The current situation, difficulties and future of AI+Crypto
Artificial intelligence is essentially a centralized technology. It benefits largely from economies of scale, as running off a single data center makes things more efficient. In addition, data, machine learning models, machine learning talent, etc. are usually controlled by a few technology companies, although cryptocurrencies can help decentralize artificial intelligence through the use of technologies such as ZKML, which can be applied to data centers, databases, machine learning models themselves .
For example, in computing, using zero-knowledge proofs, users can prove that the actual process of inference or training a model is correct. Under this distributed process, anyone with a GPU can contribute computing power to the network and train models in this way, without having to rely on a large data center that centralizes all GPUs.
But to achieve decentralization in computing. The first is the verification problem. Zero-knowledge technology is currently a relatively clear solution, but currently ZK technology can only be applied to smaller models. The challenge facing AI+Crypto at this stage is that the performance of most cryptographic networks cannot meet the needs of training or inference of very large models.
The second problem is distributed system problem. That is, how to coordinate a huge community, let community users contribute GP to a network, and build an integrated and unified computing bottom layer? There will be many challenges, such as how to break down the workload of machine learning in a reasonable way and assign different workloads to different nodes of the network, and how to complete all of this work efficiently.
Therefore, if an incentive mechanism can be created to allow community users to proactively come forward and provide valuable data, it is possible to achieve better long-tail data coverage. Therefore, some kind of incentive mechanism can be constructed to ensure that the data provided by community users is true and beneficial. That is, by rewarding contributions, community users can create motivation for the existence of the market.
The vision of combining cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence is to create a set of protocol mechanisms to distribute the value generated by artificial intelligence technology to more people. All community users can participate and contribute, and all can share the benefits brought by the technology. Revenue Benefits.
Therefore, those who can profit will be those who contribute computing power, contribute data, or contribute new machine learning models to the network. Under this mechanism, better machine learning models can be trained and solve AI problems. The team faces issues such as funding and computing power.
Under the decentralization of cryptocurrency, each network group can create a token and distribute the token to the community. All of these people will have collective ownership of this decentralized network for computing data and models, and can also capture some of the value of all economic activity conducted through this network.
It is conceivable that in the future, every transaction conducted through the network, every payment method to pay for computing fees, data fees, or model fees, may be charged a certain fee, and these fees will enter the network controlled by the entire network. treasury. Token holders jointly own the network, which is essentially the business model of the AI network.
Ankr releases AI chain: Neura Chain—artificial intelligence application incubation platform
Neura Chain is a platform dedicated to changing the integration of artificial intelligence, cloud computing and blockchain technology. It was launched by Web3 infrastructure platform Ankr, and jointly with the Bitcoin ecological pledge protocol Babylon introduced ankrBTC as the underlying liquidity protection.
It aims to focus on computing, develop computing-centric and computing-driven products, and focus on developing the application ecosystem of artificial intelligence on Neura Chain. At the same time, it can also bring more liquid economic value services based on Bitcoin to other layer 2.
In this joint construction, the Bitcoin staking protocol Babylon is responsible for POS staking of idle Bitcoins, and also provides Restaking similar to EigenLayer to increase security incentives.
Ankr is responsible for creating a liquid pledge Token (ankrBTC) for the Bitcoin pledged by Babylon, similar to Lido's stETH issued through the PoS chain. Ankr is also responsible for providing pledge nodes. According to the design of the relevant incentive mechanism, you can obtain ankrBTC by pledging Ankr to the Babylon protocol. After staking to obtain two levels of benefits, you can once again participate in related ecological DeFi projects to obtain the third level of rewards.
The BTC pledge nodes run by Ankr will also become the underlying verifier network of Neura Chain, using BTC liquidity as the economic value protection of Neura Chain. With this blessing, Neura Chain has the most stable underlying network benefits in current cryptocurrencies;
Neura’s core features:
1) Decentralized GPU market: The core of Neura is a dynamic market that bridges the gap between GPU providers and developers, ensuring an efficient interaction channel between developers and GPU providers, thereby enabling high-performance Democratizing the availability of GPU resources.
2) Economic model driven by the ANKR token: The ANKR token is the key to the Neura economy and is the currency for all transactions within the entire ecosystem, incentivizing GPU providers and rewarding developers for their innovative contributions.
3) Innovative token standards for native artificial intelligence projects: Neura natively integrates ERC-404 and ERC-7641 token standards, aiming to introduce new financing and operating models for artificial intelligence projects. Through the integration of ERC-404 and ERC-7641 token standards with AI applications, partial ownership and revenue sharing of AI models can be achieved, expanding the investment accessibility of artificial intelligence projects, and expanding community users to make changes to AI models. Contribute more.
4) Adopt decentralized storage solutions: Neura is based on offline storage solutions such as EigenLayer, Celestia, Arweave and IPFS, ensuring the efficiency and security of data storage, making Neura a powerful tool for data-intensive artificial intelligence and blockchain applications. platform.
5) AI project launch service - IMOs: Neura's unique and groundbreaking financing mechanism can help artificial intelligence projects obtain investment and computing resources through the blockchain at an early stage. IMOs utilize the ANKR token and the ERC-404 and ERC-7641 standards to provide a transparent, fair and efficient way to launch and scale artificial intelligence projects.
6) Convenient interoperability: Neura is built based on the Cosmos SDK and is compatible with the CosmosIBC protocol and ERC-20, ensuring the seamless deployment and interaction of artificial intelligence models in different blockchain ecosystems.
