Helix Protocol
Mainnet live · Testnet v3 open

The settlement layer for verifiable on-chain compute.

Helix is a modular Layer-1 that separates execution from proof. Submit a job, get a succinct zk-attestation in under two seconds, settle anywhere. No sequencer trust, no re-execution, no waiting.

1.4s
Avg. proof time
$2.1B
Value settled
320k
Daily jobs
99.98%
Uptime · 12 mo
The problem

Trust is the bottleneck, not throughput.

Rollups scaled block space, but they still rely on honest sequencers, long challenge windows, and full re-execution to stay safe. That tax shows up as latency, capital lockups, and fragile bridges.

01

7-day exits

Optimistic systems make you wait out a challenge window before funds move. Capital sits idle, and bridges become the single richest target on the chain.

02

Sequencer trust

A single ordering node can censor, reorder, or stall. "Decentralization coming soon" has been the roadmap for years while users carry the risk today.

03

Re-execution tax

Every full node re-runs every transaction to verify it. Compute is duplicated thousands of times, and heavy workloads — ML, risk engines, games — simply don't fit on-chain.

Architecture

Prove once. Verify anywhere. Settle instantly.

Helix splits the stack into three independent layers connected by succinct proofs. Validators never re-execute — they check a 32-byte attestation and move on.

L1
Settlement & consensus
BFT finality in ~900ms. Stores only state roots and proofs.
L2
Proof network
Permissionless provers generate zk-STARKs for each execution batch.
L3
Execution shards
Parallel VMs — EVM, WASM, RISC-V. Run any workload, no gas ceiling.
DA
Data availability
Erasure-coded blobs sampled by light clients. 8 MB/s, verifiable on a phone.

No trusted setup

Transparent STARKs — no ceremony, no toxic waste, post-quantum security out of the box.

Instant withdrawals

Proofs are final the moment they verify. Exit L1 in one block — no 7-day window, ever.

Horizontal shards

Add execution shards to add throughput. Each proves independently; the L1 only aggregates.

Tokenomics

HLX secures the proof network.

Provers stake HLX to accept jobs and are slashed for invalid proofs. Fees are paid in HLX and burned pro-rata with network usage. Fixed supply of 1,000,000,000.

1.00B HLX · FIXED
Prover rewards 6-yr emission34%
Community & ecosystem grants, LPs22%
Core contributors 4-yr vest, 1-yr cliff18%
Early backers 3-yr vest15%
Treasury & public sale DAO-governed11%
Roadmap

Shipping toward full decentralization.

Q2 2025
Shipped

Genesis

  • L1 mainnet launch
  • STARK prover v1
  • EVM execution shard
Q4 2025
Shipped

Scale

  • Permissionless provers
  • WASM shard
  • Light-client DA sampling
Q1 2026
In progress

Open proofs

  • Testnet v3
  • Proof marketplace
  • RISC-V shard beta
FAQ

Questions, answered plainly.

How is Helix different from a zk-rollup? +

A rollup posts proofs to someone else's L1 and inherits that chain's latency and fees. Helix is its own settlement layer: proofs verify natively in consensus, so finality and withdrawals happen in one block instead of waiting on an external chain.

Do validators need powerful hardware? +

No. Proving is heavy and done by a separate, permissionless prover network that competes for jobs. Validators only verify 32-byte attestations, which runs on a laptop. Anyone can sample data availability from a phone.

What secures the network economically? +

Provers bond HLX to accept work. An invalid proof is caught deterministically at verification and the prover's stake is slashed. There is no fraud-proof game and no challenge period — invalid work simply never finalizes.

Is there a token sale? +

HLX is live. This page is informational and is not an offer to sell securities or financial advice. Always verify contract addresses through official channels and do your own research before interacting with any protocol.

Join the network

Build on a chain that proves itself.

Explore the docs, spin up a shard on testnet v3, or run a prover and start earning HLX.

Contract: 0x4F2e…Helix…a91C