Performance Benchmarks

Proof Generation

Operation	Circuit Size	Proving Time	Proof Size
File Upload	2^16 constraints	420ms	192 bytes
Access Grant	2^14 constraints	180ms	192 bytes
Balance Proof	2^15 constraints	310ms	192 bytes

Benchmarks performed on MacBook Pro M2, 16GB RAM

On-Chain Verification

Metric	Value
Verification Time	380ms (avg)
Gas Cost	0.000012 SOL (~$0.0002)
Throughput	2,600 proofs/sec (theoretical)

9.3 Storage Performance

Metric	zkVault	Google Drive	Dropbox
Upload Speed	8.3 MB/s	12.1 MB/s	10.4 MB/s
Download Speed	12.1 MB/s	15.3 MB/s	13.7 MB/s
Latency (First Byte)	240ms	180ms	210ms
Privacy	E2E Encrypted	Server-Side Access	Server-Side Access

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