What is Succinct?
Succinct is building the Succinct Prover Network, a protocol on Ethereum that coordinates a decentralized network of provers to generate zero-knowledge proofs for any piece of software.
Instead of requiring developers to build custom circuits and learn cryptography, Succinct’s zkVM SP1 makes it possible to prove normal code directly, what the team calls ZK 2.0. This transforms proving into a general-purpose, programmable process, creating the first unified proving network that can serve blockchains, bridges, oracles, AI agents, video games, and more.
By introducing provers as a third actor alongside miners and stakers, Succinct opens proving as a permissionless marketplace where anyone can contribute computation and earn rewards.
Succinct Key Milestones
February 2024 — SP1 zkVM
Launched the first general-purpose zero-knowledge virtual machine, making it possible to generate ZK proofs directly from standard code.
September 2024 — OP Succinct
Brought the first type 1 zkEVM rollup to mainnet. Phala, Celo, Mantle, and Katana were among the first to adopt.
April 2025 — IBC Secured by SP1
With a ZK light client powered by SP1, every IBC transaction from Cosmos to Ethereum became cryptographically secured.
July 2025 — Across Integration
Across, one of the largest bridges, upgraded its interoperability stack to run on SP1.
August 2025 — Mainnet
Deployed the world’s first decentralized prover network. For the first time, anyone can generate proofs on a global, production-ready proving layer.
Bringing Succinct to Light with Dune
Now live on Dune, you can track and analyze Succinct’s proving marketplace in real time:
- Prover Auctions: Monitor bids, efficiency, and rewards across the distributed network.
- Proof Throughput: Track how many proofs are generated daily across categories like blockchains, bridges, and AI.
- Cost Efficiency: Compare costs of proof generation over time as network competition increases.
- Network Adoption: See which apps and domains are leveraging Succinct for real-world verification.
- Use Cases in Action: Explore Succinct proofs across blockchains (scalability), AI (trust in outputs), social media (human verification), oracles (real-time data), and media (deepfake-proof attestations).
- Get started with Succinct data
- How to create Dune Dashboards
- Use Sim API
The data must flow! 🚀
