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Onchain Provider Incentives

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Motivation

Users want to be incentivized to provide compute resources to the network.

Summary

Currently, provider incentives are manually managed. There have been two pilots of this and they have been successful. The plan would be to build the infrastructure necessary to automate this such that a pool of funds is allocated to providers based on type of infrastructure they are providing and after verifying that they provided the resources for the period of time.

Estimated completion: 12/31/2026

Created: 12/1/2024

Last Updated: 7/30/2025

Category: Interface

Status: Draft

Authors:

Anil Murty
Cheng Wang

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Akash on Shared Security

Estimated Completion: 12/31/2026

This RFP seeks proposals from established Layer 1 protocols to become the shared-security provider for the Akash Network, a decentralized cloud computing marketplace on the Cosmos SDK. The goal is to transition from Akash's sovereign chain to a shared-security model to address high capital inefficiency from AKT staking and excessive operational overhead. This move will adopt a pay-per-use security model, reducing the liquidity burden and allowing the team to focus on product innovation, particularly for GPU-intensive AI workloads. The partner must ensure scalable, robust, and decentralized security, maintaining strong IBC interoperability. Proposals must detail the L1's Security Model, Technical Integration, Scalability, Governance, Economic/Legal Considerations, and Ecosystem Profile to enable Akash to leverage external security while preserving application sovereignty.

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