In a series of global gatherings, the Autonomys Network marked its presence from the bustling streets of Singapore to the energetic stages of New York City and Salt Lake City. These events — TOKEN2049, Mainnet by Messari, and Permissionless III — not only underscored the importance of web3 but showcased how the concept of decentralized AI (deAI) has taken center stage. The conversations and innovations around AI continue to solidify the Autonomys Network’s position as a critical infrastructure layer for AI3.0 — a future that depends on autonomous, decentralized intelligence.

TOKEN2049: A Bold Vision for Decentralization Amid a Centralized World

At TOKEN2049 in Singapore, the Autonomys Network found itself amid more than 20,000 participants, engaging in over 800 side events, networking sessions, and industry panels. The event spotlighted emerging trends in scalability, user adoption, and AI-driven technologies. However, while the excitement around decentralization was palpable at TOKEN2049, the influence of traditional financial systems was unmistakable. Despite the immersive web3 discussions, participants found themselves closely following the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announcement on September 18th that the Fed was lowering the federal funds rate by 0.5%. This decision served as a reminder of how even the most decentralized innovations remain interconnected with the centralized monetary policies that steer global economic conditions​. Since investors and markets are influenced by these policies, changes in interest rates can impact the flow of capital into decentralized assets, indirectly affecting their value and adoption.

As AI becomes increasingly integrated into blockchain technologies, Autonomys is positioned to play a key role in providing the infrastructure needed for autonomous systems to operate at global scale. Built as the foundation layer for AI3.0, the Autonomys Network is uniquely able to ensure privacy, security, and scalability for developers and users. Discussions with various partners in Singapore reinforced this vision, laying the groundwork for collaborations that will shape the emerging AI3.0 ecosystem.

Mainnet by Messari: Connecting with Institutional Visionaries

New York City’s Mainnet conference, hosted by Messari, provided an unparalleled platform to engage in dialogues that spanned DeFi, enterprise adoption, and the intersection of web3 and AI. The Autonomys team used this opportunity to strengthen our investor relations and networking channels with key industry players. The Crypto Finance panel on institutional adoption echoed Autonomys’ goals — building the infrastructure that will bring institutions to decentralized ecosystems.

The conference’s exploration of how AI and web3 converge sparked dynamic conversations, particularly around AI’s role in enhancing blockchain efficiency and intelligence. At the forefront of this convergence, Autonomys is positioned as a leader capable of delivering scalable, secure, and decentralized AI solutions. The discussions also highlighted that, as regulatory clarity evolves, projects like Autonomys are well-equipped to offer institutions the reliable, secure, and decentralized tools they need to engage with AI technologies on their terms.

Permissionless III: The Age of DeAI is Here

Salt Lake City’s Permissionless III was another significant event, where the global deAI ecosystem took center stage. The Autonomys Network was right at the heart of it, emphasizing its role in the AI movement. Head of Engineering Jeremy and Chief of Staff Chris were interviewed on multiple podcasts that will be released over the coming weeks.

The dedicated deAI day captured the interest of participants by exploring agent-based AI systems and the infrastructure necessary to support them. Key conversations underscored the importance of decentralizing AI to ensure that future intelligence systems are transparent, secure, and scalable — a vision that the Autonomys Network has been championing via our hyper-scalable deAI infrastructure stack encompassing high-throughput permanent distributed storage, data availability and access, and modular execution.

The conference highlighted projects like Morpheus, 6079, and Wire Network, all of which are contributing to building decentralized AI infrastructures. As Proof-of-Inference technologies gain traction, these efforts signal a broader shift toward decentralized AI ecosystems. The Autonomys Network, with its robust consensus mechanism and data architecture, is uniquely positioned to not only support these infrastructures, but also empower a wide range of AI applications. From decentralized marketplaces to autonomous trading agents, the Autonomys Network serves as the foundation layer that will enable scalable, secure, and truly autonomous systems to thrive.

