly closed, ZK will no longer be black technology for a few, but will become the underlying consensus of the entire digital world.
At that time, when we look back at today, we may regard it as a new starting point—
a golden age for ZK, the moment that is truly ignited.