What is Brevis (BREV)

I. Project Introduction

1. What Is Brevis?

Brevis is a ZK-powered, verifiable computing platform designed to extend existing blockchains with effectively unlimited computational capacity. Its infrastructure enables a broad range of on-chain and off-chain use cases, including verifiable reputation systems for smart wallets, decentralized exchanges (DEXs) offering volume-based discounts, fair yield optimization mechanisms, and sustainable stablecoin protocols. From liquidity restaking rewards and lending computations to AI-driven personalization and perpetual exchange loyalty systems, Brevis serves as a foundational engine for the next generation of decentralized growth.

2. How Does Brevis Work?

Brevis has developed two complementary products designed to address blockchain computational bottlenecks from multiple angles.

— Pico (Zero-Knowledge Virtual Machine, zkVM): Pico enables developers to write programs in Rust to perform arbitrary computations, ranging from data processing and complex algorithms to physical simulations.These programs are executed off-chain, where Pico generates cryptographic proofs of correct execution. Smart contracts can verify the proofs on-chain, avoiding the computational overhead of re-running the entire program.

— ZK Data Coprocessor: The specialized architecture that underpins Pico’s high performance is also offered as a standalone product, purpose-built for efficient analysis and processing of blockchain data.

ProverNet is built on top of Brevis's proof infrastructure. ProverNet is a decentralized ZK-proof marketplace built on the Brevis Chain. Applications submit proof requests, and professional provers compete to fulfill them. ProverNet employs a Truthful Online Double Auction (TODA) mechanism to support diverse proof types while ensuring incentive-compatible bidding and efficient resource allocation.

3. Who Founded Brevis?

Brevis was launched in July 2023 by the team behind Celer Network. The co-founder of Brevis Network, Michael, is a Venture Partner at IOSG Ventures and a co-founder of Celer Network. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).

In November 2024, Brevis Network closed a $7.5 million seed round co-led by Binance Labs and Polychain Capital, with participation from IOSG Ventures, Nomad Capital, Bankless Ventures, and HashKey Capital.

In October 2025, the Uniswap Foundation announced a grant of up to $9 million to Brevis. The funding supports the development of a trustless Routing Rebate program, which provides gas rebates to DEX aggregators integrating with Uniswap v4 Hooked pools.

4. Brevis Tokenomics

The total supply of $BREV is fixed at 1,000,000,000 tokens.

Ecosystem Development (37%): Allocated for R&D, strategic partnerships, market making, and protocol expansion. 14.50% unlocked at TGE, with the remainder following a 24-month linear vesting schedule.

Community Incentives (28.7%): Dedicated to rewarding provers, stakers, and community contributors. 7.50% unlocked at TGE, followed by 24-month linear vesting.

Airdrops (3.5%): 3% unlocked at TGE, with the final 0.5% released in month 6.

Team (20%): Subject to a 1-year full cliff (no initial unlock), followed by 24-month linear vesting.

Investors (10.8%): Seed round participants are subject to a 1-year full cliff, followed by 24-month linear vesting.

5. Timeline of Key Milestones

In July 2023, Celer Network officially launched the alpha version of Brevis, a ZK-powered omnichain data attestation platform. It introduced an Omnichain ZK Coprocessor SDK, enabling developers to leverage ZK-based cross-chain interoperability as well as cryptographic proofs for EVM storage slots, transactions, and transaction receipts.

In February 2025, Brevis announced the launch of Pico, a high-performance, modular, and universal zero-knowledge virtual machine (zkVM).

On November 17, 2025, Brevis officially released the ProverNet whitepaper. The paper introduces a decentralized ZK-proof generation marketplace architecture that has been rigorously battle-tested in the production environments of major multichain protocols.

On January 6, 2026, Brevis announced the launch of the ProverNet mainnet, with BREV payments and staking functionality now live.

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