RISC Zero has officially launched zkVM 1.0, a new general-purpose zero-knowledge virtual machine (zkVM) touted as production-ready. 

The platform distinguishes itself by utilizing zero-knowledge proofs to facilitate the development of dapps across various blockchains.

One of the key features of zkVM 1.0 is its cost-effective proving process and better performance metrics, the team at RISC Zero claims. 

zkVM 1.0 is capable of generating proofs for any program developed in Rust, allowing for the development of complex logic without the limitations typically associated with size or gas costs.

The zkVM aims to offload a large portion of computational work in on-chain dapps. Here, ZK proofs ensure that computations are compressed and verified quickly without the verifier needing …