Ethereum Foundation is encouraging zkEVM teams to hit real-time proving speed goals before Devconnect Argentina in November 2025, treating it as a major milestone for the zkEVM rollout.

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Gold challenged zkVM teams to hit the latency goal by Devconnect Argentina in November, calling it a “race to real-time.”

Between now and Devconnect Argentina, we hope to see zkVM teams continue innovating towards realtime home proving, and for the leading zkVMs to become future core infrastructure for Ethereum.