Decentralized Proof Network Makes Its Mainnet Debut
The Succinct Prover Network, a decentralized infrastructure for zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs, has deployed its mainnet. This network operates as a two-sided marketplace on Ethereum, allowing applications to submit proof requests and independent provers to fulfill them.
With the launch, the network is ready to support the next generation of applications requiring verifiable computation. Succinct helps developers build trustless applications without sacrificing performance or usability.
The network processes proofs from over 1,700 unique programs, including leading protocols such as Polygon, Mantle, Celestia, and Lido. More than five million proofs have been fulfilled, and over $4 billion in value has been secured through the network.
The Succinct Prover Network simplifies ZK proofs for developers by offering a marketplace that matches compute providers with requesters in a competitive auction-style marketplace. This setup allows multiple providers to compete to generate proofs and be paid for their work.
The network supports multiple proof systems (SNARKs and STARKs) and custom zkVMs, giving flexibility for various ZK use cases and faster proof generation for standard codebases. Heavy proof computation and task allocation are handled off-chain for performance, while settlement, verification, and incentives are enforced on-chain via Ethereum smart contracts.
The PROVE ERC-20 token is used to pay provers, stake to participate in auctions, enable delegation, and eventually govern protocol upgrades. The network implements a full-pay auction or proof competition model intended to avoid centralization risks of reverse auctions by rewarding multiple participants and encouraging broad participation.
The Succinct Prover Network is poised to scale ZK usage by outsourcing proof generation, lowering developer friction with a zkVM, improving decentralization and resilience of proving infrastructure, aligning economic security with correctness, and enabling cross-chain and verifiable compute primitives.
However, it's important to note that launch claims and metrics (partnership counts, supported programs, assets secured) are reported from Succinct’s mainnet announcement and industry write-ups. Independent audits or long-term operational metrics beyond launch are not cited in these reports. Projects should review Succinct’s protocol docs and smart contract code for precise guarantees before integration.
Developers interested in starting to build on the Succinct Prover Network can visit docs.succinct.xyz. The network will power Ethereum and rollups, processing tens of thousands of transactions per second for compute-intensive applications, making verifiable computation as simple as calling an API, delivering crypto-native infrastructure with security, transparency, and scalability by default.
- The Succinct Prover Network, run on Ethereum, utilizes its mainnet to support applications that require verifiable computation, offering a marketplace where developers can build trustless applications using technology like SNARKs, STARKs, and custom zkVMs, while crypto-currency tokens (like the PROVE ERC-20 token) are used to pay provers and enable delegation.
- With over 1,700 unique programs, including prominent protocols such as Polygon, Mantle, Celestia, and Lido, the Succinct Prover Network, which operates in a data-and-cloud-computing framework, has processed more than five million proofs and secured over $4 billion in value, simplifying zero-knowledge proofs for developers by providing a competitive auction-style marketplace that matches compute providers with requesters.
