Lilypad is delighted to announce our new partnership with Nexus, a company at the forefront of building verifiable computation at internet scale. Nexus’s zero-knowledge (ZK) machine can prove almost any computation, leveraging advancements in cryptography, computer science, mathematics, and engineering. By integrating Lilypad’s easy, on-demand GPU resources with Nexus’s cutting-edge ZK technology, we’re jointly unlocking a new era of secure, private, and verifiable computing.

Why This Partnership Matters

Lilypad will serve as a crucial layer for the Nexus network, providing high-performance GPU resources for ZK computation and proofs. Through cryptographic proofs, the integrity of data and computation can be protected, creating robust solutions across various domains—from AI inference and bioscience to online voting and identity verification.

GPU Compute for a ZKVM Prover Network

Lilypad is leading an “industrial revolution” in high-performance computation by democratizing scalable access to advanced GPU infrastructure. What was once reserved for organizations with vast capital and specialized skills is now available on a large scale through a competitively priced GPU marketplace.

Our pay-per-job model, combined with containerized compute environments, allows anyone to run tasks such as AI inference and fine-tuning at production scale, without the complexities or costs of setting up high-end hardware. Meanwhile, hardware providers benefit from monetization and incentives, and a built-in reputation system helps end users identify dependable, cost-effective GPU providers for their most demanding computational needs.

Nexus’s ZK Proving Technology

Nexus’s network is built on decades of research in cryptography and computation. Their zero-knowledge approach allows developers to prove computations verifiably, safeguarding sensitive inputs or outputs and enabling new methods of coordination for everything from identity verification and online voting to secure computation over private datasets. By abstracting away the complexity of cryptographic proofs, Nexus empowers developers to build on decentralized networks without sacrificing performance or privacy.

Combining the Nexus ZKVM with Lilypad Resources

By integrating Lilypad’s marketplace of GPU resources with Nexus’s ZKVM technology, developers can efficiently run secure and verifiable applications that require substantial compute power.

Combining Lilypad’s network of GPU resources with the Nexus ZKVM technology means Nexus’ ZKVM users have access to the vast computing resources of the Lilypad network for building applications. This partnership will also enable users who have higher security needs to utilize Lilypad, a more cost effective and easy to use network.

Potential Applications

ZK Proofs typically involve complex cryptographic algorithms that create a "proof" which can be verified quickly, is impossible to fake, and reveals no information outside of the proof itself.

With Nexus, any program, be it identity verification, AI inference, or bioscience models can be verifiably and provably executed, meaning that tasks with high compute needs can be securely and reliably outsourced to a network of computers**.** Nexus has abstracted away the complexity of cryptographic ZK proofs for developers, enabling them to build applications on decentralized networks.

| Tasks with high compute needs can be securely and reliably outsourced to a network of computers

The ZKVM enables those running jobs on the Lilypad network to achieve trust in the network, without complete transparency and revealing of sensitive information, such as information about jobs inputs and outputs, and who is running them.

Advantages of a Decentralized ZKVM for Web3

Web3 developers can now have access to compute with security guarantees that could previously only be provided by large, centralized providers. With ZKVMs, developers have the ability to reduce attack surfaces, protect identity, and harden datasets against vulnerability, all in a trustless compute environment, powered by cryptocurrency. High value application development can now move at the pace of Open Source.

The Future of Secure Compute

Nexus has launched its beta ZKVM testnet, inviting users to join a verifiable supercomputer that sets the stage for the next generation of the internet. In the coming months, Nexus will roll out additional testnets to explore how the ZKVM and the Nexus network can operate at internet scale, further expanding GPU-based ZK proofs via Lilypad’s network. This marks a significant milestone in building a more secure, private, and verifiable ecosystem—one that will benefit developers, businesses, and end users alike.

Learn More

Find out more about Nexus on their website, follow them on X and join their Discord Community to learn more . Stay tuned for future updates as Lilypad and Nexus continue to push the boundaries of secure, high-performance computing.