Conclusion: The Path Forward for AI3.0

At TOKEN2049, Mainnet, and Permissionless III, the Autonomys Network made it clear that its focus is on building the real infrastructure needed for AI3.0. Rather than just riding the wave of AI hype, the Autonomys Network is committed to creating the essential systems that will support deAI development at scale — ensuring privacy, security, and efficiency are built in from the ground up.

These events reinforced a simple truth: the future of AI will require decentralized solutions, and Autonomys — the foundation layer for AI3.0 — is set to be a major player. With a sharpened focus on addressing the most prominent and promising web3 verticals of both today and the foreseeable future, the Autonomys Network has positioned itself to tackle the core challenges of deAI, ensuring its relevance and impact for years to come.

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‍Summary

October has been a transformative month for Autonomys, marked by significant milestones that bring us closer to our vision of a decentralized, AI-powered future. We successfully launched the Taurus Testnet on October 23rd, surpassing our 1.5 TiB Space Race target within hours — a testament to the robustness of our network and the dedication of our community. Our Mainnet Phase-1 is on track for a November 6th launch, enabling farmers to bootstrap storage, produce blocks, and secure Autonomys’ consensus chain.

Product development continues across the Auto Suite, including the Astral Block Explorer with enhanced features, the upcoming Auto Drive proof of concept targeting mid-November, and ongoing advancements with the Auto SDK. We are forging strong partnerships, engaging with over 80 potential collaborators, and have established new strategic alliances with Swan Chain, Masa, and Compute Labs. Our marketing efforts have expanded with the launch of Website V1.0, multiple PR campaigns, and a significant upcoming presence at Devcon 7. Our comprehensive whitepaper is now complete and will be released alongside our Mainnet Phase-1 launch, offering detailed insights into our technology and vision.

As we advance towards these pivotal milestones, we are both confident and excited about the path ahead. Thank you for your continued support and commitment. Together, we are shaping the future of AI and decentralization.

1.0 Protocol Updates

The Protocol team is actively testing mainnet release candidates, ensuring that all launch stages: history seeding, plotting, farming, the Space Race and block production function smoothly.

Key updates:

• We successfully launched our live Taurus testnet during Office Hours on Wednesday, 10/23, marking the Proof-of-Time ceremony with a chosen Bitcoin block. The network was launched without a hitch, remained stable, and the Space Race storage target of 1.5 TiB was exceeded within a few hours.
• We are preparing all infrastructure for Phase-1 launch: bootstrapping nodes, setting up timekeepers and RPCs, and finalizing the Astral block explorer.
• Progress on our scalable sharding architecture design, with a focus on supporting future AI use cases and increased data throughput.
• Archiving notifications for efficient data retrieval from the DSN are now merged and will significantly improve the developer experience on mainnet.

2.0 Product Updates

As we continue to build and enhance our product suite, we’ve made notable progress across multiple initiatives.

Key highlights:

• Astral: We have successfully finalized reward visibility features in Astral, the block explorer, and are now preparing it for mainnet launch.
• Auto Drive: Auto Drive offers a user-friendly interface for uploading, downloading, and organizing files via our DSN, as well as an SDK and API for developers to integrate storage capabilities into their applications.
• Auto SDK: Work continues on core functionality, adding advanced support for storage upload and download to the Autonomys Network.
• Developer Support: A renewed emphasis has been placed on comprehensive developer resources, including enhanced documentation and toolkits to facilitate broader platform adoption and ecosystem growth.

3.0 Marketing Updates

During October we focused on launching several key products, which has set the stage for an increased and enhanced social presence, highlighting the core competencies of branding, key messaging, partnership onboarding, and PR.

• Autonomys.xyz Website V1.0: With the launch of our newly designed website, we have seen sustained traction in several key metrics: Monthly Visitors, New Visitors and Average Session Duration. We will continue to improve the website as well as enable further visibility around tracking to ensure proper website health performance over time.
• Social Media: We have seen a dramatic uptick in most key measurable metrics across all socials since September 1st. This momentum continued to increase in October owing to several factors: a strategic content calendar with a focus on key announcements, PR, and various media appearances.

