ZEROBASE: The cornerstone of zero-knowledge privacy computing in Web3
In the blockchain world, 'privacy' and 'transparency' have always been a difficult contradiction. Traditional DeFi transactions are open and transparent, but they expose large amounts of capital to sniper risks; privacy projects protect data but often sacrifice speed and compliance. ZEROBASE (abbreviated as ZB) was born to solve this pain point - it is a decentralized, trustless zero-knowledge proof (ZK) infrastructure network that makes 'I can prove I'm right, but I won't tell you who I am' a reality through real-time ZK proof generation + trusted execution environment (TEE).
From Salus Security to an independent project: The new ZK force born in 2024
ZEROBASE was established in March 2024, with founder and CEO Mirror Tang (唐镜), a professor of cryptography at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, who previously led the Salus Security cryptography team to provide core solutions for the Ethereum Foundation's cryptography team (PSE). After accumulating extensive experience in accelerating ZK proofs, the team decided to independently create a real-time ZK proof network specifically designed for 'speed, decentralization, and compliance.'
The project has completed a $5 million seed round funding, with investors including Binance Labs, Lightspeed Faction, Sequoia Capital (Matrix Partners China), IDG, FactionVC, and other top institutions. It has also received funding from the National Science Foundation, Ethereum Foundation, Starknet, NVIDIA Startup Acceleration Program, and Microsoft & OpenAI Founders Program. The strength of the background is evident.
Core technology: millisecond-level proof + TEE privacy + HUB-Prover architecture
The biggest highlight of ZEROBASE is its real-time capability:
• Ordinary ZK proofs often take several seconds to several minutes, while ZEROBASE can generate proofs in hundreds of milliseconds (based on RTX 4090, requiring only a few milliseconds for about one million Circom constraints).
• The cost of each proof is as low as less than 1 cent, truly achieving commercial-grade usability.
Technical Architecture Innovations:
• HUB-Prover coordination model: Multi-Hub load balancing + consistent hashing + virtual node mechanism, completely solving single point failure and scalability bottlenecks.
• Hardware-level privacy in TEE: All circuit inputs are processed within a trusted execution environment, and the prover nodes never see the original data.
• Decryptable circuits: By default fully encrypted, but in compliant scenarios (such as judicial requirements or breach handling), trusted institutions can perform partially controllable decryption through 'trapdoor keys', perfectly balancing privacy and regulation.
Compatible with Circom and Gnark, supporting standardized circuits and custom circuits, allowing developers to access with almost zero barriers.