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Next Week Could Be Crucial for Internet Computer

Internet Computer (@Dfinity) executive @PierreSamaties prepares to showcase the Internet Computer sovereign cloud to government and enterprise leaders in Paris next week.

The presentation frames $ICP as a critical IT stack for public and private institutions requiring absolute data sovereignty and zero single points of failure.

This outreach targets high-level decision-makers seeking decentralized alternatives to legacy cloud providers as data localization laws tighten across the European Union.

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ICP's Cloud Engines Will Keep Apps Running Effectively

Internet Computer (@dfiinity) recently shared a quick overview detailing how Cloud Engines work...

This new feature promises to provide serverless, fail-proof computational power for global enterprise applications.

Users can select between 4 and 100 high-performance nodes across any continent, ensuring that $ICP apps remain operational even if a single node fails.

Funding is streamlined through direct USD-to-cycle conversion via the Network Nervous System, removing all traditional infrastructure overhead and server management.

Basically, here is how it works:

- Users select Nodes.
- Fund Engine.
- Deploy apps.

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$ICP : Review 📜

What if the entire internet could run on a decentralized blockchain instead of Amazon, Google, and Microsoft's servers, and the recent drone strikes on three AWS data centers in the Middle East proved exactly why it should?

Meet Internet Computer - a Layer-1 blockchain that doesn't just process transactions, it hosts entire websites, enterprise software, and AI workloads fully on-chain.

No cloud providers. No centralized servers. No single points of failure. Built by 300+ engineers at DFINITY Foundation, backed by a16z, and now launching Cloud Engines to compete directly with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.

Let's explore how Internet Computer is building the decentralized world computer. 👇

⚪ Internet Computer at a Glance

Internet Computer (ICP) is a revolutionary blockchain platform developed by DFINITY Foundation, designed to extend the public internet into a global computing platform. Unlike other blockchains that process transactions, ICP hosts full-stack software, websites, and enterprise systems entirely on-chain.

The $ICP token is burned to power computation (through cycles), staked for governance (via neurons in the NNS), and used for network access. It has a circulating supply of 552 million ICP coins.

As of May 2026, $ICP trades around $3.35 with a market cap of approximately $1.85B. ATH was $700.65 in May 2021, meaning the token is down 99.5% from its peak. The network has 280,000+ canister smart contracts deployed and ranks top 5 globally in developer activity.
Marketplace Insight: DFINITY has scheduled a major demonstration of its "Cloud Engines" for the network's fifth anniversary on May 10, 2026.

The event will also feature agentic builds and dedicated AI nodes. The new economic model directs 20% of engine revenue to buy and burn ICP tokens, while node providers earn 80%. Meanwhile, three AWS data centers in the UAE and Bahrain were knocked offline by Iranian drone strikes in March 2026, the first kinetic attack on commercial cloud infrastructure, validating ICP's entire thesis.

⚪ Mission

Internet Computer's mission is to replace centralized cloud computing with a tamperproof, sovereign, decentralized world computer. DFINITY is also shifting how it works. The foundation says it will ship faster with a tighter focus on UX and product fit rather than pure research.

The vision: any software that runs on AWS today should be able to run on Internet Computer tomorrow, but without Amazon controlling the infrastructure.

🔵 A Brief History

Dominic Williams is founder of the Internet Computer (ICP) blockchain project and President and Chief Scientist of the DFINITY Foundation. Before transitioning to work full time in crypto in 2013, Dominic was an engineering entrepreneur that created multiple internet technologies and products.

DFINITY Foundation was established in 2016 in Zurich, Switzerland. The project raised over $160 million from investors including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Polychain Capital, and SoftBank. The team grew to 300+ researchers and engineers, making it one of the largest blockchain development organizations in the world.

Mainnet launched on May 10, 2021, with ICP immediately listing at $428 before briefly hitting $700.65 ATH. The token then experienced one of the most dramatic crashes in crypto history, falling 99.5% to current levels around $3.35. The crash was driven by massive early unlock schedules, overhype, and a brutal bear market.

