TezDev Catalyst 2025 : RISC-V and the Future of Offchain Compute
At #TezDev2025, Ole Krüger explained how RISC-V powered rollups could make offchain compute faster, more flexible, and open up new possibilities for dapps on Tezos ⚡️
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00:00 Intro — why off-chain compute matters
00:09 RISC-V as the rollup runtime (determinism, simplicity)
01:00 Optimistic vs validity proofs for heavy compute
02:00 Where off-chain fits: verifiable results on L1
03:00 WASM trade-offs and why move to RISC-V
04:00 Tooling and portability goals (Linux target, small syscall surface)
05:00 Gas/step metering at the VM level
06:00 Stopping/resuming execution for disputes
07:00 JIT/optimisation strategies without losing verifiability
08:10 ZK horizons for RISC-V (future path)
09:10 Developer ergonomics: languages and SDKs
10:20 Example workloads (AI/ML, simulations, indexing)
11:20 Security model & failure handling
12:20 Integration with Tezos X & Etherlink
13:30 Performance expectations & benchmarking
14:30 Roadmap to mainnet availability
15:40 Migration considerations for existing apps
16:40 Open questions & research topics
17:30 Wrap-up