What is GEVULOT and how does it work?

Gevulot is a fully permissionless and programmable Layer-1 blockchain created by the founders of Equilibrium Group. It is the first trusted neutral decentralized proof layer in the modular stack, designed to enable decentralized, high-performance, and cost-effective proofs. Its Internet-scale computing network is specifically optimized for zero-knowledge proofs and verifications.

Gevulot makes new applications that leverage provable computing economically viable while ensuring providers achieve maximum resource efficiency and revenue by aggregating workloads across the industry.

Similar to other PoS blockchains, Gevulot has balance, transfer, and staking functions using native tokens, as well as a proof system deployment similar to smart contract deployment. However, two major differences from most other blockchains are that Gevulot lacks traditional smart contract state and computational verification is done by verifying ZKPs rather than re-executing them.

GEVULOT's competitive advantages

Let’s take a look at the main features that ensure the decentralized web runs fast and reliably.

1. High performance

Gevulot provides speed and efficiency through a lightweight layer 1 network optimized specifically for zero-knowledge proofs and verification. In addition, Gevulot optimizes computation by distributing the proof workload to a small number of provers.

2. Activity and execution guarantees

The network ensures high liveness and reliable execution guarantees through its economically secure strategies and mechanisms such as customizable redundancy, fallback mechanisms, and the use of VRF to distribute work among attesters.

3. Censorship resistance

In addition to being truly decentralized, Gevulot also utilizes Verifiable Random Function (VRF) to select leaders among validators and distribute work among provers to reduce the risk of censorship.

4. Low and predictable fees

The network can scale horizontally without increasing the cost structure. Users set a maximum fee based on the number of cycles they want the program to run. This helps teams predict costs and enables them to provide a better experience to end users.

5. Distribute workload fairly

Gevulot distributes the proof workload among small groups of provers instead of selecting one prover for each task. Feasibility is ensured as long as at least one of the group provers can produce a proof within the specified time.



The current stack and how it works

There are two types of programs on Gevulot: provers and verifiers. Users can deploy any prover and verifier programs on Gevulot without permission, similar to deploying smart contracts on Ethereum. Programs can be written in various programming languages.

Gevulot's dual-node architecture includes two main node types: provers and validators. All provers are part of the global prover set. Custom prover sets are nested within the global prover set, enabling a modular data storage approach and allowing the integration of different external software for various use cases.

First version process:

  1. Users submit proof of work in the form of transactions,

  2. Validators process transactions,

  3. The validator divides them into blocks and broadcasts the workload to the prover,

  4. The selected prover completes the proof workload

  5. All provers participate in verifying the proof.

  6. The final result has been reached on Gevulot.

Second version process:

  1. Users submit proof of work.

  2. Validators process proof-of-work transactions, order them into blocks and broadcast them to attestors.

  3. The selected attestor generates a proof and submits it to the memory pool. If verified on Ethereum or elsewhere, the proof can be shared with users.

  4. All provers participate in verifying the proof.

  5. Once 2/3 validate the proof, it is bundled into a block.

  6. The final result has been reached on Gevulot.

The system ensures data integrity and verifiability and improves scalability for operation in various programming environments.

Who are the users of GEVULOT?

Gevulot is a cost-effective and performant proof solution for any protocol or application that uses provable computation. While the future may bring new use cases, some examples today include validity rollups, privacy rollups, ZkVMs, ZK-bridges, and ZK Mining.

The Future of GELULOT

Gevulot aims to revolutionize decentralized proof generation by aggregating workloads across a variety of use cases to drastically reduce proof costs. Its architecture and economic model are designed to adapt to the growing demand for proofs.

Gevulot's core values ​​are low cost, high performance and availability, permissionless deployment, and trust neutrality. Therefore, all these features help Gevulot become the leading ZK cloud computing infrastructure. Gevulot will empower developers and projects to shape a decentralized future with provable computing, privacy, and efficiency as the core.

GEVULOT: CONCLUSION

Thanks to its unique approach to making proofs decentralized, efficient, and cost-effective, Gevulot is poised to change the approach to decentralized applications and become a leader in modular stack infrastructure, facilitating a more accessible blockchain environment.