The 0G Foundation, which is building Zero Gravity (0G), the first decentralized AI Operating System, recently announced the sale of AI Alignment Nodes, to help bolster its network and allow community members to be early participants. In this piece, we break down what 0G is building and the economics behind the node sale.
Intro to 0G
0G is a decentralized AI Operating System, uniquely designed to overcome the inherent limitations of centralized AI offerings. By integrating a high-throughput data availability layer with decentralized storage and a serving layer, 0G facilitates the creation and operation of highly scalable fully on-chain AI applications. 0G not only offers considerable improvements in speed and cost efficiency but also ensures that AI development and management are transparent, user-oriented, and economically fair, thereby fostering an environment where AI can be developed as a public good with aligned incentives for all participants.
0G’s high performance architecture makes it all possible. 0G's throughput of 50 GB/second per consensus layer is 50,000x faster than its rivals, at 100x lower cost. Additionally, 0G's built-in data storage system is 1000x faster.
0G’s architecture consists of four key components:
0G Storage is a highly scalable on-chain database catering to both Web2 and Web3 data requirements. Data security and accessibility is guaranteed through erasure encoding. A network of miners is incentivized to store and manage data through 0G’s Proof of Random Access (PoRA) consensus mechanism.
0G DA scales by using randomly selected Data Availability Nodes for consensus and relies on the 0G Consensus network for final verification. Its "erasure commitment" is a KZG commitment tied to a hidden parameter from a trusted setup, ensuring secure data availability. This model enables infinite scaling while maintaining security and efficiency across networks managed by the same validators.
0G Serving facilitates scalable workloads such as data retrieval, AI inference, and model training. 0G Serving enables AI service providers to connect with users, publish models, and conduct transactions through smart contracts.
0G Chain is a highly scalable, EVM-compatible, AI-optimized L1 blockchain which serves as the coordination layer for all other other layers.
0G Ecosystem & Backers
0G has cultivated a burgeoning ecosystem from both the supply and demand side of the equation. On the supply-side we have ZK & Interop (Union, Brevis, Gevulot, Axelar), Restaking (EigenLayer, Babylon, PingPong), GPUs: (io.net, exaBits, Aethir, Hyperbolic) and Indexing & Oracles (Hemera, Redstone).
On the demand side, we have AI applications (various projects focused on data generation, data cleaning and labeling, AI models, model inference, dApps, on-chain Agents), L1s, L2s, L3s, and Appchains (Polygon, OP, Arbitrum, Manta), Other Infra (Alchemy, Nodekit, AltLayer, Gelato, Caldera) as well as Gaming (Blade Games, Shrapnel, Gaimin, Carv)
0G is backed by the likes of Hack VC, Stanford Builders Fund, Delphi Digital and GSR, among several others.
AI Alignment Node Sale
The 0G Foundation has announced the sale of AI Alignment Nodes. This node sale offers the community a chance to be an early participant in the growth and success of 0G.
Alignment Nodes monitor 0G validator nodes, storage nodes, and security nodes to make sure they are faithfully following network protocols. In the near future, the Alignment Nodes will also monitor on-chain AI model drift and ensure that 0G’s on-chain AI is behaving as intended.
Node Rewards
Alignment node operators in 0G's ecosystem have the opportunity to earn up to 15% of the total 0G token supply allocated over 3 years. Nodes are rewarded for assisting in checking and verifying the correct behavior of Storage, DA, and Serving nodes within the network, playing a key role in ensuring data integrity for the AI and other supported workloads.
Node sale participants and stakers may get additional rewards from the 0g ecosystem over time. After the expiry of the node allocations, the nodes will continue to do useful work and may receive a portion of the fees collected by the network.
Node Sale Details
Sale Date
Whitelist Node Sale Launch: November 11th, 2024, at 12 PM UTC, available for 2 days for Whitelisted users.
Public Node Sale Launch: November 13th, 2024, at 12 PM UTC, for all users to participate.
Node Pricing
The Node Sale consists of 175,500 total nodes, distributed across 32 tiers, starting at 0.05 ETH.
You can find the list of available tiers and tinker with your own assumptions here.
Nodes can be purchased from: https://0gfoundation.ai/
Parting Thoughts
0G’s vision is as important as it is big. The crypto x AI ecosystem is rather fragmented, and a high performance coordination layer is needed to create a cohesive experience for collaboration, development and implementation of fully on-chain AI applications. The AI Alignment Node sale is an interesting opportunity to be an early participant in 0G’s development.