• PR Distributions: Media opportunities have scaled substantially with a focus on furthering the AI3.0 narrative for Autonomys. Below are some of the releases for the month of October:
• 8 Thought Leaders Reflect on Crypto’s Next Chapter: TOKEN2049 Highlights
• Interview with Jeremy Frank from Autonomys at Permissionless III 2024
• Masa Partners with Autonomys Network, an AI Infrastructure
• Autonomys in Strategic Partnership With ‘Compute Tokenization’ Platform Compute Labs
• Gold bests S&P 500 since 2005 as metal hits all-time high, Bitcoin consolidates at $67k
• Top AI Blockchain Projects for 2024
• Twitter Spaces can Throw Up some Real Gems

4.0 Partnership Updates

October has been a transformative month for Autonomys’ ecosystem expansion, marked by significant strategic partnerships.

Our key strategic partnerships this month include:

• Swan Chain: Integration focused on seamless, affordable deAI development, providing permanent distributed storage and decentralized AI compute marketplaces.
• Masa: Partnership enabling AI builders to access high-quality, real-time, multimodal training data streams for next-gen agents.
• Compute Labs: Collaboration bringing advanced GPU compute resources and financial innovation to the AI3.0 ecosystem.

Community & industry engagement highlights:

• Hosted the inaugural AI3.0 Ecosystem Panel on Fair, Private deAI Training Data Access, featuring discussions with our CEO, and partners: Masa, ZkAGI, and PublicAI.
• Strengthened infrastructure partnerships with distributed cloud storage and omnichain coding network, Optimum.
• Advancing preparations for Devcon 7 SEA in Thailand to establish new relationships and showcase ecosystem growth.

These strategic alignments reflect our commitment to building a comprehensive AI3.0 ecosystem that combines decentralized infrastructure, high-quality data access, and compute resources. Each partnership has been carefully selected to strengthen specific aspects of our network’s capabilities and expand our reach in the web3 and AI domains.

5.0 Community Updates

October has been focused on building momentum and community engagement as we approach the Mainnet Phase-1 launch.

Key activities this month include:

Hosted community rehearsal Nano and Micro Space Races between our Mini Space Race earlier this year and the upcoming Mainnet Phase-1 launch and Space Race.

Completed processing of Genesis seed data from the contest, which has been transferred to the Engineering team ready for uploading at Mainnet Phase-1 launch.

Continued supporting community through:

• Managing and auditing community rewards to ensure transparency and trust.
• Providing ongoing refinement of farmer and developer documentation, including increasing translation coverage and languages supported.
• Sharing updates on the Mainnet Phase-1 roadmap.

Launched the Big Bang campaign featuring multiple community initiatives:

• Space Race Plot-O-Meter — A real-time visualization tracking pledged storage.
• Legacy to Launch Rig Showdown — Community hardware showcase highlighting farming setups.
• On-Chain Graffiti Wall — Creative art contest with top 25 submissions to be rendered on-chain.
• Knockout Meme Tournament — Community engagement through creative meme competitions.

The community team continues to focus on maintaining strong community engagement during this crucial transition period between the testnet era and Mainnet Phase-1 launch. These initiatives alongside regular Farmer Office Hours and Developer Office Hours calls are designed to keep the community active and involved while setting the foundation for the next phase of network development.

6.0 Operational Updates

Our team continues to grow and evolve as we prepare for Mainnet Phase-1.

Key highlights include:

New Team Members:

• Saeid Yazdinejad has completed his studies and transitioned from Research Assistant to a full-time role within the Research Team, working under Dariia and Chen.

Global Team Presence:

• 8 members of the team will be representing Autonomys at Devcon 7 in Bangkok, Thailand. We would love to see you at our side events if you’re attending!

Open Positions:

• Product Engineer (Fullstack) with frontend focus
• Sr. Protocol Engineer (Rust)
• Product Manager (Upcoming)

Our commitment to building a strong, diverse team continues as we scale our operations and move toward our mainnet Phase-1 milestone and beyond.

