How R0VM and Boundless Are Supercharging Zero-Knowledge zk proofs used to feel like a secret club for cryptographers. Today, R0VM (the RISC Zero Virtual Machine) and Boundless are tearing down those walls making ZK proofs easy, fast, and accessible to every blockchain developer. —————————— R0VM: Write Rust, Not Circuits Forget wrestling with custom ZK languages. R0VM emulates a RISC-V CPU, so you can: ➥ Write normal Rust, C, or C code ➥ Automatically generate zero-knowledge proofs behind the scenes ➥ Achieve a 47.7× speedup on Ethereum block proving (35 min → 44 s) ➥ Slash proof costs by up to 5× (as little as $0.0012 per tx in large batches) (Estimated) ➥ Plug into any chain with a RISC Zero verifier (Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, and more) —————————— Boundless: ZK for Every Blockchain Think of Boundless as the Chainlink of verifiable compute. It brings ZK to any network by offering: ➥ A universal protocol that handles proofs outside native VM limitations ➥ A decentralized marketplace of provers competing on speed and price ➥ POVW consensus rewarding useful computation instead of wasted hashing Major builders like the Ethereum Foundation, EigenLayer, Taiko, Lido, and more are already live on mainnet beta. —————————— Why This Matters for Web3 Together, R0VM and Boundless shred the three big ZK barriers: ➥ Complexity: No PhD in cryptography required ➥ Performance: Blazing-fast proofs and massive gas savings ➥ Accessibility: Works across blockchains, fueling cross-chain apps live applications include: ➥ Hibachi provable exchange ➥ Taiko zkVM rollup infrastructure ➥ EigenLayer optimized slashing via Boundless ➥ Lido verifiable accounting oracles —————————— Your ZK-Powered Future Starts Now If you’re a dev, there’s never been a better time to explore ZK: ➥ Build privacy-preserving dApps without deep cryptography ➥ Offload heavy computation off-chain, keep on-chain costs low ➥ Launch cross-chain solutions that interoperate seamlessly The zero-knowledge revolution is here. With R0VM handling the heavy lifting and Boundless opening the doors to every chain.

boundless will be the home of real-time proving