The Rollup The Rollup TV: Boundless Mainnet Special
Sep 16, 2025
Join Jacob Everly, Shiv Shanker, Brett Carter, and Justin Drake as they dive deep into the launch of Boundless's mainnet and the innovative Boundless protocol. They highlight the transformative potential of zero-knowledge technology in enhancing privacy and scalability, especially in decentralized finance and gaming. The conversation also covers Ethereum's advancements in zk-SNARKs and post-quantum security, alongside the challenges and successes of collaboration within the blockchain ecosystem. Get ready for a blend of tech insights and light-hearted anecdotes!
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Mainnet Enables ZK Mining And DAO Transition
- Boundless mainnet lets anyone generate proofs and earn rewards via ZK mining to bootstrap ZK adoption.
- The protocol aims to hand over ownership to a DAO after governance proposals mature.
Decentralization Increases Proving Capacity
- Boundless is a verifiable compute network, not a blockchain, where more nodes increase throughput.
- Decentralization becomes scalable power: more provers raise capacity and lower cost.
Token Subsidy Bootstraps Prover Market
- Boundless built 'proof of verifiable work' to economically incentivize provers and bootstrap supply.
- That subsidy mirrors mining dynamics and drove thousands of provers onto the market immediately.