Starry Beginning｜How I See Succinct Making Verification an Accessible Infrastructure
Today I saw a phrase on X that left me unsettled for a long time—"They said it couldn’t be done… We PROVED them wrong." This is not just a slogan, but more like a declaration: technological breakthroughs are becoming part of our daily lives. Every step of Succinct tightly aligns with the rhythm of the future, bringing ZK from the high and cold to everyday life.
(1) Numbers Speak, Trust Becomes Tangible
Succinct’s mainnet has been running for several months, supporting over 5 million proofs and locking assets of over 4 billion dollars. SP1 zkVM has been integrated by multiple chains and projects, and in reality, more and more developers are treating it as a daily tool. For me, these numbers represent power: ZK is moving towards practicality at an understandable pace.
(2) Ecological Diffusion, Connecting Wider and Further
Succinct has just teamed up with Tandem within the Arbitrum ecosystem, which means two things:
Withdrawal time shortened—from long waiting to minute confirmations;
Modular integration—existing projects can connect to ZK without reconstruction and share the security boost of the Prover network.
This is a key turning point from showcasing technology to bridging ecosystems.
(3) My Insight: The Highest Beauty of Technology is Inconspicuous
I often think: truly valuable technology should be like air or electricity, always present but not needing emphasis. Succinct is building such a backdrop:
Developers can trigger ZK with just a few lines of Rust code;
Users feel the efficiency of withdrawals and experience upgrades without needing to understand the principles;
Small teams and personal projects can also enjoy fair access to top-notch infrastructure.
This is not a display of tools, but a tranquil return of trust to simplicity.
(Conclusion) An Invitation Written in the Heart
While writing this article, I thought, just as we don’t discuss every day why the internet is fast, yet care about the speed of webpage loading, in the future, you or I may not realize the role ZK plays behind the scenes, but its absence, even for a moment, would be felt as a loss.
Succinct is redefining: zero-knowledge is no longer a distant concept, but an invisible infrastructure.
