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Cairo VM

v2.15Production

by StarkWare

StarkWare's native VM for provable computation. Powers Starknet L2 and StarkEx. Stwo prover (2nd gen) live on mainnet since Nov 2025.

Architecture

ISA
Cairo
Languages
Cairo
Scheme
STARK
Detail
Stwo Circle STARK
Recursion
Yes

Performance

Peak Proving Speed
1.5 GHz
Cost / Bn cycles
$0.020
GPU Acceleration
CUDA

Security

Audited
Yes
Audited By
Multiple
Maturity
Production

Available Providers

2
FRM

Fermah

3rd-partyTestnet

Universal proof marketplace. Matchmaker routes workloads from Seekers to GPU/FPGA Operators. Supports zkVM, zkEVM, Groth16+.

auction

Two-sided marketplace — Matchmaker aligns Seeker demand with Operator supply. Competitive pricing.

ATL

Atlantic

3rd-partyMainnet

Managed ZK prover service by Herodotus. Official gateway to StarkWare's SHARP. Supports Cairo 0 and Cairo 1 programs with Stwo prover integration.

saas

Pay-as-you-go API. Free testnet, mainnet credits available.