Captain’s log: Stardate 47634.44

Jeremiah Wagstaff

Chief Hacker at Subspace Labs

While we’ve been a bit more quiet than usual these last few months, a lot has been brewing behind the scenes. Some of our ambassadors are calling this the calm before the storm.

During this time we’ve added five full-time team members, all industry veterans coming from Near, Protocol Labs, Dfinity, Xapo, and OpenSea.

We’ve also been making solid progress on the Subspace protocol. Our research team has fully defined our v2.3 consensus, code-named dilithium. We’ve begun auditing this protocol with a variety of third-party researchers and firms. Our engineering team has also been hard at work on preparing for the imminent launch of our Gemini III public stress test.

We have very ambitious plans for Subspace in 2023. There will be a heavy focus on building a strong foundation and capacity for the continued growth of the Subspace Network Ecosystem as we develop stronger processes that will allow us to scale into a much larger project.

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In This Issue

• Five new Subspacers!
• Dilithium Consensus Released
• New research partners
• Preparations for Gemini III
• Subspace Block Explorer
• Next Ambassador Cohort
• Subspace Labs Team Handbook

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New Contributors!

Stefano Pepe

Head of Product — LinkedIn

Our new Head of Product, Stefano, has a distinguished background in Crypto/Blockchain. He joins Subspace Labs following almost three years as a founding member of NEAR Protocol.

He’s a passionate Blockchain advocate and has been involved in distributed ledger technology since 2013. He’ll lead our Product development pipeline

Rahul Subramaniyam

Consensus Lead — LinkedIn

Rahul is a seasoned engineer with expertise in consensus algorithms, threshold signatures, P2P networking, and cryptography. Rahul was previously at Google, VMware, and DFINITY. He was one of the early team members who built DFINITY’s consensus and P2P layers in the stack.

Rahul is an expert in networking/distributed systems: embedded systems/kernel, implementing TCP from scratch, L2/L3 network protocols, SDN.

Danielle Evans

Talent Lead — LinkedIn

Danielle joins Subspace Labs as our new Talent Lead. She is a global recruiting leader who builds teams and strategies to connect skilled people to rewarding careers in Web3, SaaS, and pre-IPO startups.

With a background in open source, design, arts/entertainment and the nonprofit sector, she is a DEI champion in purpose-driven organizations that value openness and collaboration.

Fradique Villalobos

Community Lead — LinkedIn

Fradique joins Subspace Labs as our new Community Lead after spending time at the Ethereum Foundation, OpenSea and most recently at Arttrade.

His passion for developing robust and rich community experiences makes him a great fit to help lead the enrichment and growth of the Subspace Community.

Maxim Kon

Compliance Manager — LinkedIn

Maxim is a compliance expert who joins Subspace Labs with 6+ years of experience assisting crypto companies like Xapo, Crypto Finance, Copper, Valour, and Lirium navigate the complex world of regulations and compliance.

Before crypto, Maxim was working in the traditional banking sector for 7+ years.

Subspace Research

Dilithium Consensus

Our research team has formally defined our new version 2.3 consensus protocol, code-named dilithium. This includes the first draft of an academic research paper, a formal specification, and a detailed presentation given by our research engineer, Dariia Porechna. We are now working with our affiliate researchers, Security Research Labs, and Supranational to audit the full security and ASIC resistance of dilithium.

Dilithium combines the underlying proof-of-space from the Chia protocol with erasure coding and KZG commitments to produce a very light-weight, secure, and energy efficient variant of proof-of-archival storage (PoAS) consensus.

Over the last three months we have also begun to build out an affiliate research team, led by Dr. Chen Feng, who is Principal Research Chair in Blockchain at the University of British Columbia. We’re also working more formally and frequently with PhD students, professors, and industry researchers across projects and institutions.

Research Partners

Dr. Chen Feng

University of British Columbia

Dr. Barak Shani

formerly Matter Labs

Shashank Agrawal

Coinbase Research

Joachim Neu

PhD Student at Stanford University

Gemini III

Our engineering team has been diligently working to prepare our protocol for the launch of our public stress test for Gemini III. This will begin as a non-incentivized network to continue to test our protocol on a live network and engage our growing community. Unlike previous phases, the features of Gemini III will continue to evolve over time.

