- Brevis’ Pico Prism proves Ethereum blocks 99.6% of the time in under 12 seconds, improving network efficiency.
- The system reduces hardware costs by 50%, enabling real-time block verification with 3.4x better performance.
- Pico Prism supports Ethereum’s 2025 roadmap, with 96.8% real-time proving and a goal of sub-10-second verification times.
Ethereum is on the verge of a major technological advancement with Brevis’ latest achievement in block proving. Brevis, a zero-knowledge proofs (zk)-oriented company, has announced its Pico Prism zkEVM, capable of now proving 99.6 percent of Ethereum blocks in under 12 seconds. The Ethereum network innovation is a game-changer with a massive increase in the speed of verification and a hardware cost reduction by half. Ether co-founder Vitalik Buterin has expressed his joy over the development, acknowledging that it marks a significant milestone in the direction of Ethereum and the adoption of the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) with zero-knowledge (zkEVM).
Pico Prism: Faster and More Cost-Efficient Verification
The Pico Prism technology developed by Brevis introduces a significant improvement to the Ethereum block verification mechanism. The zkEVM enables close to instantaneous verification of proofs, and the average time per block has now reduced to only 6.9 seconds with 64 RTX 5090 GPUs. It is a stark contrast to the traditional procedures as verification may take a lot longer. There has also been a reduction of half in the cost of hardware and the system has also been made 3.4 times greater in terms of performance.
This feat enables real-time verification of the Ethereum block and provides a new standard of network performance. Mo Dong, CEO of Brevis, said that they have constructed infrastructure capable of processing what Ethereum is literally making today. This increased performance generates economic efficiency, which renders possible real-time proving useful to production deployment.
The innovation has several advantages for the scalability and decentralization of Ethereum. Under the existing system, every Ethereum validator has to carry out the same calculations on every transaction, which slows down the network. In the case of Pico Prism, a single prover does the heavy lifting with others checking the proof in a matter of milliseconds. The innovation eliminates unnecessary calculations, which have opened the path to increased gas limits, reduced transaction costs, and more sophisticated decentralized finance (DeFi) activities. In addition, the technology enables the Ethereum validators to use less powerful hardware, as they do not need gaming rigs, and it is more accessible to a broader audience. The growth of this participation would also decentralize the network further in line with the larger objectives of Ethereum.
Aligning with Ethereum’s 2025 Roadmap
Brevis’ Pico Prism aligns with Ethereum’s ambitious roadmap for 2025, which aims for 99% coverage, sub-10-second proving times, and hardware costs under $100,000. Currently, Pico Prism is already proving 96.8% of blocks in real-time, showing that the system is well on its way to meeting these goals. The technology is also designed to be power-efficient, with the goal of keeping consumption below 10kW for home setups.
The impact of Pico Prism is not limited to Ethereum alone. Protocols such as PancakeSwap, Frax, and Usual are already leveraging Brevis’ infrastructure to run advanced operations. This demonstrates how Ethereum’s future could look when computational limits are eliminated: faster, cheaper, and more decentralized.
As Ethereum continues to scale and improve , Brevis’ Pico Prism will be an essential technology in enabling its growth. With the network’s efficiency now greatly enhanced, Ethereum is well-positioned for the next phase of its development, ensuring it remains at the forefront of blockchain innovation.
