I heard that the leading project on the Monad chain, apriori, has rug-pulled. Honestly, it's ridiculous. This project raised $30M and still managed to scam everyone in the market. Let’s move on and check out Brevis @brevis_zk. I’ve become immune to most crypto projects—can’t even bother to engage anymore. But Brevis still gives me a glimmer of hope. ▰ Core challenges faced by blockchain systems When developers or users want to enable complex operations (heavy computations, processing large datasets, accessing historical data), it requires every validator on the network to verify whether these operations were executed correctly. This leads to high costs, limited functionality, and scalability issues. ▰ Cryptographic proofs offer a new approach ① One party completes the work and generates a proof to show the work was done correctly. ② Others only need to verify the proof, which is much cheaper than redoing the work. ③ The proof must be small and cost-efficient enough to be verified on-chain. ▰ Handling large computations with small proofs Generating proofs is actually more expensive than directly running the computation, as it involves additional cryptographic operations on top of execution. However, the cost of verifying proofs is far lower than the cost of generating proofs or performing the computation itself. This feature enables trustless verifiability. ✅ A decentralized network of provers can handle heavy computational tasks off-chain, where costs are low. ✅ Everyone else only needs to verify the concise proof on-chain, where costs are high. ✅ Brevis @brevis_zk’s technical architecture is designed to address this exact problem. ▰ Potential applications ① Smart contracts can utilize data from external sources. ② Complex computations can be performed off-chain. ③ Historical blockchain data can be accessed without relying on trusted indexers or archive nodes. ④ Cross-chain information can be verified without trusting bridge operators. ⑤ Private information can be verified without revealing its content.