performance.md

Performance Characteristics Native Hash Rate | Metric | Hemera | Plonky3 Goldilocks t=12 | Ratio | |------------------------------|--------|-------------------------|-------| | State width | 16 elements | 12 elements | 1.33x | | Total rounds | 72 | 30 | 2.40x | | Permutation field muls | ~3,648 |…

performance characteristics zheng produces proofs that are larger than pairing-based schemes and smaller than FRI-based STARKs, with verification speed that matches or beats both. the concrete numbers matter for system design, so this page presents them without hedging. proof sizes proof size…