Your Questions About Gonka

Gonka is a real project with several key indicators of reliability:

• Public Founders: The Liberman family – Daniil, David, Anna, Maria. Not anonymous founders, but people with a 20-year public track record: ex-Snap Inc. (Kernel AR exit for ~$64M), Product Science ($18M investment). Their biographies are verifiable via LinkedIn, Crunchbase, Forbes.
• Institutional Investments: approximately $80M from Coatue ($48B AUM), Bitfury ($50M Series B), Insight Partners ($90B+ AUM), Benchmark (early investor in eBay, Uber, Snap), Slow Ventures, K5 Global. These are not nameless “crypto funds” – these are first-tier funds with trillions in combined assets.
• CertiK Audit: smart contract security verified by the leading company in Web3 auditing.
• Open Source Code: all code on GitHub – anyone can inspect it.
• Working Mainnet: launched in August 2025, ~4,648 GPUs, ~113 participants, ~582 ML-nodes. The network processes real AI requests every day.

A counter-argument you may encounter: some automatic scanners (like gridinsoft.com) give a low trust score to new domains. This is not an evaluation of the project – it's an automatic scan of a young domain. Real indicators of reliability – investments, audit, public team, working network – speak for themselves.

Nevertheless: a reliable project does not mean risk-free. This is an early-stage crypto project with inherent risks. Read the following questions.

For comparison: in the crypto industry, most failed projects shared common traits – an anonymous team, no audit, no institutional investors, no working product. Gonka does not fit any of these criteria. But the presence of all “green flags” does not eliminate market and regulatory risks. A reasonable approach: verify everything yourself (code on GitHub, CertiK audit, founders' biographies), try the free AI chat, and make an informed decision.

It depends on the chosen path. Here are all options from free to maximal:

For pools: you invest money, the operator rents GPUs and mines GNK for you. Payouts are in GNK (CloudMine — in USDC on Base). Ancapex: entry from $1, daily payouts. Gonka.Top: collection in 2 weeks, monthly payouts for 180 days.

For servers: direct mining to your wallet. The operator handles setup, monitoring, updates.

For your own host: requires an NVIDIA GPU with 40GB+ VRAM, CUDA, Docker, stable internet, 24/7 uptime. This is the most profitable path — all rewards are yours, without fees. Detailed instructions are in the mining guide.

Important: this is an investment, not a bank deposit. Profitability depends on the GNK price and network load.

No hidden fees: in a pool, you only pay an entry fee; the operator's commission is already included in the terms. The AI chat is completely free — we pay for computations from our own wallet. GG Wallet and Gonka.Wallet are free. The only additional expenses are network fees for transferring GNK (minimal, a few cents).

Regarding profitability: we consciously do not state ROI percentages — because they depend on the GNK price, which can change in any direction. Projects promising "guaranteed X% monthly income" are almost always scams. Gonka is an investment in the early stage of a promising project, not a fixed-income instrument. More details on profitability factors are in the article "How much can you earn".

Yes, there are risks — as with any crypto project. Let's list the specific ones:

• Liquidity: GNK is not yet traded on major centralized exchanges (CEX) — Binance, Coinbase, Kraken. Trading occurs on SafeTrade and via HEX OTC. With low liquidity, selling a large volume at the current price can be difficult.
• Volatility: the token price can both rise and fall. The current price is ~$0.50—0.60, but with low liquidity, sharp fluctuations in both directions are possible.
• Pool profitability: depends on the GNK price, network load, and the number of hosts. If the GNK price falls, dollar income will fall proportionally, even if you receive the same amount of GNK.
• Competition: the decentralized computing market is growing, and there are many competitors — Render ($5B+ market cap), Akash, io.net, Bittensor (126 subnets, but 60% of rewards go to stakers). Plus centralized giants: OpenAI, Google, Anthropic — with billions in R&D and a loyal developer base.
• Regulatory risks: cryptocurrencies and DePIN projects may fall under stricter legislation in various jurisdictions.
• Technical risks: mainnet launched recently (August 2025), the network is still young. inferenced currently does not work on all configurations (AVX required on CPU).

What favors the project: $80M from tier-1 funds, CertiK audit, a public team with a 20-year track record, a working mainnet with ~4,648 GPUs — this is more serious than 99% of crypto projects. But "more serious" does not mean "risk-free."

Rule: invest only what you are prepared to lose. This is not a bank deposit — it's an investment with risks. Nothing on this website is financial advice.

How to minimize risks: start with a minimal investment ($30—100 in a pool) to understand the mechanics. Diversify: don't put all your funds into one project. Set a loss limit for yourself — an amount the loss of which will not affect your lifestyle. Follow project news through official channels. And remember: a detailed analysis of risks and prospects is in a separate article.

A step-by-step plan from zero to your first GNK:

1. Try the AI chat for free: Go to the AI chat page on our website. Ask a question — the real Qwen3-235B neural network will answer through the decentralized Gonka network. No registration, no payment. See for yourself that it works.
2. Read “How to Start Earning GNK”: Determine your path — pool, server, or your own host. Consider your budget, technical skills, and desired level of control.
3. Install a wallet: GG Wallet (Chrome extension, open source) is a reliable option for desktop. Or Gonka.Wallet (Telegram Mini App) for a convenient mobile option. A wallet is needed to receive and store GNK.
4. Choose a provider: Go to the comparison page. Compare pools (Gonka.Top, GonkaPool.ai, Ancapex, CloudMine (Mingles)) and servers (Gonka.Top, Spheron — users from the Russian Federation may experience difficulties with payment). Pay attention to fees, payout history, and referral programs.
5. Get started: For a pool — registration and payment (10—15 minutes). For a server — payment and waiting for setup (1—2 days). For your own host — installation, setup, on-chain registration (several hours, see mining guide).

The entire process from first acquaintance to first GNK: from 10 minutes (pool) to several hours (own host).

How long it will take: AI chat — instantly (just open the page). Wallet installation — 2—5 minutes. Pool registration — 10—15 minutes. Dedicated server setup — 1—2 business days (operator does everything for you). Own host setup — from several hours to a day (depends on experience). First GNK from a pool — in 2—4 weeks (pool collection time + start of mining).

Don't delay the first step: the hardest part is getting started. Try the AI chat right now — it will take 30 seconds and cost nothing. Ask any question: “What is Gonka?”, “Write a poem”, “Explain quantum physics” — and see for yourself that decentralized AI works. After this, every next step will be easier.