Megacorps hoarding cycles is exactly why ZK feels stuck at “cool demo, brutal latency.” The fix isn’t another layer it’s ownable, verifiable horsepower that shows up under load. That’s where @cysic_xyz is actually removing bottlenecks instead of adding buzz. I re-checked two receipts before posting: (1) the Succinct blog onboarding Cysic as a multi-node prover production SP1 workloads routed to a real prover fleet, not a deck. (2) Cysic’s docs outlining the C1 zkVM-based ASIC and the ZK-Air / ZK-Pro devices silicon + stacks designed to crush $/proof and tail latency beyond what generic GPUs can do. ❯ Decentralized provers → capacity scales with demand, not with a single cloud account. ❯ Hardware acceleration → parallel GPUs today, C1 ASICs next for 10×+ speedups as standards harden. ❯ Protocol incentives → utility stays liquid ($CYS), governance is earned via work ($CGT, non-transferable). That keeps control with operators, not idle capital. --- Quick compare: renting cloud = variable fees, weak guarantees, no upside. ComputeFi = point jobs → get proofs → settle → share upside in the network that actually clears your work. If you’re building, route a small SP1 task to a Cysic prover and chart $/proof and p95/p99 under load the curve will tell you if your stack scales. If you’re operating, size rigs for throughput, not vanity, and let $CGT accrue to your work. That’s how ZK stops stalling and starts shipping.