At launch, the key upgrade will be the standard usage of our Distributed Storage Network (DSN) for new nodes to sync the chain and for new farmers to sync their plots, finally resolving the farmer’s dilemma presented in the original Subspace white paper. Soon thereafter we plan to release support for our domains framework for optimistic execution. This will feature a handful of core domains allowing for payments, storage, and cross-domain communication. We are also working diligently to build a bi-directional bridge to Ethereum, with other router domains to follow.

During this time, we will also be starting another protocol implementation audit with SR Labs and begin implementing our new consensus. Once Dilithium is fully deployed and audited, we will transition Gemini III from a public stress test to our final incentivized test network. Gemini III will then serve as a long-running test network until we are fully-prepared to flip the switch to mainnet.

Alongside the amazing work we are doing on extending our protocol, we are also making the transition towards more formal and rigorous engineering practices. As part of that effort, we are currently building an Engineering Handbook, which we plan to showcase as a best-in-class example of how an open source Web3 engineering team should operate.

Product at Subspace

Since our last update, we surpassed a major milestone in the product roadmap with the release of our in-house open-source block explorer, a key component for the mainnet beta launch.

This early version of the Subspace block explorer is designed to address the imminent needs of the farmers, helping them ensure they are producing blocks on the correct chain and generating rewards. Thanks to the block explorer, farmers will now be able to measure their farming performance and rewards. The next goal in the product roadmap is to upgrade our block explorer to support executors to measure node performance and rewards.

Additionally, we’ve been working diligently on the latest release of our Farming CLI to have this ready for Gemini III. The Farming CLI simplifies and automates Farmer/Executor tasks for Subspace, a two-sided marketplace. It reduces the friction of offering blockspace, helps collect rewards, and encourages better community participation.

What’s Next for Product

As the product area develops, we’ll focus on increasing visibility into our product roadmap and priorities.

Our early goals will be updating the product roadmap and opening it up to the community to define further. Initially, we’ll focus on our farmers, then executors and builders. The products receiving this “upgrade” first will be the explorer and the CLI, both of which should be ready for the upcoming version of Gemini.

At this stage, the Product Engineering Team will continue to focus on fast iteration and adaptability rather than intentional and long-term plans. So we’re building strong communication bridges with our users and our community to help support that process.

Subspace Propulsion

The Ecosystem Team kicked off to a promising start for 2023 with community and marketing strategies aligned to the greater Subspace Network vision.

Ambassador Program

Our Ambassador Program is an important element of the Subspace Network that will accelerate our vision of a community-led ecosystem. By the end of 2023, we hope to have Subspace representation in every country worldwide.

In Q4 2022, we received 1.6k+ applications for the new cohort of our Ambassador Program. Despite the high number of applicants, the evaluation committee was able to hand-select 40 Apprentice Ambassadors. While we are thrilled by the overwhelming interest, we limited the number to 40 to ensure we can achieve our immediate goal — activate our open-source ecosystem by focusing on working with tech-savvy ambassadors.

The Subspace Network Forum

The Subspace Network forum is a critical component in our mission to create a truly decentralized, open-source blockchain protocol. Our Community Team plans to launch several initiatives to drive participation in the Subspace Network Forum this quarter involving every team member at Subspace Labs.

Our research team and partners will take the first steps and start holding open discussions in our forum to encourage community members to learn and contribute.

Additionally, the Subspace Network Ambassadors will migrate their discussions around proposals and contributions from private Discord channels to the forum. Through this initiative, they aim to increase the visibility and transparency of their contributions to the Subspace ecosystem.

Join our Engineering Team in Slack!

If you want to stay up-to-date on the engineering team’s groundbreaking work, join our Slack channel! Last year, our engineers moved their discussions to Slack, which is open to the public. Do note, however, that the channel is primarily for transparency and is read-only for now.

Join the Subspace Labs Engineering Slack channel by filling out the form below and wait for an email invitation:

https://forms.gle/Yo8onAJj1TwyoMcg7

Thank you for the continued support and we look forward to seeing you in our community!

Let’s connect!

