Consensus Hong Kong 2026 was a blur in the best way! 🇭🇰 We kept coming back to one theme: proofs are becoming the new interface for trust. From scaling compute to making RWAs actually usable, this thread is a summary of what we covered at each of the events we joined! 🧵👇

At @Web3LabsClub’s Global Web3 Dev Con, we framed the bottleneck clearly: Blockchains don’t just “run out of throughput.” They run out of compute, because every node repeats the same work. Brevis flips the model: From recompute-to-verify ➡️ to verify-once through ZK proofs. Compute once off-chain, generate a ZK proof of the result, then verify everywhere on-chain. Complexity scales without trust tradeoffs. Then we walked through what this unlocks: dynamic fees (ex: @PancakeSwap), privacy-preserving data queries, fair-launch distribution, and richer on-chain identity + credit primitives, and much more! In the next 10 years we predict 99% of blockchain applications will operate in the #ZK domain. Off-chain compute, on-chain verification.

At @499_DAO’s The Realized Summit, the RWA convo got real: tokenization isn’t the hard part, adoption is. 1⃣ Tokenization 2.0 needs verifiability, not vibes. zkTLS + zkVM is a clean primitive here: prove the data came from the source, then prove the computation on top of it. This lets RWAs, markets, and oracles settle on facts without “trust me” intermediaries. 2⃣ Liquidity comes from utility. Stablecoins won because they became composable DeFi infrastructure. Most RWAs still don’t “plug in” after mint, so they don’t get the same network effects. Modular verification standards + EVM rails = RWAs that can actually do things, not just exist on-chain. When RWAs become usable beyond holding, liquidity follows.

At @GoKiteAI’s Proof of AI panel, the clearest takeaway was this: the AI economy doesn’t fail from lack of agents, it fails from lack of accountability. If agents are going to act, trade, and even hire each other, we need a native way to answer the question: “Did you actually run what you said you ran?” The path forward looks a lot like modular blockchains: 🔹Heavy inference off-chain for speed 🔹On-chain verification for trust 🔹Cryptographic commitments so “identity” means the exact model, not a brand name When proof becomes the default receipt, “agent-to-agent” markets stop being a promise and start being enforceable.

Huge thanks to the organizers and hosts who made all of this happen!🤝 We were thrilled to be part of #ConsensusHK2026 sponsoring some events, joining others by invitation, and sharing ideas with builders pushing the frontier. If you caught any of these sessions (or want to talk about what Brevis can do for your project), let’s talk! 🧠✅