GOAT Network implements the industry's first real-time proof: redefining the Bitcoin zkRollup standard

On July 31, 2025, Eastern Time, the Bitcoin Layer 2 GOAT Network officially announced the launch of its BitVM2 Beta testnet, becoming the first Bitcoin ZK Rollup to implement Real-Time Proving in a production environment. This means that users no longer have to wait; they can initiate withdrawals as soon as the proof is generated, and operators are no longer constrained by queued proofs or frozen funds. This is a breakthrough infrastructure for the future and a key leap towards the practical usability of Bitcoin ZK Rollup, truly opening up the BTCFi financial system.

From "Provable" to "Real-Time Proving"

Most Rollup systems still rely on manual batch proof generation and single-machine provers, unable to match the on-chain real-time block production pace. Proof delays accumulate block by block, with withdrawals often requiring hours or even days of waiting. Just like users withdrawing from a bank, they should not be unable to initiate withdrawals due to system delays, and such waiting has been the norm on Bitcoin ZK Rollups until the emergence of GOAT Network, which addresses this pain point.

GOAT Network is the first to adopt a pipelined proving architecture and a distributed GPU prover network, creating parallel processing channels for block validation, proof aggregation, and Groth16 SNARK:

• Block Proof (average 2.6s): Verifying whether the Rollup state transition is correct

• Aggregated Proof (average 2.7s): Recursively compressing multiple block proofs to reduce on-chain costs

• Groth16 SNARK Proof (~10.38s): Finally compressing into a small proof verifiable on BitVM2

These proofs do not wait serially; instead, they achieve pipelined parallel processing through ZKM's high-performance zkVM "Ziren," combined with GPU acceleration and a distributed prover network, effectively supporting the current 3.4-second block time of GOAT BitVM2 Testnet3.

For users, this means no waiting for withdrawals, restoring asset liquidity to a centralized experience; developers can truly build Bitcoin Layer 2 applications that support high-concurrency real-time interactions; and operators no longer need to wait for batch proof generation, significantly improving capital efficiency.

Users can view the complete zk proof generation process for each withdrawal in real-time through the UI page, rather than just a simple "success" notification.

Reshaping the Standards of ZK Rollup, Building a Robust Industry Foundation

In the Bitcoin ecosystem, "ZK Rollup" is increasingly used by many projects, but its true meaning is becoming increasingly blurred. Many projects claim to be "Bitcoin ZK Rollups," but in reality, they do not possess a complete proof process, let alone real-time proof capabilities.

GOAT Network is reshaping this standard. As the first Bitcoin Layer 2 to achieve real-time proving in a production environment, GOAT Network has fully digitized, visualized, and verifiable the ZK proof process for each peg-out, truly bringing ZK Rollup from narrative to empirical evidence. From now on, ZK Rollup should not just be a label but should adhere to the baseline standard of "real-time, complete, and verifiable" proof systems.

For BTCFi, this breakthrough has even deeper implications. A financial system that requires hours of waiting for withdrawals, lacks transparency, and has missing on-chain verification cannot support any real user scale. GOAT Network demonstrates through engineering achievements that Bitcoin can also have high-performance, low-latency, and fully transparent infrastructure, no longer just synonymous with "slow, difficult to use, and exploiting users."

GOAT Network has achieved several key breakthroughs:

• Created the first verifiable real-time proof system for Bitcoin Layer 2;

• Achieved full-process visualization of all peg-out operations;

• The system is completely open-source, relying on no trust assumptions;

• Supports the current 3.4-second block production pace through pipelined architecture, distributed provers, and GPU acceleration, while reserving architectural space for future consensus proof mechanisms to continuously enhance security;

• Built a complete usable closed loop from BTC deposits, on-chain interactions, to withdrawals.

Verifiable Results, Rebuilding Industry Trust

In an era where every project claims to be a Bitcoin ZK Rollup and industry trust is continuously diluted, GOAT Network chooses to rebuild confidence in a truly verifiable manner. We do not rely on storytelling but showcase data, time, proof UI, and source code. We firmly believe that industry trust is not built on narrative accumulation but is established bit by bit through truly grounded, sustainably verifiable technological capabilities.

You may not see every technical detail of real-time proving in the background, but you will certainly feel its presence—withdrawals are no longer stuck, transactions are no longer delayed, and everything runs smoothly and reliably. This is the BTCFi experience upgrade brought by GOAT Network.