Polyhedra Network 推出面向加密证明者的“Proof Arena”基准测试平台

这个密码学家团队声称他们的“证明者”（许多区块链系统的关键组成部分）比其他任何人的都要快。

A team of cryptographers has built a platform they say will provide transparent benchmarking for anyone who wants to compare the various cryptographic "provers" out there.

一个密码学家团队建立了一个平台，他们表示将为任何想要比较各种密码“证明者”的人提供透明的基准测试。

The platform, called "Proof Arena," is designed to serve as, well, a proving ground for provers, which are a key component of many blockchain systems.

该平台称为“Proof Arena”，旨在作为证明者的试验场，证明者是许多区块链系统的关键组成部分。

Just a few months ago, the Polyhedra Network team released an open-source zero-knowledge proof system – used in many setups for auxiliary blockchains (layer 2s) – that was "nearly 2x faster than alternatives."

就在几个月前，Polyhedra Network 团队发布了一个开源零知识证明系统 - 用于辅助区块链（第 2 层）的许多设置 - “比替代方案快近 2 倍”。

But how did they really know?

但他们怎么知道的呢？

"The community quickly latched onto this claim and began discussing the implications of faster ZK-proof generation times," Polyhedra's Chief Strategy Officer Eric Vreeland told CoinDesk in an email.

Polyhedra 的首席战略官 Eric Vreeland 在一封电子邮件中告诉 CoinDesk：“社区很快就意识到了这一说法，并开始讨论更快的 ZK 证明生成时间的影响。”

"We realized that there was a need for a standardized and controlled environment in which people evaluating the performance of various proof systems for a particular proof generation task could do so fairly and easily."

“我们意识到需要一个标准化和受控的环境，在这个环境中，人们可以公平、轻松地评估特定证明生成任务的各种证明系统的性能。”

Proof Arena will allow ZK-proof system creators to compare their systems against others in a clear and scientific manner while ensuring that all controllable variables are held constant, according to a press release Wednesday.

根据周三的新闻稿，Proof Arena 将允许 ZK-proof 系统创建者以清晰、科学的方式将他们的系统与其他系统进行比较，同时确保所有可控变量保持不变。

Outputs from the testing system include proof generation time, memory peak and setup time, according to Vreeland. Here's what that might look like in a hypothetical scenario:

Vreeland 表示，测试系统的输出包括证明生成时间、内存峰值和设置时间。在假设的场景中，情况可能是这样的：

Builders of the provers can also submit their systems "for inclusion in the arena," Vreeland said.

Vreeland 说，证明器的构建者还可以提交他们的系统“以纳入竞技场”。

Initially, the project will be set up to generate benchmarks for Polyhedra's own "Expander" ZK-proof system, Polygon's Plonky3, StarkWare's Stwo and Linea's Gnark.

最初，该项目将旨在为 Polyhedra 自己的“Expander”ZK 证明系统、Polygon 的 Plonky3、StarkWare 的 Stwo 和 Linea 的 Gnark 生成基准。

"The team plans to support all open-source proof systems and will provide benchmarks for frequent ZK tasks like Keccak and Poseidon hash verification run on a variety of machine configurations," according to the press release.

新闻稿称：“该团队计划支持所有开源证明系统，并将为在各种机器配置上运行的频繁 ZK 任务（例如 Keccak 和 Poseidon 哈希验证）提供基准。”

That might all sound like gibberish, but for cryptographers, it's what they care about.

这听起来可能像是胡言乱语，但对于密码学家来说，这就是他们关心的。

And the pros might like the chance to prove their worth.

专业人士可能希望有机会证明自己的价值。