Flywheel

zkPull Growth Flywheel

1. More Projects Create Bounties

When more open-source projects and protocols create bounties on zkPull:

• Funds are escrowed on-chain

• Issues become publicly discoverable

• Contributors gain confidence that rewards are guaranteed

Impact: Each new project increases available rewards and protocol credibility.

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2. More Contributors Participate

As bounty availability grows:

• More developers are attracted by trustless payouts

• Contributors face lower risk compared to traditional bounties

• Participation increases organically via GitHub workflows

Assumption (conservative):

• A 10% increase in active projects leads to a 15–20% increase in contributor participation, driven by reduced trust friction.

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3. Higher Successful Claims

More contributors result in:

• Faster issue resolution

• Higher completion rates

• More validated bounty claims

Observed effect:

• Higher claim success rate directly increases protocol usage

• zkPull earns fees only on successful claims

Example:

• 100 bounties → 70% completion rate → 70 successful claims

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4. Protocol Revenue Increases

Each successful claim generates protocol fees.

Using the defined revenue model:

• 5% fee per bounty

• 60% of fees → AVS operators

• 40% of fees → zkPull treasury

Example:

• $100,000 total bounty volume

• $5,000 protocol fees generated

  • $3,000 → AVS operators

  • $2,000 → protocol treasury

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5. Stronger AVS Operator Incentives

As fees increase:

• AVS operators earn more

• More operators are incentivized to join

• Validation becomes more decentralized and reliable

Assumption:

• A 20–30% increase in operator rewards attracts new operators and increases validation redundancy.

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6. Higher Trust & Protocol Reliability

With more operators and consistent validation:

• Claim verification becomes more robust

• Trust assumptions decrease

• zkPull becomes safer for higher-value bounties

This encourages:

• Larger bounty sizes

• More security-critical use cases

• Adoption by protocols and DAOs

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7. Larger & More Frequent Bounties

As trust increases:

• Projects post higher-value bounties

• More complex issues are incentivized

• zkPull captures higher total volume without increasing fees

Flywheel restarts with higher baseline value.

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Flywheel Metrics Snapshot

Metric	Effect
+10% Projects	+15–20% Contributors
+20% Contributors	+25% Claims
+25% Claims	+25% Protocol Fees
60% of Fees	AVS Incentives
40% of Fees	Protocol Sustainability