December 16, 2025

Off-chain Payloads and 80x Acceleration (v0.2.6)

Data moved off-chain, transactions batched, ClaimReward 80x faster, 20,000 GNK for a bug.

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Off-chain payloads — data moved off the blockchain

AI prompts and responses are no longer stored in blocks. Only hashes are recorded on the blockchain, while the data itself is stored separately. This removes the block size limit (22 MB) and significantly increases network throughput.

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Transaction batching

StartInference and FinishInference are now sent in batches. Fewer transactions → less blockchain load → faster request processing.

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ClaimReward accelerated by 80x

Reward claim request processing has been optimized from 1.6 seconds to ~20 milliseconds. Reservoir sampling and debouncing were used. For a million inferences — the difference between minutes and seconds.

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PoC parameters on governance

Proof of Computation parameters have been moved from config to on-chain governance. Now the community can vote to change PoC difficulty without waiting for code updates.

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Bounty: 20,000 GNK for a found bug

Participant maksimenkoff discovered a bug in Confirmation PoC: nodes that did not send batches retained confirmation weight. The bug has been fixed, the contributor received 20,000 GNK from the community pool.

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