Risc Zero has recently announced the shutdown of its official hosted proof service, as Boundless Network simultaneously enters a fully decentralized new stage.

BlockBeats News, December 17th, Recently, Risc Zero announced the shutdown of its official hosted proof service, and the Boundless Network has entered a fully decentralized new stage, signaling the universal ZK proof market's complete transition to a fully open, decentralized, market-driven state. Risc Zero had officially provided zero-knowledge proofs to help developers access zero-knowledge computing capabilities without the need to build their hardware. With Boundless Network's functionality and verification capabilities gradually maturing, proof requests will now be handled by independent nodes in the Boundless Network, aligning the proof mechanism with blockchain features built on resilience and neutrality.

Boundless: Open Proof Market Fully Decentralized Boundless is designed as a universal ZK proof market for multi-chain and application-oriented purposes, where any chain or application can have Boundless provide zero-knowledge proofs to enhance scalability and interoperability. The network employs mechanisms such as "Proof of Verifiable Work" (PoVW), rewarding Provers based on their actual computational effort. This creates a competitive environment that incentivizes provers to generate proofs faster and at a lower cost, benefiting all chains with efficient, user-friendly zero-knowledge proofs.