AI and machine learning are rapidly becoming dominant forces across diverse applications. We are witnessing their transformative impact in advancing scientific frontiers, including breakthroughs in protein structure prediction, genome sequencing, and climate modeling.
But what if we could harness the power of AI within the blockchain? Could we enable cutting-edge AI applications to blockchain while providing AI with a more decentralized and trustless infrastructure? The challenge lies in reconciling the fundamental mismatch between blockchain's infrastructure and these emerging use cases.
The AI pipeline is highly complex, resource-intensive, and involves a broad ecosystem of participants: users contributing and labeling training data, GPU clusters running distributed training algorithms for large language models (LLMs), specialists fine-tuning base models, and edge devices handling real-time inference for user queries. Additionally, modern AI agents rely on real-time interaction to function effectively.
However, blockchain’s block dissemination and finality latency create significant obstacles for practical AI agents. More critically, current blockchain value distribution models fail to fairly recognize the contributions of various AI participants, leading to inequitable value attribution. Since most AI operations occur off-chain, there is currently no trust-minimized infrastructure to support fair value attribution for AI workflows.
Hetu and ORA are addressing these limitations by reimagining blockchain infrastructure to meet the demands of AI. Today, we are excited to announce our partnership to build a scalable and decentralized infrastructure for AI, with a focus on advancing scientific research.
Hetu: Layer 2 with Proof of Causality Work
Hetu is a Layer 2 solution for Ethereum that introduces an innovative "Proof of Causality Work" mechanism. This groundbreaking approach integrates natural causality relationships into the blockchain, overcoming traditional limitations. Hetu’s design focuses on a causality-driven, trust-minimized system, replacing the conventional sequential global ordering of transactions with a scalable and verifiable partial ordering framework.
This model is particularly well-suited for resource-intensive workflows, such as AI and decentralized science, as it delivers scalability and efficiency without compromising trust.
Moreover, Hetu’s mechanism ensures fair revenue distribution among contributors, allocating rewards based on the significance and weight of their contributions.
ORA: Ethereum’s Trustless AI
ORA is the protocol for Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI). The original creator of fundamental AI assets in Crypto, including tokenized models, agents and inference assets. This makes $ORA the unit of intelligence and the medium of exchange for AI. ORA invented opML and opAgent framework to enable large AI models and perpetual Agents to run on blockchain with verifiability
At the core of ORA’s offering is its AI Oracle, powered by the Optimistic Machine Learning (opML) framework. This ensures that AI-generated inferences are transparent, auditable, and verifiable—making them resistant to manipulation. Without verifiable AI, decentralized wallets and protocols cannot safely integrate crucial AI-powered features, such as security alerts, without compromising the core values that define web3.
Our Vision: Decentralizing AI for Science and Beyond
Through our partnership, Hetu and ORA will:
Develop Verifiable Agent Frameworks: Combine opML for ownership and contribution verification with an ID-based reputation system, ensuring transparent protection of property rights.
Build AI Oracle Agents: Establish a trustless bridge between digital marketing automation and legal compliance through verification, seamlessly integrating AI into decentralized workflows. This vertical enterprise service within the Web3 industry holds strong revenue potential.
Optimize AI Ecosystems: Implement proof-of-causality mechanisms and cross-platform protocols to optimize machine learning processes while integrating social marketing capabilities, ensuring proper value attribution within the collabORAtive ecosystem.
By uniting blockchain and AI, Hetu and ORA are paving the way for a decentralized future that supports scientific research, innovation, and equitable collabORAtion.
