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Lilypad is building the infrastructure for internet-scale trustless distributed compute networks for #web3 underpinned by the Bacalhau Project.
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Vision
Lilypad is aiming to build an internet-scale trustless distributed compute network for web3. Creating the infrastructure for use cases like AI inference, ML training, DeSci and more. Distributed computing will unlock the next generation of truly internet-scale models and applications in web3 and offer the tools for a true paradigm shift to an open and trustless internet.
Find Lilypad on Github here.
Overview
Lilypad is now at v3: Milkyway Testnet! 🎉 Try it out - we dare you 👨💻
Lilypad Roadmap
Lilypad v1
Lilypad v1 is deprecated
Lilypad v1 is a trustless distributed compute network which leverages Bacalhau and key features of blockchain to enable developers to call arbitrary verifiable compute jobs directly from their smart contracts (or a CLI). Running a node on the network to accept compute jobs is now also possible. Lilypad v1 is currently in early testnet phase and is a custom implementation of Modicum outlined in the paper: "Mechanisms for Outsourcing Computation via a Decentralized Market".
The Lilypad v1 testnet currently runs on an ETH localhost which is name Lalechuza. In future, Lilypad v1 will also run on other chains with the first target being IPC (an advanced scaling solution for blockchain that implements a subnet pattern).
Lilypad v0
Lilypad v0 is not actively maintained or supported
Lilypad (v0) currently enables users to access verifiable, distributed off-chain compute directly from smart contracts. Lilypad v0 is a Proof of Concept project operating as an integration layer between Bacalhau compute jobs and solidity smart contracts. This integration enables users to access verifiable off-chain decentralised compute from DApps and smart contract projects, enabling interactions and innovations between on-chain and off-chain compute. Lilypad v0 does not charge for compute jobs, outside of network running fees (ie. the cost of transactions on the blockchain network it is deployed to). It operates on the Bacalhau public compute network (which is free to use), though it is worth noting that there are no reliability guarantees given for this network (which is something future versions of this protocol will be working to improve\
What is Bacalhau?
Bacalhau is a peer to peer computation network enabling compute over data jobs like GPU-enabled AI, ML, analytics, data engineering, data science, de-sci and more.
Bacalhau aims to transform data processing & improve cost, efficiency & security by running jobs where the data is generated and stored. With Bacalhau, you can streamline your existing workflows without the need of extensive rewriting by running arbitrary Docker containers and WebAssembly (wasm) images as tasks.
To find out more about it, see the Bacalhau Docs!
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