Tl; Dr.
- Airbender delivers the fastest open-source RISC-V ZK certificatesSub-second verification for ZKSync blocks and complete evidence in just 3 seconds on a single GPU, with a 4-6 × speed increase.
- The evidence of Ethereum blocks now takes less than 35 seconds (17 seconds in Lean Mode) on one H100No 50–160 GPU farms required, canvas the test costs for ~ $ 0.0001 and unlocked Micropayments, HFT and Real-time Dapps.
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Built for consumer hardware and powered by the modular ZKVM of ZKSync OSAirbender makes house power, light-client evidence and broad acceptance possible over new ZKSync chains, which means that Ug use with low latency is fueled.
ZKSync attracts attention AirbenderThe newest powerful zero knowledge-prover developed on a RISC-V ZKVM. Today revealed, Airbender smells existing benchmarks and paves its way for real decentralized, real-time blockchain applications without massive GPU farms.
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Introduction of ZKSync Airbender:
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Unveiling of the fastest open-source tracking in the world
Airbender is not just a ZKVM, it is so far the fastest open-source RISC-V Proving System. In head-to-head tests against leading competitors, Airbender clocked sub-second evidence for ZKSync blocks and provided full evidence in just three seconds on a single GPU raw materials.
On Nvidia H100-Hardware it became a sizzling 21.8 million cycles per second at the base layer and 8.5 million end-to-end, which represents a speed boost of 4-6 x about rival systems.
Benchmarking lightning -fast performance
Beyond the raw speed, Airbender achieves breakthrough efficiency in the evidence Ethereum block. With the help of one H100 GPU, average block resistant and packed in less than 35 seconds, and Lean configuration tests proved blocks in a stunning 17 seconds without recursive steps.
For context, existing setups need 50-160 GPUs to match those results. These performance buyers translate directly into lower costs, the evidence costs fall to around $ 0.0001 per transfer, whereby use cases such as micropalments, high -frequency trade and decentralized social apps.
Restigning real -time evidence at home
Airbender’s design brings the dream of entering the home of home. Developers can generate evidence on hardware of consumer quality, perform light clients with the local proof generation and build DAPPs that arrange transactions in real time. By combining ZKSync OS, a modular implementation environment, with the optimized deep Stark/Fri architecture of Airbender, teams can adjust proof pipelines for speed, compression or decentralization.
The expansion of the Airbender ecosystem
All new Zkssync chains, including abstract, Sophon, GRVT, lens and souvenir, will take Airbender, pick immediate savings and speed problems. The Open-Source RISC-V Foundation encourages innovators to go beyond ZKSync: gaming platforms, identity solutions and decentralized AI networks can include Airbender documents for reliable, low-latency operations.
While Airbender stays in beta, developers all his flexible evidence, five nicely tuned stages of witness commitment to generate Fri -certificate. With continuous optimisations on the horizon, Airbender is ready to reform how blockchains prove and settle in the era of zero knowledge.