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Zero-knowledge (ZK) coprocessor platform Brevis announced the launch of Pico Prism 2.0 on the Ethereum mainnet, delivering a roughly 5.3-fold increase in proof efficiency for real-time, on-chain data verification.
"The upgrade achieves an average proof time of 6.1 seconds per block on hardware costing approximately $100,000," the company said in its official announcement. Brevis functions as a ZK coprocessor, a service that allows decentralized applications (dApps) on Ethereum to access and verify on-chain data from any blockchain more efficiently without requiring full trust in the data source.
The performance benchmark from Pico Prism 2.0 represents a significant technical step for developers building on Ethereum. By making the generation of ZK proofs faster and more cost-effective, the upgrade can directly lower operational costs for dApps that rely on complex on-chain data verification, such as those in decentralized finance (DeFi), blockchain gaming, and cross-chain interoperability protocols.
This enhancement to Ethereum's infrastructure is critical as it competes with other Layer 1 and Layer 2 solutions like Solana and Polygon, which also seek to provide scalable environments for dApps. More efficient ZK proofs could pave the way for a new class of applications that were previously too expensive or slow to be practical, further strengthening the network's position within the broader Web3 ecosystem.
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