Into:basilica
The GPU marketplace that completes the Covenant.
As of · Jun 4, 10:37 UTC
The third piece of the Covenant stack. Where τemplar (SN3) pre-trains models and grail (SN81) post-trains them, basilica serves them to the world. It's a trustless GPU marketplace where SSH into hardware to verify it's real before routing compute jobs.
What is basilica
basilica is a GPU compute marketplace built on Bittensor. Miners offer their GPUs, validators verify the hardware is real and performant through direct SSH access, and users get access to verified compute resources. It's the serving layer of the Covenant ecosystem: the infrastructure that delivers trained models to end users.
The simple version: Imagine a car rental service where every car is inspected by an independent mechanic before you drive it. You know the engine works, the brakes are good, and the mileage is accurate. basilica does this for GPUs: validators physically verify the hardware before it serves compute jobs.
Centralized equivalent: Think AWS EC2 or Google Cloud Compute Engine, but with cryptographic hardware verification and a competitive miner marketplace instead of corporate data centers.
How it works:
- Miners manage GPU executor fleets with container management and system monitoring. They handle validator assignments, serve compute via Axon, and deploy SSH keys automatically to nodes. Standard requirements: Docker, CUDA drivers, NVIDIA GPUs.
- Validators verify hardware through SSH-based direct access to GPU nodes. They maintain performance profiles, score miners, and set weights. Ephemeral SSH keys ensure secure verification sessions.
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