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

ChainCatcher News: At the recent “Build and Scale in 2026” themed forum held in Hong Kong, Michael, co-founder and CEO of ZK verifiable computation platform Brevis, delivered a keynote speech on “The Infinite Computing Layer Where Everything Is Computable,” sharing how ZK technology is driving a fundamental transformation in blockchain computing paradigms.

Michael pointed out that current on-chain blockchain computation is costly and slow. Brevis’s proposed “verifiable computation” paradigm can transfer heavy computations off-chain, with on-chain only requiring low-cost proof verification, achieving decoupling of computation and verification, while also supporting privacy-preserving scenarios.

The speech showcased performance breakthroughs 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, marking the first real-time proof (RTP) for Ethereum. Currently, Pico ZKVM, as an “on-chain ZK data co-processor,” 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 in the next 10 years, 99% of blockchain computation will occur off-chain, verified through ZK proofs. Brevis is advancing this process through its verifiable computation infrastructure.