# 1. Project Overview
Brevis is a modular, verifiable infinite computing layer that moves complex computations off-chain using zero-knowledge proofs and returns results on-chain with millisecond-level verification, allowing smart contracts to have "infinite computing power" while maintaining trustlessness. Its two core product lines—Pico zkVM and ZK Data Coprocessor—are integrated with over 20 mainstream protocols such as PancakeSwap, Uniswap, Linea, and MetaMask, generating over 250 million production-grade proofs and settling rewards exceeding $300 million on-chain. The native token BREV is used to pay for proof fees, stake matching orders, and govern protocol parameters, with a total supply of 1 billion tokens, currently circulating about 25%.
# 2. Project Introduction
The blockchain's "globally replicated execution" model makes re-computation scenarios (historical data analysis, personalized rates, AI inference, etc.) expensive or even infeasible on-chain. Brevis proposes the "verifiable computation" paradigm: any computation can be completed off-chain and generate a very small zero-knowledge proof, which can be verified on-chain in constant time without needing to be re-executed. The project has productized this paradigm into two major engines:
Pico zkVM: A general-purpose zero-knowledge virtual machine that supports compiling any Rust/Clang program into RISC-V instructions to generate proofs, achieving 99.6% of Ethereum mainnet blocks with proofs under 12 seconds and 96.8% under 10 seconds (according to Ethereum Foundation's real-time standards).
ZK Data Coprocessor: A dedicated pipeline designed for on-chain historical data queries and aggregation, capable of providing proofs for 30 days of trading volume, position snapshots, etc., to DEX Hook within 1-3 seconds, and can batch process incentive distributions for 100,000 addresses every 4 hours. In October 2025, Brevis will further release the ProverNet white paper, proposing a decentralized proof market that allows any hardware provider to participate in bidding, providing liquidity for different latency, cost, and security level proof demands.
# 3. Products and Technology
The modular zkVM architecture Pico adopts a "minimal core + pluggable coprocessor" design: high-frequency instructions such as SHA256, Keccak, and ECDSA are hardened into dedicated modules, with a main frequency of around 1 GHz, combined with a distributed multi-GPU cluster, completing proofs for 45 million Gas Ethereum blocks in an average of 6.9 seconds.
The ZK Data Pipeline captures block headers, MPT nodes, and event logs through a lightweight client, builds a state tree off-chain, and combines lookup tables with recursive proofs to achieve a constant verification cost of 200-400 ms, unaffected by the query range.
The ProverNet market mechanism introduces a "true online bilateral auction" (TODA): demand-side submits the maximum price they are willing to pay and a deadline, while supply-side declares hardware types and marginal costs; each round of auctions is settled on Brevis's self-built Rollup (Brevis Chain), with a matching algorithm ensuring incentive compatibility, budget balance, and progressive optimality. Provers must stake BREV to receive orders, and defaults will result in slashing.
Production-grade integration PancakeSwap Infinity has launched a VIP rate Hook based on Brevis, generating 17.3 million proofs within 6 weeks; Linea has used Brevis to complete the distribution of 1 billion LINEA tokens, involving 62,000 addresses and 12.1 million proofs; products such as Uniswap v4 router gas refunds, QuickSwap dynamic rates, and MetaMask's 2.4% fixed APR have all been launched.
# 4. Economic Model
Token Use Cases
- Payment medium: All proof generation, verification, and settlement fees are priced in BREV; 2) Staking threshold: Provers must stake or accept delegation to enter the auction, with the staking amount positively correlated to the order size; 3) Governance rights: On-chain voting to adjust parameters such as proof size limits, security levels, slashing ratios, and market rates.
Allocation and Unlocking Total supply of 1 billion BREV: 37% for ecological development, 32.2% for community rewards, 20% for the team, and 10.8% for investors. The team and investor portions will be released linearly over 36 months after a 1-year cliff; the ecological and community portions will be emitted through proof mining, airdrops, liquidity incentives, etc., with no fixed upper limit speed but dynamically adjusted according to network utilization.
Value Capture A 3% platform fee is charged for each round of auctions, with 50% burned and 50% entering the ecological treasury; 1% of the slashed stake from Provers will also be completely burned. As proof demand increases, BREV will need to be continuously locked for payments and staking, creating marginal deflationary pressure.
# 5. Team and Investors
Core Team – Michael: Founder & CEO, former engineering director at a Silicon Valley hardware acceleration company, has shared the zkVM architecture at conferences such as Bankless and Web3 Scholars.
Financing Situation Completed a $7.5 million Seed Round in November 2024, co-led by Polychain Capital and YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs); investors include IOSG, HashKey, Bankless Ventures, Nomad Capital, and others. A Pre-List community round is planned for October 2025, with a valuation of $460 million, and the new amount has not been disclosed.
# 6. Roadmap
2026 Q1 – Launch of ProverNet Beta mainnet, opening up permissionless GPU/CPU node access; – Launch of BREV staking delegation feature, allowing token holders to share proof earnings.
2026 Q2 – Release of Pico Prism v2, supporting multi-proof system recursion (Plonk + STARK) and 48-card clusters with an average proof time of <6 seconds; – Collaboration with EigenLayer to provide a re-staking security module, reducing Prover slashing risks.
2026 Q3 – Integration of Bitcoin light clients to achieve BTC historical data proofs; – Launch of zkML coprocessor, supporting model inference proofs (LLM 7B parameter level).
2026 Q4 – Launch of Brevis Chain mainnet, a fully independent Gas layer, supporting third-party proof market deployment; – Release of DAO framework, transferring core parameters (transaction fees, burn ratios, slashing coefficients) to community governance.
# 7. Risks and Opportunities
Opportunities
1) High certainty in demand for ZK infrastructure: Scenarios such as L2, AI, cross-chain, Paymaster, and DeFi subsidies all require a large number of proofs;
2) Leading real-time proof technology: Pico Prism has already achieved the Ethereum Foundation's <10 seconds standard on consumer-grade hardware, creating a network effect barrier;
3) Blank space in decentralized markets: ProverNet is the first bilateral auction network supporting heterogeneous proofs and composite pipelines, capable of aggregating idle global GPU/FPGA computing power.
Risks
1) Rapid technological iteration: STARK, SNARK, and folding solutions have short update cycles, requiring continuous investment in R&D;
2) Token price volatility: Proof demand is strongly correlated with on-chain activity, and revenue may decline during bear market phases;
3) Centralized competition: If AWS or Google Cloud launch hosted ZK services, they may create pressure on cost and usability;
4) Regulatory uncertainty: If ZK proof content involves privacy transactions, it may face compliance scrutiny.
# 8. Conclusion
Brevis combines off-chain infinite computing power with on-chain constant verification through the "verifiable computation" paradigm, having been implemented in DeFi, wallets, and L2 ecosystems at scale, with proof volume and settlement amounts leading the field. Its Pico zkVM leads the industry in real-time proof performance, and the ProverNet market design provides a scalable, trustless matching mechanism for heterogeneous proof demands. The BREV token embeds three functions: payment, staking, and governance, with network utilization positively correlated with token burn. With the upcoming launches of zkML, BTC data proofs, and re-staking security modules, Brevis is expected to evolve from a "ZK coprocessor" to a general "verifiable cloud computing layer," providing underlying computing power support for blockchain, AI, and cross-chain interoperability. Investors should continue to monitor its network utilization, node decentralization, and technological iteration progress.
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