Since proving in the cloud is already quite cheap with multi-GPU spot instances, the focus for zkVM teams targeting realtime proving will largely be optimizing for running provers on-prem where the specs are much more constrained.
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zkVM teams involved in Ethereum’s zkEVM rollout are expected to optimize real-time proving for on-premises environments with constrained hardware capabilities.
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