Despite the price devastation, the technology continued advancing. ICP focuses on nine themes with 40+ upgrades in its roadmap. Chain Fusion technology enabled native integration with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and now Dogecoin. 280,000+ canister smart contracts were deployed. Developer activity consistently ranked top 5 globally.

In January 2026, DFINITY launched the Swiss Subnet at the World Computer Day event in Davos, featuring 13 independent node providers based in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, ensuring all data storage and processing remain within Swiss borders for GDPR compliance.
Mission 70 targets a 70% reduction in ICP's annual token inflation, aiming to lower the rate from 9.72% to between 2.92% and 5.42%.

Cloud Engines demo scheduled for May 10, 2026, on the network's fifth anniversary.
In March 2026, Iranian drone strikes took three AWS data centers offline in the UAE and Bahrain, halting banking and payments across the region. DFINITY cited this as the first deliberate kinetic attack on commercial cloud infrastructure, directly validating the sovereign decentralized cloud thesis.

🔵 Ecosystem Narrative

Internet Computer's ecosystem is fundamentally different from other blockchains. It doesn't just process transactions, it hosts entire applications. Websites, enterprise software, DeFi protocols, and AI models all run directly on-chain without any dependency on traditional cloud infrastructure.

Key dynamics include:

➛ Canister smart contracts are ICP's compute units, capable of hosting full-stack web applications including frontend, backend, and data storage
entirely on-chain. 280,000+ deployed to date.

➛ Cloud Engines are configurable private subnets where teams can select node independence, geography, and performance parameters. 80% of revenue goes to node providers, 20% buys and burns ICP, creating a deflationary loop tied to real enterprise usage.

➛ Chain Fusion enables native, trustless integration with Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, and other chains. ICP smart contracts can directly hold, send, and receive BTC and ETH without bridges or wrapped tokens.

➛ Swiss Subnet launched at Davos 2026 with 13 independent node providers in Switzerland/Liechtenstein, offering GDPR-compliant sovereign cloud for banks, hospitals, and governments.

➛ Caffeine AI platform enables "self-writing" applications from natural language prompts. Dedicated GPU-backed AI nodes allow compute-intensive inference on-chain.

➛ Network Nervous System (NNS) is the world's largest on-chain DAO, governing all protocol changes, subnet creation, and node provider management through neuron-based voting.

➛ UTOPIA targets private cloud networks, and "Convo" remains in stealth, both spin-outs designed to bring real enterprise usage to ICP.

⚪ Token Utilities

$ICP powers the decentralized world computer:

➛ Cycles (Computation Fuel) - ICP is burned to create cycles, which power all computation on the network. More usage = more burns = deflationary pressure. This is the core economic mechanism.

➛ Staking & Governance (NNS) - Lock ICP into neurons (6 months to 8 years) to vote on governance proposals and earn voting rewards. Longer lock-ups earn higher rewards.

➛ Cloud Engine Revenue Burns - 20% of all Cloud Engine revenue buys and burns ICP. Node providers earn 80%. Creates a direct link between enterprise adoption and token scarcity.

➛ Node Provider Rewards - Independent data centers earn ICP for operating node machines that power the network's subnets.

➛ Subnet Registration - New subnets (including Cloud Engines) require NNS approval and ICP allocation.

⚪ Key Features

➛ Full-Stack On-Chain Hosting - The only blockchain that hosts entire websites, enterprise software, and AI workloads directly on-chain. No AWS, no Google Cloud, no centralized dependency.

➛ Cloud Engines (May 2026) - Configurable private subnets with 20% revenue burn. The first decentralized alternative to hyperscaler cloud providers targeting enterprise adoption.

➛ Chain Fusion - Native, trustless multi-chain integration with Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, and EVM chains. No bridges. No wrapped tokens. Smart contracts directly hold and transact cross-chain assets.

➛ Mission 70 - Governance proposal to reduce annual inflation by 70% (from 9.72% to 2.92-5.42%) through lower node rewards and usage-based burns.

➛ Swiss Subnet - First national sovereign subnet. GDPR-compliant decentralized cloud for banks, hospitals, and governments. Launched at Davos 2026.

