Original author: dt
Original editor: Lisa
Every round of bull market has new narratives, and the most potential in this round is definitely the AI-related narrative. This AI craze has blown from Web2 to Web3, and various AI-related projects have sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain. appeared, and the project of shared GPU decentralized cloud computing is even more popular among venture capital institutions. It combines the most traditional hardware mining gameplay of the blockchain and successfully uses the two concepts of Depin + AI to make the blockchain Chain decentralization can also keep up with the AI craze.
This weeks Cryptosnap Dr.DODO will introduce to you three early projects of GPU mining decentralized cloud computing that retail investors can also participate in. Lets ride on this wave and participate together.
io.net
The first one to be introduced is io.net, a decentralized DePIN project based on Solana that focuses on providing GPU computing power to AI and machine learning companies. Founded by Ahmad Shadid, it originated from his idea to reduce costs when building a GPU computing network for his machine learning quantitative trading company Dark Tick in 2020. After the launch of OpenAIs ChatGPT, Shadid realized that this network could Provide AI/ML companies with the massive computing power they need.
io.net aims to build the Internet of GPUs to solve the shortage of GPU computing power caused by the AI boom. The computing power of the platform can be used for parallel processing workloads such as model training, batch inference, hyperparameter adjustment, and reinforcement learning. It brings together idle GPU resources from data centers, cryptocurrency miners and other idle GPU resources, and can automatically handle task scheduling, organizational planning and resource expansion. This allows RD teams to perform the required computing work on distributed computing resources without worrying about the limited availability, high costs, and poor setup choices that are common with public cloud services. Recently, io.net launched a reward program called Ignition. From March 1 to April 28, points will be awarded based on the number of GPUs users supply to the network. For details on how to provide computing power, please refer to the official documentation. teaching. Although the article does not clearly state whether the rewarded points can be redeemed for io.nets platform token IO token, CEO Shadid said that IO token will be issued on April 28.
Source: io.net
Gaimin
The second project to be introduced is the DePIN cloud computing project running on the Solana chain - Gaimin. It was founded by the e-sports team gaimin gladiators team. Different from the io.net general-purpose GPU decentralized network, Gaimin comes from the gaming field. Starting from the beginning, the goal is to combine cloud computing power with the game platform to build a dAPP that can also provide services such as game download and login, and can rent out the GPU computing power of its own hardware when idle, so that players can obtain additional rewards, and with the help of large-scale Some players use high-performance GPU computing power to build a decentralized distributed supercomputing platform gaimin.cloud, which can provide customers with data processing services such as video rendering, AI deep learning, and blockchain computing power. Gaimin announced its plan for an L2 game public chain last week. It will build an L2 public chain using opBNB Stack technology on BNB and cooperate with MovementLab to use Move technology to achieve a throughput of more than 150 k TPS, reduced latency, and the lowest Gas costs and enhanced user experience for Web3 games.
In terms of tokens, players can already earn blind mining of $GMRX tokens by downloading and installing the Gaimin Windows application. For details, please refer to the QA on the official website. The tokens are not yet online yet and are expected to be released on 3/21 to 3/22. IDO fundraising is conducted on Seedify, and the token distribution is as shown below. Currently, the official launch of a Gaimin Gladiators NFT, holders can obtain $GMRX airdrops by staking the NFT on the Gaimin platform.
Source: https://assets-global.website-files.com/63d5b026b0a17e3e59e9aefb/65bbdaf57204114d0fee4da0_Summary_Gaimin.pdf
Heurist
The third project to be introduced is Heurist. Unlike the above two projects, Heurist is more community-based projects. Currently, the team background or capital financing has not been announced, so extra attention must be paid to security. Heurist is an L2 public chain built on ZK Stack for AI model hosting and inference. It takes advantage of ZK Stacks scalability, customization, security, interoperability with other chains, and future-oriented architecture to create A blockchain specifically optimized for AI model hosting and inference. A decentralized AI infrastructure network has been implemented, and users can obtain AI model inference services such as text generation and image generation on a pay-per-use basis. The goal is to allow anyone to contribute resources or models and benefit from the open AI infrastructure network, thereby achieving decentralized and democratized access to AI, and any user can seamlessly integrate into themselves through the AI functions in Heurist in the application. Retail investors can earn or consume tokens $HUE by becoming network participants through their respective roles. For example, miners earn fees and token distribution by hosting AI models, model creators receive part of user payments, and application developers receive a certain percentage of fees. , validating nodes are rewarded by checking data integrity. The Heurist project is still in its early stages. Unlike io.net and Gaimin, Heurist is not a platform for renting out computing power. Instead, it uses users’ computing power to run specific LLM learning models. Heurist is currently conducting its incentivized test network. If you want to use its AI model services, you can apply for API access.
Source: https://www.heurist.ai/
Authors opinion
For readers who have idle GPU computing power and a small amount of funds, I think it is a good way to participate in such GPU mining projects. At present, most of the mining projects in the currency circle are quite large, such as Blast or EigenLayer. It is quite difficult for small retail investors to make a profit by staking ETH to obtain airdrop rewards. It is more like a game for big whales, while GPU mining is like the early POW chain, which has a small and broad space.
The author believes that there will only be more and more projects of this type of Depin + AI computing power mining in the future this year. Everyone will definitely want to get involved with the most popular AI. Readers with small funds can look for these projects. Projects that type GPU mining may get unexpected surprises.
