How can developers get arbitrary program execution verified on Kaspa's base layer?
The RISC Zero platform lets developers write programs in standard Rust or other languages targeting the RISC-V instruction set, generate cryptographic proofs of their execution, and have those proofs verified directly on the Kaspa base layer via the RISC0-Succinct precompile (tag 0x21). In plain terms: a developer writes ordinary Rust code, runs it through RISC Zero's zkVM (zero-knowledge virtual machine) to produce a succinct receipt proving the code ran correctly, and then submits that receipt to Kaspa where it is checked on-chain. No one on the network needs to re-run the program — they just verify the proof. For a beginner, this means Kaspa can act as a trust layer for complex off-chain computations, not just a payment network, opening the door to applications that need on-chain guarantees without on-chain execution costs.