BLUEPRINT FOR DECENTRALIZED CLOUD COMPUTING
iExec aims at providing decentralized applications running on the blockchain a scalable, secure and easy access to the services, data-sets and computing resources they need. This technology relies on Ethereum smart contracts and allows the building of a virtual cloud infrastructure that provides high-performance computing services on demand.
iExec leverages a set of research technologies that have been developed at the INRIA and CNRS research institutes in the field of Desktop Grid computing. The idea of Desktop Grid (aka. Volunteer Computing) is to collect the computer resources that are underutilized on the Internet to execute very large parallel applications at the fraction of the cost of a traditional supercomputer.
iExec relies on XtremWeb-HEP, a mature, solid, and open-source Desktop Grid software which implements all the needed features: fault-tolerance, multi-applications, multi-users, hybrid public/private infrastructure, deployment of virtual images, data management, security and accountability, and many more.
iExec is developing a new Proof-of-Contribution (PoCo) protocol, that will allow off-chain consensus.
Thanks to the Proof-of-Contribution, external resource providers will have the usage of their resources certified directly in the blockchain.
iExec aims to deploy a scalable, high-performance, secure and manageable infrastructure sidechain that will promote a new form of distributed governance, involving key HPC, big data and cloud industry leaders.
We believe in a future of decentralized infrastructure and market network, where big data and HPC applications, highly valued data-sets, and computing resources (storage, CPU, GPU) will be monetized on the blockchain with the highest level of transparency, resiliency and security – and iExec as the key platform powering this future.
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