The Boundless protocol demonstrates that zero-knowledge proofs can become a universal primitive - one any chain could tap into for unlimited computation and seamless interoperability without compromising its own security.
Today that promise goes live: Boundless Mainnet Beta is running in production on Base. Real deposits, real proofs, real rewards. A shared proving ground where builders and provers can push the limits and help shape the mainnet launch.
To show day-one utility, the Boundless team presents The Signal, an open-source ZK consensus client that distills Ethereum finality into a single proof.
The Signal will provide real demand for proving on Boundless, creating a more connected blockchain ecosystem where proofs become the universal language.
Blockchains were engineered for state consensus, not high-throughput computation. Before a block can finalize, every node must re-execute every transaction to come to consensus. This design is great for integrity, but introduces many limitations and complexities around accessing onchain information. It needs to change to unlock true scaling:
As long as execution and consensus are the same process, compute will always be capped. It’s time to change things.
Boundless is a universal protocol that brings ZK to every chain. Instead of forcing every node to re-execute everything, Boundless provides a network of nodes dedicated solely for computation, producing ZK proofs that the work was done correctly, verified on every chain at a low, constant cost. By decoupling execution from consensus, Boundless lets every chain keep its native security while escaping gas ceilings, re-execution, and state fragmentation.
With Boundless, you can simply add more nodes to scale any chain. Scarcity becomes abundance.