The first-ever decentralized ZK proof generation marketplace just hit mainnet beta. Think of it as a two-sided platform where provers compete to generate zero-knowledge proofs for smart contract applications.

Contracts are live on-chain already. The interesting part? Token economics like staking and payment rails aren't fully switched on yet—those features are rolling out post-Beta. Classic phased launch approach.

This actually matters because ZK proof generation has been a centralized bottleneck. Projects either run their own provers (expensive) or rely on single vendors (risky). A marketplace model could drive costs down through competition while boosting decentralization.

Still early days though. Real test comes when payment incentives go live and we see if enough provers show up to make the economics work.