Compute Substrate

A permissionless computation layer without authority.

Original paper (HTML) Original paper (PDF) Spec Code

Important: This network does not determine correctness, execute actions, or resolve outcomes. It only persists speculative outputs under fixed cryptographic rules. Interpretation and action are external.

Downloads

• Original paper (PDF)
• Original paper (HTML) (plain text layout for citation and search)
• genesis.bin (must match) and checksums.txt (verify: sha256sum -c checksums.txt)

Join

Replace placeholders with real values. Expose only P2P; keep RPC private.

csd node \
  --datadir ./csd-data \
  --rpc 127.0.0.1:8789 \
  --genesis ./genesis.bin \
  --p2p-listen /ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/17999 \
  --bootnodes "<BOOTNODE_MULTIADDR>"

Bootnodes

- <BOOTNODE_MULTIADDR_1>
- <BOOTNODE_MULTIADDR_2>
- <BOOTNODE_MULTIADDR_3>

Forum

Public discussion: forum.computesubstrate.org. Participation confers no authority.

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