Join the Genesis Data Contest before this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity slips away

In the rapid-paced world of web3, a few iconic moments have shaped the very fabric of the blockchain industry. These moments are rare, but their influence ripples across time. Bitcoin’s genesis block, launched in 2009, forever altered the global financial system and embedded a message that questioned centralized banking — ultimately sparking the cryptocurrency revolution. Ethereum’s genesis block in 2015 brought about smart contracts, broadening the conversation from currency to decentralized applications, and unlocking new possibilities for developers to build autonomous systems.

Both of these events were more than technical achievements — they were philosophical statements that catalyzed global movements. They embodied shifts in how people thought about trust, decentralization, and community governance, forever marking their significance in blockchain history.

Autonomys’ genesis seed data holds a similar promise — continuing and building upon the legacy of its decentralized precursors, which laid the technical and philosophical groundwork for new solutions like Autonomys to emerge.

Why This Moment is Crucial for Web3’s Future

Autonomys was founded on a key principle that distinguishes it from other web3 projects: decentralization is best achieved through mass participation and contribution. In a world where blockchain ecosystems are increasingly centralized, and where the claim of being community-oriented is more often an unrealized catch-phrase than a reality, Autonomys stands apart as an organization that actively embodies its commitment to community by continuously lowering the barriers to entry for contributors across the globe. Our infrastructure was built not just for technical elites but for everyday people — enabling mass participation through intuitive onboarding, simplified technical requirements, and the constant removal of barriers that keep communities fragmented.

Joining the Ranks of Iconic Genesis Blocks

Much like Bitcoin’s genesis block catalyzed decentralized finance and Ethereum’s genesis block paved the way for decentralized applications, Autonomys’ genesis seed data will stand as a pivotal inflection point in history — the start of the foundation layer for AI3.0. In addition to supporting today’s AI and web3 technologies with truly decentralized, secure, and scalable solutions, Autonomys builds upon the philosophical ambitions of its predecessors — to lay the optimal groundwork to enable vast future innovations and advancements that, while yet to be imagined, will undoubtedly become essential to everyday life — and hopefully enhance human existence as a whole.

How to Accept Our Invitation to Eternity

In web3, communities often speak about decentralization and participation, but at Autonomys, we do our best to uphold these promises with visible actions. From Space Acres, our accessible, low-lift farming solution for everyday people, to step-by-step tutorials, academic resources, and multilingual instructions, support teams and leadership, we strive to make it possible for nearly anyone to contribute to the Autonomys Network as part of an ecosystem that fosters inclusivity.

So, how do you accept our invitation to eternity? Simply join us on Discord and contribute your voice — tell us what seed data you believe should be included in Autonomys’ Mainnet Genesis Block.

• Bitcoin’s Genesis Block contained this message referencing a Times article that exemplified the pitfalls of centralized finance: “The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks”.
• Ethereum’s Genesis Block primarily contained initial Ether balances allocated to participants from the pre-sale.
• Autonomys’ Genesis Block data will contain… That’s up to you.

Whether you want to suggest a playful, creative or even deeply philosophical idea, the choice is yours — but the data, its historic significance, and its preservation will be all of ours and represent all of us. Read below for the full details of the Genesis Data Contest:

Genesis Data Contest Participation Details

The Genesis Data Contest is underway but there’s still time to hop in and pitch your idea!

Important Dates:

• Start: September 11, 2024, 5:00 PM UTC.
• End: October 4, 2024, 11:59:59 PM UTC.

Data Specifications:

• The data should be between 1 KiB and 1 GiB in size.
• Ensure the data is legal, non-offensive, and respects privacy and intellectual property rights. We reserve the right to delete any data that does not follow these guidelines.

Submission Process:

1. Create a new forum post thread in our #genesis-seed-data channel in Discord.
2. Each proposal should include:

• A detailed description of the data to be seeded.
• An explanation of the significance and relevance of the data to our community and the broader ecosystem.
• The file itself or a preview of the file.

Community Voting:

• After the submission deadline on October 4, 2024 the community will have the opportunity to review and vote on the proposals.
• Voting will be open until 2024–10–09 23:59:59 UTC.
• The Community Favorite will be decided by the number of Autonomys Logo reactions on the proposal.

Awards:

After voting is complete, three Autonomys Limited Edition Legacy merchandise packages will be awarded to:

• Community Favorite
• Team Favorite
• Ambassador Favorite

There will also be up to 20 runner-up prizes with a smaller merchandise award.

Everyone has a chance to be immortalized in the Autonomys blockchain genesis seed data.

Evaluation Criteria:

• Relevance and significance of the data to the community.
• Creativity and originality of the proposal.