7.0 What’s Next?

We’re excited to reiterate our Mainnet Launch Strategy:

1. Mainnet Phase-1 (November 2024): Core consensus chain launch, enabling farmers to bootstrap storage, produce blocks, and secure Autonomys’ base layer.
2. Mainnet Phase-2 (early Q1 2025): Domain layer and Nova EVM launch, implementing innovative decoupled execution environments, and building out the AI3.0 ecosystem with AI-powered dApps.
3. Mainnet Phase-3 (2025-onwards): Scalability roadmap implementation.

The Autonomys Network AI3.0 stack, Auto Suite, and our philosophy of radical autonomy have been thoroughly documented in our newly completed whitepaper. This comprehensive document, building on our previous technical papers, represents a significant milestone in our development journey. While the whitepaper is now complete, we’ve strategically aligned its public release with our upcoming Mainnet Phase-1 launch to maximize its impact. It offers an in-depth look at the evolution of our protocol and its decentralized, permissionless approach to shaping the future of AI.

8.0 A Note from the CEO

I’m deeply grateful and honored by the trust placed in me as we guide Autonomys toward an exciting future. We truly appreciate your continued support as we move toward the imminent launch of our Phase-1 mainnet.

I’m extremely thankful for the dedication and resilience of our amazingly talented team, whose hard work is making our vision a reality.

Together, we are building something we know will be transformative and help to shape the decentralized AI landscape. Your commitment and belief in our mission empower us to continue pushing boundaries and achieving these new milestones.

We look forward to sharing the incredible progress we make as we approach the next chapter of the Autonomys Network.

With deep appreciation and excitement for the future,

— Todd Ruoff, CEO of Autonomys Labs

About Autonomys Network

Autonomys Network — the foundation layer for AI3.0 — is a hyper-scalable decentralized AI (deAI) infrastructure stack encompassing high-throughput permanent distributed storage, data availability and access, and modular execution. Our deAI ecosystem provides all the essential components to build and deploy secure super dApps (AI-powered dApps) and on-chain agents, equipping them with advanced AI capabilities for dynamic and autonomous functionality.

Autonomys is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Protofire. Our collaboration is focused on the development, deployment and ongoing maintenance of our robust infrastructure stack, as well as promoting organic user growth and developer adoption within the Autonomys Network and its AI3.0 ecosystem.

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Key Aspects of the Partnership

• Multisigs & DeFi: Protofire is building and deploying Safe multisig integration on Autonomys’ Taurus testnet and eventually on Mainnet at Phase-2 launch. We’ll inform the community when it’s ready as we’re eager for you all to test it. Autonomys is also likely to work with Protofire on secure DeFi development, deployment and integration in the future.
• Bridging & Interoperability: Autonomys is exploring bridging and cross-chain interoperability solutions proposed by Protofire that will drive significant user growth and liquidity to our network.
• Developer Adoption: Protofire will help spearhead Autonomys’ developer marketing and community growth efforts via strong KOL strategy support that will expand our developer community, particularly during Hacker Month 2 — our upcoming developer/protocol testing and onboarding campaign set to take place post-Mainnet Phase-1 launch.

“Our partnership with Autonomys marks an exciting milestone for both Protofire and Autonomys. By deploying Safe on their network, we’re not only enhancing security but also laying the groundwork for a robust, user-friendly ecosystem. Our early engagement with the Taurus testnet has given us valuable insights, positioning us to create tooling that truly serves builders and users in this fast-growing ecosystem. We look forward to a long-term partnership that will drive significant advancements for Autonomys and its community.” Ivan Bandaryk, CTO at Protofire

