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For ZK to reach every ecosystem (rollups, L1s, and new use-cases) the network behind it has to do two things well: scale capacity and continuously push costs down.
Over the past few weeks, the Boundless Network reached several new performance milestones as a result of recent releases and network improvements. Together, these changes increase the amount of proving the network can support, improve reliability, and reduce the cost of using ZK in production.
Boundless now provides 400 trillion cycles per day of available network capacity, with 99.9% observed uptime for valid proof requests.
This capacity is delivered by a permissionless, decentralized network with no single point of failure. Proving is sourced from independent participants, allowing the network to stay available even as demand fluctuates or individual operators go offline.
At this scale, Boundless can support workloads that exceed what fixed clusters or single-provider setups can reliably handle, without sacrificing uptime or delivery guarantees.
Median proving costs on Boundless are now $0.04 per billion cycles.
That represents a ~73% reduction compared to costs at mainnet launch, driven by open competition in the market and ongoing efficiency improvements across the stack.
At current prices, this puts real-world workloads into reach. For example, a high-throughput chain like @Base can now be fully ZK proven for approximately $750,000 per year.
As capacity continues to grow and the market clears more efficiently, costs are expected to continue trending downward.