Terms and Conditions

• Group Related Items: Please group related items together in a single entry. For example, a series of 100 related images should be submitted as one cohesive entry rather than 100 separate submissions.
• Distinct Entries: Each entry should represent a distinct idea or dataset. Submissions that are overly similar or repetitive may be consolidated at the team’s discretion.
• One Award Per Individual: An individual can win no more than one award.
• Eligibility Restrictions: Residents of certain countries and regions are not eligible to participate due to U.S. trade sanctions, embargoes, or other applicable restrictions. These include:

Countries/Regions: Burma, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Crimea Region, Bangladesh, Sudan, Ecuador, Egypt, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Russia, Namibia, and others.

Autonomys Community Initiative — Terms and Conditions 2

• Shipping Limitations: Merchandise prizes are subject to the shipping restrictions of our vendors. We are unable to ship to:

Regions: Crimea, Sevastopol, Luhansk, and Donetsk regions in Ukraine.

Countries: Russia, Belarus, Ecuador, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Syria.

• Data Inclusion Limitations: We have a target amount of seed data in mind, so there is a potential limit — especially on larger files or datasets — to the number of entries we can include in the mainnet seed data package.

About Autonomys Network

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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Dariia Porechna is a technical leader and visionary whose work at the forefront of blockchain and cryptography embodies the very essence of what Autonomys Network is building. As Head of Protocol Engineering, Dariia drives the core technological advancements that power Autonomys. Her deep expertise in cryptography, security, and scalability ensures that the network’s foundations are resilient and future-proof.

Originally from Kyiv, Ukraine, Dariia’s academic journey began at Kyiv Polytechnic University, where she studied Applied Mathematics and Cryptography, eventually graduating with a thesis that explored practical vulnerabilities in encryption standards. Now a seasoned cryptography and blockchain expert with experience at Wolfram Research working directly with Stephen Wolfram, Dariia continues to leverage this background to design and refine protocols that are both secure and scalable.

Since joining the project in May 2022, Dariia has been instrumental in the development of critical components of Autonomys’ architecture, from consensus v2 (Proof-of-Space + Proof-of-Time) to distributed storage and decoupled execution. As the primary author of the upcoming whitepaper, she has helped shape a clear and ambitious vision for the future of decentralized technology. Her work represents not just technical achievement, but a commitment to building scalable, secure, and decentralized systems that align with the Autonomys philosophy of inclusion and participation.

For Dariia, crafting solutions for Autonomys goes beyond addressing technical challenges. It’s about creating systems that are both human-centered and universally accessible. She believes Autonomys’ technological foundation is designed to enhance security and scalability, while empowering individuals and communities to engage with a decentralized future that is transparent, equitable, and accessible to all. At the same time, it serves as an optimized environment for future innovations and advancements yet to be discovered.

Dariia Porechna is available for speaking opportunities and commentary on the following topics:

• Cryptography and the state of cryptography
• Security
• Scalability
• General blockchain protocols and consensus
• Web3 philosophies

Connect with Dariia on socials:

• X: https://x.com/futuredies
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dariia-porechna/
• Github: https://github.com/dariolina

For booking inquiries please contact PR Communications Lead:

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Autonomys is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with SubQuery, a leader in fast, flexible, and scalable web3 infrastructure. Interoperability between both projects’ respective infrastructures will significantly advance the capabilities of decentralized AI (deAI) developers, as well as strengthening the web3 data ecosystem.

Integrating SubQuery Network’s decentralized data indexing, RPC, and AI hosting and inference with Autonomys’ hyper-scalable deAI infrastructure stack — encompassing high-throughput permanent distributed storage, data availability and access, and modular execution — presents numerous exciting opportunities. Both teams are eager to explore synergies across decentralized data storage, computation, and AI model hosting, and to support AI developer education to enable their effective usage.

Key Opportunities for Collaboration

• DeAI Model Hosting & Inference: SubQuery’s node operators contribute storage to host AI models and compute to run decentralized inference tasks. Integrating with Autonomys’ high-throughput distributed storage network and compute infrastructure would enhance our mutual scalability, performance, security and decentralization.
• Data Availability & Security: Integrating Autonomys’ data availability layer and robust consensus mechanisms with SubQuery’s decentralized data indexing and storage solutions would ensure the secure and seamless access of decentralized AI models, datasets and applications with reduced latency.
• AI Developer Support: SubQuery and Autonomys are collectively exploring how to provide AI developers with a complete pathway from data collection, model training and fine-tuning to production model deployment. This is all enabled by Autonomys’ decentralized storage and compute infrastructure and SubQuery’s decentralized inference hosting, as well as our joint efforts towards developer education and support.

Through this partnership, we are exploring how Autonomys’ hyper-scalable deAI infrastructure stack and SubQuery’s web3 data and deAI solutions can be strengthened, combined and optimized for future use cases and applications, and look forward to further discussions on collaboration and integration.

