The economics of offchain verification @primus_labs is building a usage-based verification network where every completed proof can generate fees. but the more interesting part is what happens when applications need to verify the same financial information repeatedly. consider a lending protocol accepting evidence of a borrower’s $200K in tokenized Treasury holdings. the borrower can generate a zkTLS attestation from a brokerage platform. but if those assets are sold later, the original proof may still pass cryptographic verification. the proof was valid when generated. the underlying financial position has simply changed. this creates demand for freshness checks, replay protection and updated attestations. and that’s where Primus’ economic model becomes interesting. latest fee snapshot: → task fee on Base: ~0.000035 ETH ($0.08) → attestor share: ~80% → protocol share: ~20% → cumulative fees: ~$12.1K → 30-day fees: ~$4.7K → protocol revenue / 30D: ~$934 the numbers are still relatively small, but they show an existing usage-based revenue mechanism. unlike protocols that primarily depend on TVL, Primus is designed to capture value from verification and computation activity. and the potential demand extends beyond zkTLS proofs: → Proof of Reserves for stablecoins and RWAs → private credit scoring → confidential financial applications → AI-agent verification → private computation and yield infrastructure there’s also an enterprise opportunity through API integrations, setup and recurring management fees. so the economic loop looks like this: more applications need verified offchain information. more verification requests generate paid tasks. attestors earn from completing those tasks while the protocol captures a share. greater network usage can attract more developers and enterprise integrations. the token is designed to support this ecosystem through task payments, attestor staking and governance. but there’s an important distinction between the business model and its current traction. the revenue base is still early, and enterprise adoption or future token value accrual isn’t guaranteed. what interests me is the direction of the model. as more financial applications depend on offchain information, verification becomes an ongoing infrastructure requirement rather than a one-time operation. Primus is positioning itself to monetize that demand across applications and ecosystems. the question i’m watching is how quickly actual proof demand translates into sustainable protocol revenue. that’s where the longer-term Primus thesis gets interesting. https://t.co/PPQ95yBMF1