Cloud providers sell infrastructure.
AO decentralizes it.
Storage.
Routing.
Indexing.
Payments.
Compute.
These aren't just applications anymore, on AO- they're devices- composable network services powered by HyperBEAM.
Good resources to help understand how the service model works in @aoTheComputer and how it's different from other networks:
1) https://t.co/24HC0zj0u4
2) https://t.co/9fp0sLM3GO
We started with removing centralized dependencies.
Then we explored gateways, bundlers, and indexing.
Part three ties it all together, showing how routers, zones, and service markets transform independent HyperBEAM nodes into a decentralized internet.
https://t.co/FQj5wSFOGv
https://t.co/Dm4MBI6DiM currently runs on centralized rails. With HyperBEAM enabling a decentralized bundler network, we can evolve past that
This set of custom devices forms the basis for a hybrid sponsored->paid bundling service which will operate on LapEEs -- consumer-grade laptops booted directly into HyperBEAM, supporting a highly in-demand bundler endpoint, verifiable and trust-minimized
https://t.co/MBaGIGKQxf
Along with storage, the permaweb needs decentralized ways to read, write, and search data.
Part two explores how these core infrastructure layers are becoming verifiable, incentivized, and decentralized with HyperBEAM.
https://t.co/pCWn3yRGP7
Introducing LapEE - the first laptop-native PermawebOS image: boot from USB, run a bundler, and move Arweave uploads toward a decentralized model.
The alpha goes live today.
https://t.co/PJyF18qp1a
Devices themselves are not limited to the ones that ship with HyperBEAM.
Builders can create their own devices, package them, test them locally, run them on their nodes, and publish them to Arweave.
A Ruby on Rails device.
A custom AI device.
A database device.
A private API device.
A device for anything you want your node to do.
HyperBEAM is the kernel.
AO is programmable at the infrastructure layer.
Devices enable anyone to build their own verified, trust-minimized oracle.
[email protected] fetches price data from multiple sources over HTTP.
[email protected] can aggregate those feeds, normalize the data, calculate an average price, and sign the result.
The output becomes a verifiable price feed that other applications can consume.
The permaweb is a composable platform for building verifiable services.
From bundlers to gateways to indexers, the full permaweb is becoming decentralized. This post is the first in a series dedicated to the topology of the new permaweb, and the evolution underway.
https://t.co/ILsfshlfxC
AO devices become more powerful when they work together.
[email protected] uploads data to Arweave.
[email protected] indexes it.
[email protected] makes that data discoverable with GraphQL.
Chained together, they create a complete workflow for publishing and discovering information on the permaweb.
AO is built around composable services.
AO devices become more powerful when they work together.
[email protected] uploads data to Arweave.
[email protected] indexes it.
[email protected] makes that data discoverable with GraphQL.
Chained together, they create a complete workflow for publishing and discovering information on the permaweb.
AO is built around composable services.
We're used to thinking in terms of smart contracts, but these "processes" are just one feature powered by one device.
Beyond [email protected], HyperBEAM devices power gateways, routers, bundlers, indexers, payment systems, storage interfaces, and dozens of other network services.
A device can be any service.
AO is evolving into a decentralized service economy backed by 32+ devices and counting.
The most interesting applications on AO may not use processes at all.
https://t.co/47osavq6y2
It's a cat in a pool!
Actually, it's an Arweave data discovery tool packaged as a HyperBEAM device.
--> It helps @aoTheComputer nodes find newly posted Arweave data sooner.
Being created by @xylophonezy, more about it below.
8 years of the Arweave!
Celebrate by grabbing that old dusty laptop from storage and spinning up your own LapEE bundler, uploading data straight to Arweave!
The Permaweb keeps growing. Happy birthday. 🎉
Start yours and share your build setups below!
https://t.co/Jg76pMLoiU
Using Permaweb Names and the [email protected] device to build a blog
With how powerful devices have become, not everything needs an AO process
https://t.co/0Qzy92NAco