Benchmarking in Zero Knowledge is more controversial than you think. In this clip, Anna Rose and Prover Killer from Prooflab unpack why—and what it means for the ZK space.

🚨 WANTED: MODEXP aka “Big Mod” Ringleader of the Precompile Cartel. 🧮 215,389 avg cycles 💸 200 gas 🔥 1076.9 cycles/gas 💀 Known to leave zkEVM provers in shambles Do not benchmark. Do not engage. Just pray he's not in your circuit. Reward: One limited Prover Killer hat🧢

the eth blocks are full of prover killers clever girl...

.Carey Janecka is a prover killer, step into Prooflab

would you cop?

Prooflab just got a grant from the Ethereum Foundation, cant wait to tell you about it next week!

Vree Polyhedra Ethproofs Ethereum zk V e r i f y Aligned Pi Squared NovaNet AltLayer House of ZK, San Francisco We announced our next in-person developer gathering - set for July 23rd, from 2–5pm at @FrontierTower SF, as part of Crypto Summit Week: lu.ma/hozksanfrancis… Rather than another panel-heavy event, this one’s structured for hands-on participation: -

hey RISC Zero + Boundless, why is there no Risc0 or Boundless prover on Ethproofs?

Had a great time spreading the word about ZKarnage and Prooflab at Frontier Tower today, thanks to House of ZK for the invite! I was told by multiple sources that the best part was the pink hats -- I always have a couple on me if you catch me at a SF Crypto event!

Google Cloud Self Protocol Ariel Gabizon Liam Eagen LambdaClass Privacy Stewards of Ethereum Celo.eth/acc 🦇 🌳 Prooflab has launched a stress-test targeted at provers on Ethereum mainnet to find vulnerabilities in these critical systems. This compliments their efforts at benchmarking to strengthen the ZK ecosystem. x.com/TheProofLab/st…

Google Cloud Self Protocol Ariel Gabizon Liam Eagen LambdaClass Privacy Stewards of Ethereum Celo.eth/acc 🦇 🌳 Prooflab If you’re looking for your next role in ZK, or are just getting into the space, check out the ZK Jobs Board for the latest on which of these great companies is hiring: jobsboard.zeroknowledge.fm

.Prooflab re-announced ZKarnage, a live stress-test of ZK provers to uncover vulnerabilities by submitting "prover killer" transactions that have discrepancies between their EVM gas costs and actual computational costs for provers. The goal is to strengthen the ZK ecosystem,

Extremely aligned

Tune in tomorrow for the Prooflab Special, featuring the prover killer himself, Prover Killer 🤝 🗓️ August 5th 🕔 5pm UTC 📍 House of ZK Expect pure signal from a true crypto OG.

📣Our next Frontiers Talk is coming August 16th at 10 AM PDT! Prover Killer, founder of Prooflab, will show how adversarial mainnet transactions can stress test ZK provers and expose hidden weaknesses in Ethereum’s proving stack. Register below!

This Saturday at 10 AM PDT is our next Frontiers Talk: Breaking ZK Provers to Build a Stronger Ethereum with Prover Killer, founder of Prooflab. More detail below!