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Decentralized Compute

GPU marketplaces, compute-over-data, decentralized training and verifiable execution. What is real capacity, what is token theatre, and how trust is (or is not) handled.

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Decentralized Compute Explainer Decentralized Training Explainer Experimental

Guides

Deploying on decentralized computeRent compute with an exit plan, a reviewed manifest and a clear boundary around the provider's access. intermediate None

Technologies

Aethir Deep dive Usable Akash Network Deep dive Usable Bacalhau and Compute-over-Data Deep dive Usable Bittensor Deep dive Usable Fluence Deep dive Usable General-purpose zkVMsalso in zero-knowledge Deep dive Usable Golem Network Deep dive Usable io.net Deep dive Usable Marlin Oyster Deep dive Usable Phala and 0G Deep dive Usable Render Network Deep dive Usable StartOSalso in opsec Deep dive Usable YunoHostalso in opsec Deep dive Usable Gonka Deep dive Experimental ZKML: Zero-Knowledge Machine Learningalso in zero-knowledge Deep dive Experimental

Reference and research

Compare decentralized compute platforms Comparison Usable Confidential Data Vending Machinesalso in confidential computing Research note Research

Directory18 curated links

Existing Projects

golem.network
gputopia.ai
akash.network
io.net — Decentralized computing architecture and cost comparison (2025)
rendernetwork
Akash 2025 Year in Review — Major AI inference deployments, Morpheus Compute Network integration
State of Akash Q4 2025 — GPU usage declined 46% QoQ, Mainnet 14 upgrade, AkashML launch
State of Akash Q3 2025 — Network fundamentals, Starcluster and AkashML developments
Dispersed.com — AI compute subnet launched December 2025
hsdljahdl/cocoon — Enable secure AI inference on TON while earning cryptocurrency with COCOON's decentralized compute network for models and GPU services
hpp-io/noosphere-sdk — Noosphere SDK enables you to build and run compute agents that participate in the Noosphere decentralized compute network
TimeleapLabs/tlp-contracts — Solidity smart contracts for Timeleap's decentralized compute marketplace with EIP712 signature authorization
CipherKuma/AgentPay — Decentralized compute marketplace where AI agents pay for GPU/inference services via x402 micropayments
REChain-Network-Solutions/DeCub — DeCub (Decentralized Compute Platform) is a decentralized distributed compute and storage platform using a hybrid consensus model

Distributed Compute Tooling

Lilypad — Decentralized GPU network for running containerized AI workloads with compute-provider payments
Lilypad DCN — EVM-coordinated decentralized compute network using Bacalhau and Docker for jobs
Fluence — Decentralized compute network for deploying VMs on independently operated infrastructure
Bacalhau — Distributed compute-over-data platform used by decentralized compute networks for containerized jobs

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Briefings6 latest

Decentralized Compute Tuesday — October 06 2026 Weekly Update2026-10-06 2026-10-06 Decentralized Compute Tuesday — September 29 2026 Weekly Update2026-09-29 2026-09-29 Decentralized Compute Tuesday — September 22 2026 Weekly Update2026-09-22 2026-09-22 Decentralized Compute Tuesday — September 15 2026 Weekly Update2026-09-15 2026-09-15 Decentralized Compute Tuesday — September 08 2026 Weekly Update2026-09-08 2026-09-08 Decentralized Compute Tuesday — September 1 2026 Weekly Update2026-09-01 2026-09-01

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