Cysic, the first full-stack compute network, purpose-built for AI/ZK and mining workloads, has joined Boundless’ newly launched mainnet beta as a ZK prover, to offload computation from L1 chains while maintaining native security. Amid growing demand for ZK-backed compute, Cysic plays a key role in scaling ZK and contributing real-time compute power.
Cysic is now live on the Boundless Mainnet Beta! We’re powering @boundless_xyz’s cutting-edge ZK proof marketplace with Cysic’s GPU-accelerated proofs and custom ZK ASICs. Together, we’re unlocking scalable, secure ZK infrastructure.
Cysic shares early performance benchmarks, within the last week, below:
High output: 177.3B ZK cycles on Ethereum, and 3.07B cycles on Base.
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High success rates: 94.6% on Ethereum, and 80% on Base.
High prover speed: Peaking at 0.95 MHz, averaging 3.8M Wei (3.8 x 10^-18 ETH) per cycle.
Sustained activity: 9.5% uptime on Ethereum, and 8.3% in 2-hour proving tranches.
These benchmarks reflect consistent, low-cost, high-speed proving availability, even in early stages. As workloads increase, Cysic aims to ramp up GPU power provision for Boundless, bringing real-time compute throughput as proof requests across the network grow.
Cysic and Boundless are pioneering ZK prover orchestration through decentralized marketplaces, with Cysic focusing on hardware acceleration and Boundless emphasizing universal verifiable compute. Cysic’s ASIC-driven approach and mobile verifier app make it a leader in performance and accessibility, while Boundless’s zkVM and cross-chain interoperability unlock new possibilities for scalable blockchain applications.
Boundless operates a decentralized marketplace where developers submit computation requests, and provers compete to fulfill them, earning $ZKC tokens through a Proof of Verifiable Work (PoVW) mechanism. This replaces wasteful mining with a market for useful computation. The PoVW system rewards provers based on their computational contributions, scaling as more provers join, and supports applications like AI, data science, and simulations.
Boundless uses RISC Zero’s zkVM, which emulates the RISC-V instruction set, allowing developers to prove arbitrary code written in high-level languages like Rust. This makes ZK proofs accessible without requiring deep cryptographic expertise.
Together, they address critical challenges in ZK proof generation, verification, and adoption, positioning them as key players in the evolving Web3 landscape. Boundless achieves significant efficiency, reducing on-chain verification costs to as low as 35,000 EVM gas per request. This makes L1-grade security accessible and cost-effective for various protocols.
The protocol’s design separates execution and consensus, enabling exponentially more efficient transaction processing while maintaining security through mathematical verifiability. Boundless is community-owned, with an active GitHub monorepo providing tools like the Boundless Market SDK and boundless-cli for developers and miners. The Mainnet Beta, launched on Base, includes a community sale with token bonuses for early adopters.
Cysic has built a vertically integrated hardware stack – including a multi-node GPU cluster and a ZK-specialized ASIC chip that runs up to 100x faster than current solutions (1.33M Keccak fps). Cysic is also in its third and final phase of its testnet, which already has over 118K provers and 200K verifiers onboarded.
Cysic joins the Boundless Mainnet Beta as one of its first hardware-backed provers, with: Multi-node GPU Clusters. Custom ASICs at 1.33M Keccak ops/sec. Cysic full-stack ZK pipeline, completely built in-house optimized for throughput, reliability, and real-world scale.
This is how Cysic and Boundless are scaling beyond fragmented chains. ZK proofs let us decouple execution from consensus, breaking through execution ceilings and state fragmentation. Boundless orchestrates the network, Cysic powers the compute, together, we’re building faster, cheaper, and more secure infrastructure for every blockchain.