“We share the same vision that web3 technologies provide the solution to develop and deploy AGI in a sustainable, equitable, and ultimately better way. It’s great working with the excellent team at Autonomys to build fundamental infrastructure tools that are decentralized from the start and help us get there.” James Bayly, COO at SubQuery Network

“We’re excited to partner with SubQuery and explore how our deAI infrastructure stack can complement their scalable web3 infrastructure. Together, we aim to push the boundaries of decentralized AI and data infrastructure, with the broader vision of empowering future innovation without compromise.” Labhesh Patel, CEO & Co-founder at Autonomys.

About SubQuery

SubQuery Network is innovating web3 infrastructure with tools that empower builders to decentralize the future — without compromise. Our flexible DePIN powers the fastest data indexers, the most scalable RPCs, innovative data nodes, and leading open-source AI models. We are the roots of the web3 landscape, helping blockchain developers and their cutting-edge applications to flourish. We’re not just a company; we’re a movement driving an inclusive and decentralized web3 era.

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About Autonomys Network

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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Autonomys is thrilled to announce a strategic partnership with PublicAI. Based on both projects’ shared vision of an open, collaborative, and accessible decentralized AI ecosystem, PublicAI intends to leverage Autonomys’ hyper-scalable deAI infrastructure to enhance its AI training capabilities. We’re excited about their exploration and potential integration of our mechanisms for data validation, consensus and decentralized identification. Stay tuned for our upcoming X Spaces panel featuring PublicAI and other recent partners!

Key Aspects of the Partnership

• Data Validation: PublicAI will apply Autonomys’ fraud proof technology for data validation, enabling the inspection of execution traces, verification of state transitions, and confirmation of output states through Merkle proofs, ensuring data integrity and accuracy.
• Consensus: Autonomys’ decentralized sequencing and consensus mechanisms could potentially integrate with PublicAI’s BFT Data Consensus Algorithm.
• Auto ID: PublicAI is exploring how Autonomys’ Auto ID system could be integrated into their ecosystem, enhancing user authentication and data ownership verification, crucial for their Train-AI-To-Earn model.

“This partnership with Autonomys marks a significant step forward in our mission to monetize human knowledge for training public AGI. Leveraging Autonomys’ robust infrastructure allows us to scale our operations and provide even more value to our AI builders and validators.” Steven Wong, Co-founder of PublicAI

“We’re excited to support PublicAI’s innovative approach to AI data collection and validation. Our decentralized infrastructure is perfectly suited to handle the scale and complexity of PublicAI’s data needs, and we look forward to pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in decentralized AI together.” Labhesh Patel, CEO & Co-founder of Autonomys

About PublicAI

PublicAI is a Web3 AI data infrastructure and decentralized marketplace for AI data annotations. It champions a data ownership revolution, asserting that data produced by individuals should be owned by them. PublicAI’s platform allows users to contribute to AI training, validate datasets, and earn cryptocurrency rewards. With its innovative Train-AI-To-Earn ecosystem and BFT consensus algorithm, PublicAI is addressing critical issues in AI training, including data quality, ethical concerns, and fair compensation for contributors.

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About Autonomys Network

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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Autonomys is pleased to announce our partnering with Edge Matrix Chain (EMC), a leading AI and DePIN provider at the forefront of AI x web3 integration. Both projects are exploring how their complementary infrastructures can drive advancements in decentralized AI, and expand opportunities within the web3 space, with a focus on scalable, secure and efficient solutions.

Key Strengths of Autonomys and EMC

Autonomys Network: The Foundation Layer for AI3.0

Autonomys delivers a verticalized decentralized AI infrastructure that combines high-throughput distributed storage, scalable compute, and a modular execution layer. Designed to support the next generation of AI applications, Autonomys offers the tools developers need to deploy super dApps and autonomous AI agents with unprecedented efficiency and security.

Edge Matrix Chain: Pioneering AI and Web3 Infrastructure

EMC’s decentralized computing ecosystem allows independent operators to rent out idle GPU power, creating a cost-effective marketplace for AI and Web3 developers. EMC’s AI/DePIN Hub fosters the development of AI, DePIN, SocialFi, DeFi, and GameFi applications, while their tokenized GPU-powered real world assets (RWAs) provide unique opportunities for investors to engage with the growing AI and web3 landscape.

Complementary Synergies and Future Exploration

Autonomys and EMC share a vision of empowering builders and developers with decentralized infrastructure that enhances both scalability and performance. Autonomys’ advanced storage and compute solutions can complement EMC’s decentralized compute marketplace and native blockchain infrastructure, creating a dynamic environment for future AI and web3 projects.

Both organizations are looking forward to exploring how these synergies can be applied to AI model hosting, real-time data analytics, and new AI/DePIN use cases. As this partnership matures, potential collaborations will offer developers enhanced capabilities to build decentralized AI applications with greater flexibility, efficiency, and security.