“The Protofire team are kindred spirits of Autonomys; their obvious passion for the technology resonates with our own team. Ivan and his colleagues’ extensive technical knowledge and experience are allowing us to accelerate our plans to deliver several core infrastructure projects on our EVM domain — the tooling builders and users would expect of a burgeoning, vibrant network ecosystem. We are also very happy to have found them farming on our testnet before we were introduced! Here’s to a long and fruitful relationship.” Jim Counter, Head of Community at Autonomys

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About Protofire

Protofire is a leading web3 development and smart contract engineering firm and developer DAO recognized for its expertise in Safe deployment and multisig infrastructures. Protofire works with top-tier L1/L2 blockchains, DeFi protocols and DAOs to design, deploy and support high-quality, cost-effective solutions, leveraging strategic planning, compatibility, and marketing to drive long-term growth in project usage and total value locked (TVL).

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About Autonomys

The Autonomys Network — the foundation layer for AI3.0 — is a hyper-scalable decentralized AI (deAI) infrastructure stack encompassing high-throughput permanent distributed storage, data availability and access, and modular execution. Our deAI ecosystem provides all the essential components to build and deploy secure super dApps (AI-powered dApps) and on-chain agents, equipping them with advanced AI capabilities for dynamic and autonomous functionality.

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We are incredibly excited to announce tentative dates for our Space Race to activate mainnet rewards! As well as marking the live launch of the Autonomys Network Mainnet Phase-1, the Space Race is a pivotal event that guarantees our consensus is robust from the start.

As the number of farmers and total amount of plotted space on the network grows, our Proof-of-Archival Storage (PoAS) consensus becomes increasingly secure. The Space Race is designed to ensure this happens as quickly as possible by establishing decentralized consensus across the network before rewards are activated.

Farmers’ participation is crucial to the success of the Space Race as they contribute the storage and computational resources needed to bootstrap the live network during our most critical cold-start period. The Space Race will be a global, community-driven effort, with farmers racing collectively and collaboratively to achieve the target amount of space pledged. The entire network’s health, stability and future scalability relies on achieving secure consensus, and our farmer community’s contribution ensures the Autonomys blockchain is secured by real, decentralized participation.

Phases of the Space Race

• Phase-1: Launchpad — 6 Nov

The Subspace Foundation launches the network and infrastructure on a launch party call with a Proof-of-Time (PoT) seed ceremony. Genesis Data seeding commences, enabling farmers to join the network, plot, and sync their nodes via instructions shared with the community.

• Phase-2: Lift-off — 13 Nov

The Space Race starts when data seeding is complete, the initial solution range is set, and the target amount of pledged storage is announced via a community event, allowing farmers to begin producing blocks (farming). Farmers that plot the first sectors on mainnet are eligible for the highest rewards on our issuance curve once they’re enabled.

• Phase-3: Escape Velocity — unknown

Mainnet rewards are automatically activated (and farmers start earning $AI3) when the Space Race target is reached — announced via an ad-hoc async community event. As the community will determine when we hit the target, it could happen at any time post-Phase-2, meaning we cannot accurately provide a date for this up-front.

Important information

Farmers can watch the community’s progress towards the Space Race target via our awesome community plot-o-meters, and check their $AI3 rewards (converted from tSSC) earned across our series of incentivized testnets via the Astral Rewards Checker. A detailed paper explaining the initial utility of our native $AI3 token is forthcoming.

The Space Race to launch Mainnet Phase-1 is what we have all been waiting for, and is the culmination of so much hard work from the Autonomys team and community (not least our dress-rehearsal Mini, Nano and Micro Space Races over the last year).

Stay tuned to our announcement channels for further details on how to join the Space Race and ensure your nodes are ready. For more details on the Space Race, consult our forum post.

Onwards, Autonauts!

About Autonomys

The Autonomys Network — the foundation layer for AI3.0 — is a hyper-scalable decentralized AI (deAI) infrastructure stack encompassing high-throughput permanent distributed storage, data availability and access, and modular execution. Our deAI ecosystem provides all the essential components to build and deploy secure super dApps (AI-powered dApps) and on-chain agents, equipping them with advanced AI capabilities for dynamic and autonomous functionality.

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