Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ahmadvand, Mohsen, Souto, Pedro
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
Subjects:
Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.23172
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • The Optimism derivation pipeline is engineered for correctness and liveness, not for succinct validity proofs. A straightforward port to a zkVM imposes significant overheads, making validity proofs significantly more costly than necessary. We systematically identify inefficiencies in the current design, analyze their impact on proving costs, and provide a soundness-preserving redesign tailored to zk proving. Our redesign achieves up to 6.5x faster derivation inside zkVMs (3.5x overall speedup) while maintaining identical safety guarantees.