Brevis co-founder Michael: 99% of blockchain computation will move off-chain in the next decade, with ZK proofs becoming a key infrastructure.

According to ChainCatcher, at the "Build and Scale in 2026" forum recently held in Hong Kong, Michael, co-founder and CEO of the ZK verifiable computing platform Brevis, delivered a keynote speech on "An Infinite Computation Layer Where Everything Can Be Computed," sharing how ZK technology is driving a fundamental revolution in blockchain computing paradigms. Michael pointed out that current on-chain computing is costly and slow. Brevis's "verifiable computing" paradigm can shift heavy computation to off-chain, requiring only low-cost verification proofs on-chain, thus decoupling computation and verification, while also supporting privacy protection scenarios. The speech showcased the performance breakthrough of Brevis's core product, Pico ZKVM: its latest generation, Pico Prism, can complete Ethereum block proofs in an average of 6.9 seconds, with 99.6% of blocks completed within 12 seconds, achieving Ethereum Real-Time Proof (RTP) for the first time. Currently, Pico ZKVM, as an "on-chain ZK data coprocessor," has been applied in multiple scenarios, including privacy-preserving incentive distribution, high-performance DeFi, and trustless on-chain data computation, and provides Rust programming support for developers with zero ZK development experience. Michael predicts that 99% of blockchain computations will occur off-chain in the next 10 years, verified through ZK proofs. Brevis is driving this process through its verifiable computing infrastructure.