Helix is a modular Layer-1 that separates execution from proof. Submit a job, get a succinct zk-attestation in under two seconds, settle anywhere. No sequencer trust, no re-execution, no waiting.
Rollups scaled block space, but they still rely on honest sequencers, long challenge windows, and full re-execution to stay safe. That tax shows up as latency, capital lockups, and fragile bridges.
Optimistic systems make you wait out a challenge window before funds move. Capital sits idle, and bridges become the single richest target on the chain.
A single ordering node can censor, reorder, or stall. "Decentralization coming soon" has been the roadmap for years while users carry the risk today.
Every full node re-runs every transaction to verify it. Compute is duplicated thousands of times, and heavy workloads — ML, risk engines, games — simply don't fit on-chain.
Helix splits the stack into three independent layers connected by succinct proofs. Validators never re-execute — they check a 32-byte attestation and move on.
Transparent STARKs — no ceremony, no toxic waste, post-quantum security out of the box.
Proofs are final the moment they verify. Exit L1 in one block — no 7-day window, ever.
Add execution shards to add throughput. Each proves independently; the L1 only aggregates.
Provers stake HLX to accept jobs and are slashed for invalid proofs. Fees are paid in HLX and burned pro-rata with network usage. Fixed supply of 1,000,000,000.
A rollup posts proofs to someone else's L1 and inherits that chain's latency and fees. Helix is its own settlement layer: proofs verify natively in consensus, so finality and withdrawals happen in one block instead of waiting on an external chain.
No. Proving is heavy and done by a separate, permissionless prover network that competes for jobs. Validators only verify 32-byte attestations, which runs on a laptop. Anyone can sample data availability from a phone.
Provers bond HLX to accept work. An invalid proof is caught deterministically at verification and the prover's stake is slashed. There is no fraud-proof game and no challenge period — invalid work simply never finalizes.
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Explore the docs, spin up a shard on testnet v3, or run a prover and start earning HLX.