The decentralized cloud compute network on the Ethereum mainnet has been launched by Aethir, a supplier of Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePINs). Businesses can donate idle GPU resources to Aethir’s GPU-as-a-service solutions network, along with data centers, other cloud providers, and cryptocurrency mining operators. The mainnet launch is crucial, as co-founder Mark Rydon stated.
“By providing a scalable framework for redistributing idle compute resources, we can empower more innovation in the rapidly evolving domains of AI, ML, and cloud gaming. On mainnet, high-quality enterprises can contribute to the Aethir network and increase access to the current supply of GPUs.”
To assist in the training of artificial intelligence (AI) models or the large-scale rendering of digital material, businesses and developers will be able to rent computing resources from the Aethir network of providers. Aethir employs Ethereum for its staking capacity, Arbitrum (ARB) for quick payments to compute providers, and community rewards for checker nodes to enforce quality assurance using the native ATH currency.
Additionally, Aethir’s ATH makes network governance, staking procedures, and the ecosystem’s security easier. In an interview with Cointelegraph, Rydon described the encryption safeguards in place to ensure the security of data transfer.
“We use full-channel encryption technology to ensure that only users can transmit and view data during use, and no third party can crack and open it. The encrypted channel will be closed at the end of use to protect the absolute security of user data.”
With the help of NVIDIA, Super Micro, HPE, and Foxconn, as well as a $146 million node sale, Aethir’s testnet phase saw more than 500,000 users. In an interview, Rydon discussed how Aethir protects user privacy and data security.
“In terms of network security, such as network access control and anti-DDoS, special hardware firewalls protect data security. The customer is always the owner and user of the data, and the cloud platform ensures its security and confidentiality. This data is secure and confidential not only to external visitors but also to internal visitors.”
Despite the technology being available for several years, the DePIN story is still being told in the Web3 domain and is becoming more and more popular. Rydon spoke on the importance of DePIN in Web3.
“DePIN’s architecture itself has good high availability and fault-tolerant basic capabilities. Distributed computing power avoids the problem of service nodes being too centralized, resulting in insufficient single-point service capability and low fault tolerance rate.”
By allowing people to contribute their own work or resources and receive micropayments in exchange, DePINs have the ability to upend Big Tech and liberate the internet.