5️⃣ Takeaway: Both AOT and JIT technology have their own Pros and Cons. Usually, from the perspective of reducing latency, the AOT has more advantages. However, both of them advance real-time, verifiable, parallel compute for the next wave of ZK infrastructure. 🚀

4️⃣ JIT (Just-in-Time) compiles dynamically at runtime — adapting to workloads. Flexible, but adds startup overhead.

3️⃣ AOT (Ahead-of-Time) turns RISC-V binaries into native x86 assembly — running natively, producing minimal traces in parallel. Predictable, fast, perfect for high-throughput zk-rollups.

2️⃣ The bottleneck isn’t jut proving, but also trace generation. Up to 70% of total time is spent generating traces on CPU. Optimizing this stage unlocks real-time ZK. That’s where AOT and JIT compilation come in.

1️⃣ zkVMs are evolving fast — from theory to real-time. They generate cryptographic proofs that programs ran correctly, enabling verifiable compute for Ethereum & beyond. The new frontier: proof generation within seconds. ⚡ #ZK #zkVM

We deeply dived into zkVM's trace generation technology, and just published: Evaluation of zkVM Trace Generation Methods: AOT vs. JIT https://t.co/bJab8Y9p4r @eth_proofs @RiscZero @ziskvm @SuccinctLabs

5️⃣ Outlook: zkVMs are becoming the Linux OS of verifiable compute — audited, standardized, open-source. Next stop: having zk proofs everywhere. 🚀 #ZK #Ethereum #zkVM

4️⃣ Cost revolution: Proofs now cost just a few cents per block — transforming ZK from a research demo to a viable production system.

3️⃣ Performance leap: ⚡ Pico Prism: 6.9 s avg (64 × RTX 5090s) ⚡ SP1 Hypercube: 10.3 s avg (160 × 4090s) ⚙️ Real-time proving now covers >90% of Ethereum blocks. And, zkSync also publish a fastest prover. @zksync @brevis_zk @SuccinctLabs

2️⃣ EthProofs has become the zk world’s public benchmark. It tracks proving latency, cost, and audit status across zkVMs — turning competition into transparency. Think Etherscan for proofs.

1️⃣ zkVMs are entering the real-time era. From R0VM to SP1 Hypercube and Pico Prism, zkVMs now prove Ethereum mainnet blocks in seconds — not minutes. 12-second “slot-proofs” are the new frontier for verifiable compute. @SuccinctLabs @brevis_zk @RiscZero

We just published zkVMs Progress：zkVMs Are Continuously Improving https://t.co/dSMG1dt3OZ @eth_proofs

Congrats @ziskvm — single-machine 4090 results now live on @eth_proofs! 👏 Love to see a fully open-source, 128-bit-secure stack with reproducible runs. This is exactly the openness the ecosystem needs: code others can rebuild, verify, and benchmark—faster fixes, shared

10/10 — @thezkcloud switches to @RiscZero + Bento multi-GPU/multi-machine ZkCloud announced a production move from SP1 single-GPU to RISC Zero zkVM + Bento clusters, branding itself “the fastest multi-machine” setup. Translation: they’re not just a marketplace; they actively

9/10 — @openvm_org v1.4.0 brings GPU proving + distributed clusters OpenVM shipped v1.4.0 with a new GPU prover, a 150 MHz execution system, and orchestration for hundreds of GPUs. Claimed results: mainnet Ethereum blocks proven in ~15s at <$0.0003 per tx on L40S-class

8/10 — @0xPolygon “Rio” testnet upgrade aims at 5,000 TPS on PoS Polygon PoS rolled out the Rio upgrade on testnet, focusing on stateless verification, lighter validation, and easier node ops. The thesis: slash validator costs, reduce reorgs, and open room for dedicated block

7/10 — @Starknet “Grinta” (v0.14.0): sub-second pre-confs & decentralized sequencing Grinta pushes Starknet toward multi-sequencer decentralization (Tendermint-style consensus), adds a fee market inspired by EIP-1559, introduces a proper mempool, and enables sub-second

6/10 — In-browser verification on @eth_proofs is LIVE for @ziskvm Ethproofs enabled browser & Node.js verification for ZisK STARK proofs—no custom servers required. This is a quiet breakthrough for distribution: users/devs can independently verify proofs by just opening a

5/10 — @StarkWareLtd proves 16 years of Bitcoin headers StarkWare says STWO generated a proof for the entire Bitcoin block-header chain (genesis→present) in ~6.5 hours for about $13.5—a headline demo of STARK scalability. Why it matters: (1) light-client UX — mobile/low-resource

4/10 — @LineaBuild TGE + 90-day airdrop window (and a rocky start) Linea opened claims for 9.36B $LINEA with a 90-day window (Sep 10 → Dec 9, UTC). Multiple exchanges supported listings; heavy traffic caused a short-lived outage/claim failures before service stabilized. Why it