The wait is over. Boundless Mainnet Beta is officially live, marking a historic moment for blockchain scalability and zero-knowledge computing. No longer just a vision, Boundless now runs in full production on Base—powered by real deposits, real proofs, and real rewards.
This is not a demo or testnet experiment. It’s a functional proving ground where builders, provers, and protocols can stress-test the future of verifiable computation.
ZK as a Universal Primitive
Boundless demonstrates the idea that zero-knowledge proofs can become a universal primitive—a building block any blockchain can use for:
Unlimited computation without breaking consensus
Seamless interoperability without multisigs or oracles
Scaling beyond gas and memory limits without fragmenting liquidity
By separating execution from consensus, Boundless enables chains to escape the bottlenecks of block size, redundant computation, and siloed liquidity—all while preserving native security.
The Signal: Day-One Utility
To showcase the power of Boundless from day one, the team launched The Signal, an open-source ZK consensus client for Ethereum.
How it works:
Each time Ethereum’s beacon chain finalizes, Boundless produces a compact, verifiable proof.
That proof can be broadcast to any chain, allowing contracts elsewhere to trust Ethereum’s state.
No multisigs, no middlemen—just pure cryptographic verification.
What it unlocks: Global Ethereum state availability. Liquidity and logic can move across chains with internet-like UX while retaining blockchain-grade security.
Why Boundless Skips Testnet
Many projects run endless testnets. Boundless chose a different path. Since incentive systems only show their real dynamics when real value is at stake, Boundless launched directly on mainnet.
With authentic deposits and market-rate pricing, it ensures that what provers, traders, and users experience from day one is the actual proving economy—not a simulation.
How to Participate
There are two main ways to join Boundless Mainnet Beta:
Boost The Signal
Request a bundle of proofs on the Boundless marketplace with just 0.002 ETH. These requests sustain real proving activity and expand the network.
Prove The Signal
Run a Boundless prover node using up to 100 GPUs per node. Generate proofs, earn rewards, and climb the leaderboard in the incentivized proving campaign.
All proving is 100% permissionless. No invite codes, no gatekeeping—just plug in your hardware and join the open marketplace.
Why It Matters for Crypto
Blockchains were never built for heavy computation. They’re great at consensus but inefficient at execution. Boundless fixes this by decoupling consensus from computation. Chains can now scale without fragmentation, execution ceilings, or security trade-offs.
This is more than scaling. It’s about creating a universal ZK infrastructure where any computation can be outsourced and cryptographically verified.
The Boundless Future
Already, 30+ protocols are preparing to integrate Boundless as their proof infrastructure. With new additions like Proof of Verifiable Work on the roadmap, provers will soon compete not just on volume—but on computation complexity, ushering in the era of ZK mining.
Boundless isn’t just another L2 or bridge. It’s the backbone of a trustless, scalable, and interoperable web3 future.