“This partnership with EMC strengthens the decentralized AI ecosystem we’ve built at Autonomys. By leveraging EMC’s unique infrastructure alongside our own, we open the door to new opportunities for innovation, offering developers even more powerful tools to build scalable AI and web3 applications.” Labhesh Patel, CEO & Co-founder of Autonomys.

“We are excited to push the boundaries of what decentralized AI can achieve by launching our AI-centric Layer 1 blockchain. This milestone brings us closer to our vision of democratizing access to AI by leveraging underutilized GPU resources, creating a cost-effective and scalable compute marketplace. With this partnership, we are committed to empowering developers with the tools and infrastructure needed to build the next generation of AI and Web3 applications.” Alex Goh, CEO & Co-founder of Edge Matrix Chain (EMC).

About Edge Matrix Chain

Edge Matrix Chain (EMC) is a leading AI DePIN connecting AI (d)Apps with computing power. EMC’s DePIN includes a distributed compute layer, application layer, and asset layer that support the development of AI and web3 applications. EMC has jointly issued the world’s first GPU-backed real world asset, pioneering new opportunities for decentralized AI and web3 markets.

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About Autonomys Network

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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Autonomys is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Vana — the first decentralized network for user-owned data. Vana and Autonomys share a vision of an open, secure Internet where users own their data as well as the AI models they contribute to. We believe in the creation and iterative improvement of open-source AI models with data that users have been compensated for.

Data remains largely centralized as a digital asset, controlled by a few entities that dictate its flow, use, and value. AI models are currently hobbled by this lack of data liquidity, limited by their access to walled-off training datasets. Vana is creating Data DAO-governed data liquidity pools (DLPs) that incentivize, aggregate and cryptographically verify valuable data, freeing it from centralized platforms for open-source AI training. Vana’s growing user-owned data ecosystem, as well as its dual goals of aggregating the world’s largest training dataset and training a user-owned foundation model, require significant storage.

Autonomys’ secure, permanent distributed storage network (DSN) and scalable domain (execution) layers will be able to enhance Vana’s AI data management and computational capabilities. In turn, the Autonomys team is exploring how Vana can provide trusted environments for user-owned data storage and processing on the Autonomys Network.

Vana and Autonomys will be co-hosting an X Space AMA with leadership from both projects on September 10th to explore our integration in preparation for both projects’ upcoming mainnet launches.

Key Aspects of the Partnership

• Digital Sovereignty: Autonomys and Vana are engaged in building a shared vision of a digital economy where users have full ownership and control over their personal data, as well as the AI models that utilize that data. By integrating Autonomys’ DSN with Vana’s user-owned data ecosystem, we are not just creating infrastructure; we are setting a new standard for how data should be managed in a fair, transparent, and user-centric way.
• Data Liquidity: Vana’s on-chain training data enables unprecedented data liquidity, while its Data DAO-governed DLPs provide unparalleled decentralization. Storing and processing this data on Autonomys’ DSN and domains has the potential to pair this with unmatched scalability. Ensuring valuable, cross-platform user-generated data is freely available and securely managed unlocks new potentials for AI-driven applications, from personalized user experiences to advanced on-chain identity solutions.
• User-Centric deAI: Autonomys is building a secure, decentralized foundation layer for AI developers. Vana’s provision of trusted environments for the storage and processing of data on the Autonomys Network will be invaluable to the future applications in our ecosystem, and ensure that AI models are trained and data is stored in ways that prioritize user rights and privacy.

“Unleashing the full power of your data begins with ownership, but true sovereignty requires strong partners who keep that data decentralized and secure. Our collaboration with Autonomys is a step toward a future where data remains in the hands of its rightful owners at all stages of the AI development pipeline. We look forward to working with the Autonomys team to execute on our shared vision of decentralized user-owned AI.” Art Abal, COO & Co-founder at Vana

“Autonomys is building scalable, decentralized infrastructure to support the next wave of AI-powered augmentation. Vana is putting data ownership and AI model control back into the hands of users. These are both important steps on the road toward the digital economy of the future. Together, we are championing a new era of digital sovereignty through user-owned data and AI, where user rights, privacy and transparency are prioritized, and innovation is driven by decentralized, ethical practices.” Labhesh Patel, CEO & Co-founder at Autonomys

About Vana

Vana is a distributed network for private, user-owned data building towards a user-owned decentralized AI foundation model trained by millions of individuals contributing data and compute. Users own, govern, and earn from the AI models they contribute to. Developers gain access to cross-platform data to power personalized applications and train frontier AI models. The Vana ecosystem counts 1.3m users across innovations including r/datadao, a community-owned data collective focused on Reddit data, and 15+ other independent Data DAOs, and Volara, a decentralized data marketplace for Twitter data.

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About Autonomys Network

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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