# Succinct (PROVE) — machine-readable summary

> FORTUNA SIGNAL · FORA-01 evidence dossier · Researched 2026-09-15 · https://ron-delhaye-studios.github.io/fortuna-signal-live/tokens/prove.html

## Definition
Succinct is a decentralized prover network — a two-sided marketplace on Ethereum where applications submit zero-knowledge proof requests and independent provers compete to fulfill them, making verifiable computation as simple as an API call. Mainnet and the PROVE token launched in August 2025; official documentation is at docs.succinct.xyz.

## What the holder owns (FORA-01 Q1)
PROVE is the native utility and governance token of the Succinct Prover Network, a decentralized marketplace on Ethereum for generating zero-knowledge proofs. The Block's mainnet launch coverage describes it as the medium of exchange for paying provers and the backbone of the incentive and security model, with governance over emissions, auction design, and fee structures. CoinDesk's token page adds the staking mechanics: provers stake PROVE to access proof-request auctions, holders can delegate for rewards through iPROVE and stPROVE vault tokens, and slashing enforces prover accountability. Coinbase corroborates the utility-and-governance role.

## Verification verdict
Class C (Class C) — FORA-01 scale: verification, not a quality ranking.
q1 VERIFIED · q2 UNVERIFIED · q3 UNVERIFIED · q4 UNVERIFIED · q5 UNVERIFIED

## Plain-language utility
Pays zero-knowledge proof generators on the Succinct network.

## Key risks & notes
Status: no_whitepaper_found — the project references a whitepaper in its launch materials but no official standalone whitepaper URL could be verified and fetched this session; summary grounded in official docs excerpts and the MiCA filing. Risks: very new mainnet with unproven prover economics; competition from other ZK proving networks; proving costs and centralization among large provers.

## Primary source
- (no whitepaper found — drawn from official project documentation)

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