⚡ ProveFast zkVM
What if rollup devs could prove Rust/C++ ZK apps in under 1s without hand-crafting circuits or enduring slow proving times?
The Problem
ZK proving remains too slow for real-time apps, forcing devs to wrestle with complex circuits and custom languages, while research pushes for faster systems like GKR.
Who feels it
Indie ZK builders prototyping DeFi or gaming dApps on Bitcoin/Eth L2s, frustrated by >10s prove times blocking iteration.
Why now
RISC Zero's zkVM launch and Aleo's slow proving complaints coincide with Dencun upgrade enabling cheaper L2 calldata for proofs.
Market size
ZK proving market hits $50M annual spend, with 200+ projects on GitHub needing sub-second proves for UX.
✗ Today
ZK proving remains too slow for real-time apps, forcing devs to wrestle with complex circuits and custom languages, while research pushes for faster systems like GKR.
✓ With ProveFast zkVM
What if rollup devs could prove Rust/C++ ZK apps in under 1s without hand-crafting circuits or enduring slow proving times?
The Solution
The Idea
What if rollup devs could prove Rust/C++ ZK apps in under 1s without hand-crafting circuits or enduring slow proving times?
What it does
GKR-accelerated core: Parallel proving for arbitrary code, targeting 100x speedup over Circom.
No-circuit mode: Compile standard langs directly to zkVM binaries, skipping custom DSL friction.
Benchmark dashboard: Real-time metrics for opcode costs, with auto-optimizations.
Cloud prover queue: Offload heavy lifts to GPU clusters for $0.01/proof.
Business Model
Open-source binary with pay-per-prove API at $0.005 per proof, scaling to enterprise subs for dedicated provers.
End Goal
In 12 months, ProveFast powers 50 live ZK rollups, cutting proving costs by 90% and enabling real-time ZK apps at scale.
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Where this pain showed up before we wrote about it.
"Our zk research team has been working on something super cool! It has potential to become the most performant zk[E]VM targeting at real time proving. It combined the best parts of proving system, field choice and VM flo…"
@yezhang1998"7/ The big breakthrough of the zkVM is making it possible to build a ZK application without having to build a circuit (very complex) and without writing in a custom language (friction for devs)."
@zerokn0wledge_
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