Zk V E R I F Y is a universal zero-knowledge proof verification protocol built as a Substrate-based Layer 1 proof-of-stake blockchain that verifies proofs rather than generating them. Zk V E R I F Y's Twitter Score is 38 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #24,336 (top 10%) among 482,922 tracked accounts.
Zk V E R I F Y was founded by Rob Viglione and is developed by Horizen Labs, with Horizen Foundation operating as a validator on the network. The protocol launched its mainnet and native VFY token on September 30, 2025, with exchange support at launch from Binance Alpha, Gate.io, KuCoin, MEXC, Bitget, and BitMart. A total of one billion VFY tokens were created at genesis, allocated across the community, foundation, core contributors, and investors.
Zk V E R I F Y uses delegated proof-of-stake consensus with BABE for block authoring and GRANDPA for deterministic finality. The VFY token pays for proof-verification requests and also supports staking, governance, and protocol incentives. A fee-distribution upgrade activated in March 2026 introduced a mechanism where 70% of each paid fee is burned and 30% goes to the block author. The VFY token was also deployed on Base to lower the barrier for developers accessing the verification layer.
Zk V E R I F Y supports multiple proof systems, including FFLONK, Groth16, RISC0, UltraPlonk, and Plonky2, and aggregates verification results into proof receipts for consumption by destination-chain systems. During 2025, the protocol reported verifying eight million proofs and became the first chain to natively verify SP1 Prover Network proofs. Its ecosystem spans infrastructure, ZK systems, privacy, gaming, identity, and data projects, with relationships including AltLayer, Arbitrum, Galxe, Phala Network, Space and Time, zkPass, and others. Zk V E R I F Y has 100,001 followers as of August 2026 and has published 4,166 posts. The account has been mentioned by 182 accounts, totaling 885 mentions.
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