Website — https://www.subspace.network
Discord — https://discord.gg/subspace-network
Telegram — https://t.me/subspace_network
GitHub — https://www.github.com/subspace
Twitter — https://www.twitter.com/NetworkSubspace

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In a series of global gatherings, the Autonomys Network marked its presence from the bustling streets of Singapore to the energetic stages of New York City and Salt Lake City. These events — TOKEN2049, Mainnet by Messari, and Permissionless III — not only underscored the importance of web3 but showcased how the concept of decentralized AI (deAI) has taken center stage. The conversations and innovations around AI continue to solidify the Autonomys Network’s position as a critical infrastructure layer for AI3.0 — a future that depends on autonomous, decentralized intelligence.

TOKEN2049: A Bold Vision for Decentralization Amid a Centralized World

At TOKEN2049 in Singapore, the Autonomys Network found itself amid more than 20,000 participants, engaging in over 800 side events, networking sessions, and industry panels. The event spotlighted emerging trends in scalability, user adoption, and AI-driven technologies. However, while the excitement around decentralization was palpable at TOKEN2049, the influence of traditional financial systems was unmistakable. Despite the immersive web3 discussions, participants found themselves closely following the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announcement on September 18th that the Fed was lowering the federal funds rate by 0.5%. This decision served as a reminder of how even the most decentralized innovations remain interconnected with the centralized monetary policies that steer global economic conditions​. Since investors and markets are influenced by these policies, changes in interest rates can impact the flow of capital into decentralized assets, indirectly affecting their value and adoption.

As AI becomes increasingly integrated into blockchain technologies, Autonomys is positioned to play a key role in providing the infrastructure needed for autonomous systems to operate at global scale. Built as the foundation layer for AI3.0, the Autonomys Network is uniquely able to ensure privacy, security, and scalability for developers and users. Discussions with various partners in Singapore reinforced this vision, laying the groundwork for collaborations that will shape the emerging AI3.0 ecosystem.

Mainnet by Messari: Connecting with Institutional Visionaries

New York City’s Mainnet conference, hosted by Messari, provided an unparalleled platform to engage in dialogues that spanned DeFi, enterprise adoption, and the intersection of web3 and AI. The Autonomys team used this opportunity to strengthen our investor relations and networking channels with key industry players. The Crypto Finance panel on institutional adoption echoed Autonomys’ goals — building the infrastructure that will bring institutions to decentralized ecosystems.

The conference’s exploration of how AI and web3 converge sparked dynamic conversations, particularly around AI’s role in enhancing blockchain efficiency and intelligence. At the forefront of this convergence, Autonomys is positioned as a leader capable of delivering scalable, secure, and decentralized AI solutions. The discussions also highlighted that, as regulatory clarity evolves, projects like Autonomys are well-equipped to offer institutions the reliable, secure, and decentralized tools they need to engage with AI technologies on their terms.

Permissionless III: The Age of DeAI is Here

Salt Lake City’s Permissionless III was another significant event, where the global deAI ecosystem took center stage. The Autonomys Network was right at the heart of it, emphasizing its role in the AI movement. Head of Engineering Jeremy and Chief of Staff Chris were interviewed on multiple podcasts that will be released over the coming weeks.

The dedicated deAI day captured the interest of participants by exploring agent-based AI systems and the infrastructure necessary to support them. Key conversations underscored the importance of decentralizing AI to ensure that future intelligence systems are transparent, secure, and scalable — a vision that the Autonomys Network has been championing via our hyper-scalable deAI infrastructure stack encompassing high-throughput permanent distributed storage, data availability and access, and modular execution.

The conference highlighted projects like Morpheus, 6079, and Wire Network, all of which are contributing to building decentralized AI infrastructures. As Proof-of-Inference technologies gain traction, these efforts signal a broader shift toward decentralized AI ecosystems. The Autonomys Network, with its robust consensus mechanism and data architecture, is uniquely positioned to not only support these infrastructures, but also empower a wide range of AI applications. From decentralized marketplaces to autonomous trading agents, the Autonomys Network serves as the foundation layer that will enable scalable, secure, and truly autonomous systems to thrive.

