As autumn begins, the Nexus community continues to build momentum with creativity, collaboration, and innovation. With the new product roadmap unveiled this season, we’re entering a defining chapter. From enhanced performance metrics to the Gridcrews launch and creative community contributions, fall will be the season of inspiring growth and participation across our community.
What’s new
Gridcrews launch
Nexus launched Gridcrews, a community-driven initiative where participants select one of three paths: SYN, ACK, or FIN, to compete as teams in a 15-day quest challenge. Members earn collective rewards by completing missions and fostering collaboration across crews.
The Delta Genesis collection debuted with new boosted quests, including Daily Compute Contribution and limited-time Glyph minting, available only until October 28. With Alpha, Beta, and Gamma minting now closed, Delta introduces a fresh phase in the evolution of Nexus’s collectible ecosystem.
Milestones so far
We shared our two-year origin story, tracing growth from a 1 Hz zkVM prototype at Stanford to Testnet III, now achieving millions of computations. The story reflects two years of progress, from research foundations to a thriving ecosystem supported by strong funding, releases, and community adoption.
1/ In just a two years, Nexus has gone from a 1 Hz prototype to a global zkVM powering millions of verifiable computations.
Our October performance metrics shows how expressive Nexus’ technological acceleration is:
Block times reduced to 0.303 seconds
Proof completion rates nearing 100%
Over 730,000 daily transactions
Verified contracts increasing 6× to 1.85 million
These figures highlight Nexus’s steady march toward mainnet readiness, supported by enhanced verifiability and throughput.
The past month marked a turning point for the Nexus proving network — a month defined by acceleration, scale, and deepening trust.https://t.co/6tbUnS0mtA
Nexus ambassador @MrVooDooNFT built the Nexus NFT Tracker, allowing users to check claimed and unclaimed Nexus NFTs by wallet address, a community tool designed to improve transparency and accessibility.
As a long-time member and now an Ambassador of @NexusLabs, I built the Nexus NFT Tracker 🎯 You can now easily see which Nexus NFTs you’ve minted and which you’ve missed, just paste your wallet address! 🔗 https://t.co/w4WSW6yidm
@setu901detailed their hands-on experience with Nexus Testnet III, outlining how they ran nodes, completed compute tasks, and contributed to network operations
🚀 Running a Nexus Node – Testnet III Journey@NexusLabs
The Nexus Testnet III is live, and the community of NodeRunners is stronger than ever. Whether you’re contributing compute, minting Glyphs, or exploring the Nexus CLI, every action helps build the foundation of the… pic.twitter.com/4L21sfdcfd
Nexus Head of Content Daniel McGlynn joined a live AMA titled “From Agents to Assets: Unlocking Verifiable Finance with Decentralized AI,” alongside partners at Genzio and Bitget.
The discussion covered how Nexus’s architecture transforms computing agents into verifiable financial assets, how node runners and data providers create value, and the upcoming roadmap for bridging AI, blockchain, and finance in a decentralized model.
Happening tomorrow.
From Agents to Assets: Unlocking Verifiable Finance with Decentralized AI.
Nexus will go to Chengdu, China for the first time on November 1, gathering developers, builders, and KOLs for an in-person meetup. The event will feature discussions on network progress and global community initiatives.
As the season turns, the Nexus ecosystem continues to expand, technically, creatively, and globally. With the roadmap guiding the months ahead, we are excited to see how our community’s collective energy will continue to define the next phase of Nexus.
