Airbender is built on RISC-V, enabling efficient zero-knowledge proving and decentralized computation on consumer-grade hardware

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The new prover, which is an open-sourced zero-knowledge virtual machine (zkVM), is based on RISC-V, a newer programming framework that Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has suggested to replace the current EVM, because it will make the blockchain more efficient.

Its open-source design and RISC-V zkVM make it suitable for proving any type of program. It unlocks a broader future for general-purpose, verifiable applications. Its design supports proving on ordinary consumer hardware, opening the door for new use cases in gaming, identity, and decentralized AI.