Proof of ZK Work

What’s the Duration of an Epoch?

Mining Rewards distribution settles on Zytron Chain. At a block time of 2 seconds, 1 epoch = 43200 block heights settlement.

What is the Consensus Mechanism

Proof of ZK is a hybrid PoS-PoW mechanism to decide token distribution among all protocol users and service providers, using a Cobb-Douglas-algorithm-based curve.

Mathematical Equation:

Designing Principles:

Utility-first: utility-oriented Player-Miner dynamic to drive network utility and protocol value.

Fair Distribution: Cobb-Douglas-based bonding curve based on a list of factors e.g. % Proof of ZK Work, % game token staked.

Multi-dimensional: rewards from Platform + ΣGames with protocol layer to application layer value capture transition.

Inclusive: True DePin to enable a variety of hardware for decentralized ZK mining and computing.

Proof of ZK Work Calculation

Proof of ZK Work (PoZK) is a standardized workload measurement that evaluates the computational effort required to generate zero-knowledge proofs, quantified based on the circuit size and measured in gates.

Work = 𝛼 × Circuit Size (gates)

* α is a weight factor that varies depending on the zk scheme used. This standardization ensures that different schemes can be compared and combined fairly within the same framework.

Game	Scheme (weight)	Circuit Size (gate)	Prove Time (1 core)	Prove Time (4 core)	Prove Time (96core)	Proof of ZK Work
zk shuffle	Plonk (1)	14094	5.9s	1.93s	0.008s	14094
2048 (60 moves)	Groth16 (0.2)	229952	19.91s	6.6s	0.27s	45990
Crypto Rumble (30 moves)	Groth16 (0.2)	83191	4.52s	1.61s	0.067s	22338
Three!	Groth16 (0.2)	1089788	50.29s	18.4s	0.79s	217957.6
Poker	Plonk (1)	871616	267s	107s	4.45s	871616
Risc Zero	2516153	na	1096s	84.3s

Example Proof of ZK Work Calculation.