Conclusion: The Path Forward for AI3.0

At TOKEN2049, Mainnet, and Permissionless III, the Autonomys Network made it clear that its focus is on building the real infrastructure needed for AI3.0. Rather than just riding the wave of AI hype, the Autonomys Network is committed to creating the essential systems that will support deAI development at scale — ensuring privacy, security, and efficiency are built in from the ground up.

These events reinforced a simple truth: the future of AI will require decentralized solutions, and Autonomys — the foundation layer for AI3.0 — is set to be a major player. With a sharpened focus on addressing the most prominent and promising web3 verticals of both today and the foreseeable future, the Autonomys Network has positioned itself to tackle the core challenges of deAI, ensuring its relevance and impact for years to come.

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Autonomys is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Compute Labs, a leading compute tokenization platform building a DeFi ecosystem around cutting-edge GPU real-world assets (RWAs). Compute tokenization is the process of converting computing resources into digital tokens that can be traded or utilized on-chain.

Compute Labs is at the forefront of financializing AI infrastructure, and is thus a natural fit for Autonomys’ vision of the AI3.0 ecosystem. Our collaboration is a step towards our projects’ shared goal of revolutionizing how AI applications are developed and deployed, by democratizing access to advanced AI infrastructure.

Key Aspects of the Partnership

• Cutting-edge GPU Access: When Autonomys launches its domain layer in early 2025, Compute Labs will be well-equipped to provide cutting-edge GPU compute to AI training domains, allowing developers to build and deploy advanced AI models on the Autonomys Network.
• Compute Liquidity: Compute Labs will bring significant compute liquidity to Autonomys via its tokenized compute protocol. Developers will be able tap into its scalable pool of computing resources as needed, fostering innovation and accelerating project timelines, and enabling a greater number of AI3.0 applications.
• AI-Fi x AI3.0: Compute Labs’ AI-Fi ecosystem will provide Autonomys users with a diverse selection of compute assets and derivatives to earn yield on as part of Autonomys’ AI3.0 ecosystem.

“We’re thrilled to collaborate with the Autonomys Network, providing their network’s developers with the GPU resources they need to efficiently deploy advanced AI models.” Albert Zhang, Founder of Compute Labs

“Autonomys developers are set to benefit significantly from our integration with Compute Labs. Their provision of large numbers of advanced GPUs will allow for the cost-effective training of AI models, and scalable development and deployment of AI3.0 applications, while their AI-Fi ecosystem offers unprecedented DeFi opportunities to the Autonomys community.” Parth Birla, Head of Partnerships at Autonomys

About Compute Labs

Compute Labs is a real-world asset (RWA) tokenization protocol building a financial ecosystem for compute as a new asset class. Using blockchain technology, their AI-Fi ecosystem offers secure and verifiable liquidity for tokenized compute RWAs, derivatives, swaps, lending and perpetuals. Compute Labs unlocks new opportunities for investors to earn yield by leveraging its integration of financial markets and AI compute resources.

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About Autonomys

The Autonomys Network — the foundation layer for AI3.0 — is a hyper-scalable decentralized AI (deAI) infrastructure stack encompassing high-throughput permanent distributed storage, data availability and access, and modular execution. Our deAI ecosystem provides all the essential components to build and deploy secure super dApps (AI-powered dApps) and on-chain agents, equipping them with advanced AI capabilities for dynamic and autonomous functionality.

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Peter Nguyen is a seasoned marketing leader with 15 years of experience across various industries, including finance, technology, and blockchain. With a unique ability to blend traditional marketing strategies with emerging web3 trends, Peter has led campaigns for some of the world’s top brands, including Coca-Cola, Nike, and General Motors. His extensive background in blockchain marketing, highlighted by his work with projects like Telos, makes him a key driver of growth at Autonomys Network.

As the Chief Marketing Officer at Autonomys, Peter spearheads efforts to grow and engage the community while positioning Autonomys as a leader in decentralized AI. His expertise in brand development, community building, and product marketing allows him to lead innovative campaigns that align with Autonomys’ mission of decentralization and autonomy in web3.

Peter Nguyen is available for speaking opportunities and commentary on the following topics:

• Marketing strategies for web3 and blockchain
• Brand development in decentralized ecosystems
• Community building and engagement in web3

Connect with Peter on socials:
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For booking inquiries, please contact: chris@autonomys.xyz

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