ComputeChain

ComputeChain is an experimental blockchain for a useful-compute market: users pay for computation, GPU workers execute tasks, and verified results should determine rewards in CPC.

Today: a local CometBFT devnet with signed transfers, stake/delegation and tested synchronization. It is not a production network or a finished compute marketplace. This guide describes the current v3 checkout, as of 7 October 2026.

Participants

• Users: submit transfers now; purchasing compute is planned.
• L1 validators: agree on blocks and execute the same application rules.
• Full nodes: verify/synchronize the ledger without consensus voting.
• Compute workers: intended to perform GPU jobs off-chain.
• Compute evaluators: intended to verify useful work/results. This role is separate from L1 validation.
• Stakers/delegators: lock CPC to back validators. Protocol rewards are not enabled yet; consensus-key ownership and withdrawals are enforced.

Compute work is not classic hash-mining Proof-of-Work and does not replace BFT finality. Stake drives voting power; validator changes take effect at H+2. Genesis starts with four validators, but their set is no longer fixed.

Working versus planned

Working: canonical signed transfers/staking, delayed unbonding, verified-evidence slashing, atomic application storage, full/catch-up sync, verified snapshot state sync, a multi-node fault harness, load testing, Prometheus and Grafana.

Not enabled: rewards/emission, compute submissions and payouts, genuine PoC/ZK verification, production wallet/explorer integration. Legacy code is not evidence that these features work in v3.

Start with the devnet guide. Read architecture for the trust model and development for the next priorities.