ZEROBASE's positioning is very straightforward. It does not create a public chain, does not do L2, nor does it attempt to build a privacy-first new world computer. It focuses on a more fundamental but crucial role — a real-time decentralized zero-knowledge (ZK) proof network, specializing in millisecond-level proof generation services, providing high-performance, low-latency proof layer support for the entire ZK ecosystem.
This is actually different from the routes of many competitors.
Privacy-first L1s like Aleo essentially build privacy capabilities into the blockchain itself; Zama, on the other hand, is developing towards the FHE (Fully Homomorphic Encryption) toolchain, leaning more towards cryptographic technology frameworks. Large ZK-Rollups like Starknet, ZKsync, and Linea have core goals of scalability and general computing power. They certainly have provers, but that is for the operation of their own chains, not to provide independent proof services for the entire industry.
@ZEROBASE The difference lies in:
It only focuses on the 'proof layer' and emphasizes real-time performance rather than batch processing. Technically, it adopts the HUB-Prover architecture and introduces the TEE mechanism, hoping to achieve a balance between decentralization and compliance requirements. This gives it a theoretical advantage in scenarios like zkLogin and zkDarkPool, which have high demands for latency and privacy.
The advantages are focus, modularization, and an open infrastructure positioning.
The risks are equally clear.
The first is the verification issue. Millisecond-level performance is difficult to translate into trust if there is a lack of public testing and actual adoption across projects.
The second is the gap in capital and ecosystem. When large L2 ecosystems can build or outsource more mature proof systems, specialized service providers may be marginalized.
The third is the competition of standards. If the proof layer does not become part of the industry's consensus, it is hard to form a real network effect.
The market is currently betting on whether the modularization trend will continue to deepen — whether future chains and applications will lean more towards outsourcing proof capabilities rather than having everything built-in. If the answer is affirmative, ZEROBASE's positioning will become reasonable; if the industry ultimately moves towards vertical integration, its space will be compressed.
This is not a track that can be driven by narrative alone.
The value of the proof layer ultimately needs to be proven by real demand. At a time when ZK is no longer fresh, perhaps what is truly scarce is not the story, but the efficiency.