At the network operation level, GPU providers submit detailed information (such as GPU specifications, IP addresses, and ANKR token deposits) to Neura's blockchain through smart contracts for registration, while task submitters (computing power demanders) use selected The GPU provider's public key encrypts its task and submits it to off-chain storage, where the reference is recorded on Neura's blockchain. It is up to the GPU provider to retrieve the task, decrypt it, execute it, and upload the results to off-chain storage, updating the smart contract with the results.
In this process, the ANKR token serves as a key medium for the operation of the protocol network - all ecosystem transactions, including access to GPU resources, participation in Initial Model Products (IMO), and acquisition of AI services, need to be completed through ANKR. At the same time, the network will also reward GPU providers with ANKR tokens in the form of Depin to ensure the coordination of global computing resources to serve artificial intelligence ecological applications.
On the whole, Neura Chain uses Bitcoin liquidity as the underlying protection, is also built based on Cosmos SDK and is ERC-20 compatible, allowing Neura to easily interact with other blockchain networks in the future, while the dynamic market and innovation of GPU computing power IMOs provide early financing, computing power matching, model training and other services to more AI teams, becoming an ecological network for incubating AI applications.
The significance of Neura Chain for AI
1. Introducing BTC security into the AI network: Neura and Babylon are both networks built based on the Cosmos SDK, and have natural adaptability in terms of cooperation. This also means that Neura will become the first to "eat the crab"—— It is the first AI network built based on BTC liquidity.
As AnkrBTC liquidity enters the Neura chain, the three-piece DeFi application based on AnkrBTC will also be launched. After the three-piece set of DEFI is online, in addition to meeting users' trading needs for assets, the computing power of core categories of assets will also be increased. trade. That is, it is launched through ERC 404 (the operation plan is as mentioned above). Therefore, in the future, the Neura chain will not only be a network based on BTC liquidity protection, Ankr's large-scale GPU computing power service transaction needs will also become its core product business through the Neura chain;
The evolution of AI requires the joint promotion of three key elements: algorithms, computing power and data. For some emerging AI projects, the investment cost in computing power is huge. In order to reduce costs and obtain more computing power, there is no choice but to It can cooperate with cloud service giants, but the emergence of cloud computing power network attracts users to participate in the network to contribute computing power and data through depin incentives, which greatly reduces the cost investment of AI developers in computing power. This also means that in the future, more AI projects will transfer computing power requirements to the blockchain; and Nerua, an AI network that integrates BTC liquidity protection and large-scale computing power network accumulation, is naturally the first choice for the AI team to consider;
2. Native IMO (Initial Model Offering) service: From ICO to IEO, to the now popular IDO or LBP, the beginning of each wave of changes in asset issuance methods can bring about a batch of new projects, and also allow some Degen to obtain new income.
In 2024, AI will undoubtedly be the biggest cryptocurrency narrative, and asset issuance around AI has attracted the attention of blockchain investors. IMO refers to the tokenization of real-life AI models and issuance as an asset: if users are optimistic about a certain AI model, they can choose to invest in its corresponding tokens, allowing the AI model provider to raise funds for development and development. ; At the same time, if the model generates economic benefits in actual use in the future, it may also be shared.
The ERC-7641 token standard introduced in Neura Chain is the core of AI model tokenization and is compatible with ERC-20. It is a bridge between AI models and the economic value they generate and token holders. Allow contributors and investors of open source AI models to share in the long-term value of the models.
IMO service is an innovative service that helps many AI teams to get started, because many AI teams have high demand for funds or a high threshold for funds when they start up in the early stages, especially when large sums of money are invested in computing power, including in AI models. R&D requires continuous funds to maintain, and the magnitude of this funding requirement is not at the same level as that of the blockchain team.
Therefore, Neura Chain embeds the native IMO service (ERC-7641) in the network, aiming to help the implementation of AI teams and the innovation of some business models. It can help these AI companies better obtain funds, computing power, GPU, etc. in the early stage, becoming The Launch platform for AI projects helps AI teams with development potential achieve better implementation and better promotion. At the same time, it can also provide investors with a bridge to participate in AI projects early, which is also the charm of decentralized networks;
3. Artificial intelligence application ecological incubation: In March, Ankr co-founder and CEO Chandler Song and Ankr co-founder and CTO Stanley Wu attended the NVIDIA GTC 24 conference. Ankr and Dell demonstrated cooperative GPU cloud services at the conference.
The core goal of participating in NVIDIA's conference is to bring more AI applications to Neura Chain. For example, after developers build an AI model, they need to train, which requires computing power. The founder of Ankr participated in the NVIDIA conference this time to communicate with various industry participants to discuss their AI needs or application directions. Then introduce it to the chain; if the AI team can be community-based, they can import their projects onto the Neura Chain, such as deploying IMO directly on the Neura Chain, completing early asset financing, or doing some Exploration in smartcontract, etc. Many new AI applications will also be shown at this NVIDIA conference, and these applications need to be launched into the market after generating models. Of course, a large number of GPUs are needed to complete application development in the early stage. For AI teams, they can choose to publish on Neura Chain. This is also the ecological strategy of Neura Chain to promote the deployment of AI applications in the future.
Summarize
As the AI craze sweeps the cryptocurrency world, as a new generation AI intelligent ecological chain, Neura also has multiple hot new narratives such as BTC re-pledge, computing power depin, AI application IMO incubation, etc. I believe that under the construction of the Ankr and Babylon teams, Neura Chain can occupy a place in the AI track;
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