➛ Caffeine AI - Natural language app building platform with dedicated GPU-backed AI nodes for on-chain inference.

➛ Network Nervous System (NNS) - The largest on-chain DAO. Governs all protocol changes, subnet creation, and economic parameters through neuron-based staking and voting.

➛ Top 5 Developer Activity - Consistently ranks among the most actively developed blockchains globally by GitHub activity.

🔵 Meet the ICP Team

Internet Computer is built by one of the largest and most research-intensive teams in blockchain, with 300+ engineers and researchers operating out of DFINITY Foundation's offices in Zurich, San Francisco, and Tokyo.

▶️ Core Members:

➛ Dominic Williams [ @dominic_w ] - Founder, Chief Scientist & President | Engineering entrepreneur who created multiple internet technologies and products. Was first introduced to cypherpunk thinking when using Wei Dai's crypto++ library in 1998. Transitioned to crypto full-time in 2013. Invented threshold relay chains and Chain Key Technology. Leads the scientific direction of Internet Computer and authored the Internet Computer 2.0 vision, Cloud Engines architecture, and Mission 70 tokenomics proposal.

➛ Josh Drake - [ @JoshHQ ] COO | Oversees day-to-day operations, organizational execution, and strategic planning for DFINITY Foundation.

➛ Jan Camenisch [ @JanCamenisch ] - CTO | World-renowned cryptographer with 130+ published research papers. Leads technical architecture, protocol development, and the engineering teams building Internet Computer's core infrastructure. Formerly at IBM Research.

➛ Pierre Samaties [ @PierreSamaties ] - CBO | Drives business development, enterprise partnerships, and commercial strategy for Cloud Engines and sovereign subnet deployments.

➛ Riccardo Coli [ @rickcoli ] - Core Team Member | Contributes to DFINITY Foundation's ecosystem development and operations.

➛ DFINITY Foundation (Zurich, San Francisco, Tokyo) - Non-profit foundation with 300+ researchers and engineers. One of the largest blockchain R&D organizations in the world. Raised $160M+ from a16z, Polychain Capital, and SoftBank.

🔵 Ratings

➛ Use Case: ★★★★★ (5/5) - Internet Computer is attempting the most ambitious thing in all of blockchain: replacing centralized cloud computing entirely. And unlike most ambitious projects, it's actually working. 280,000+ canister smart contracts host full-stack applications on-chain.

The Swiss Subnet provides GDPR-compliant sovereign cloud for regulated industries. Chain Fusion enables trustless multi-chain integration. Cloud Engines target direct competition with AWS and Azure. The March 2026 drone strikes on AWS data centers validated the sovereign cloud thesis in the most dramatic way possible. Caffeine AI enables natural-language app building.

No other blockchain can host an entire website, frontend and backend, without any cloud dependency. That alone is a 5/5 use case.

➛ Tokenomics: ★★★✦ (3.5/5) - ICP's tokenomics have been its weakest area historically. The token launched at $428 and crashed 99.5% to $3.35, largely due to massive early unlock schedules that created relentless sell pressure. Annual inflation currently sits at 9.72%, which is high. However, Mission 70 proposes cutting this by 70% to 2.92-5.42%, and Cloud Engines introduce a 20% revenue burn mechanism that could make ICP deflationary with sufficient enterprise adoption.

The burn-based cycles model (ICP burned for computation) is fundamentally sound: more usage = more burns. NNS staking with 6-month to 8-year lock-ups removes significant supply. The 1.5-point deduction is for the devastating historical price performance, the still-high inflation rate (until Mission 70 fully executes), and the unlimited max supply.

➛ Audits: ★★★★ (4/5) - DFINITY is one of the most research-intensive blockchain organizations in existence, with 300+ engineers and researchers, many from top academic institutions. The protocol uses advanced threshold cryptography, Chain Key Technology, and formal verification methods. Jan Camenisch (CTO) has 130+ published cryptography papers. The NNS governance system has operated since 2021 without a major exploit.

The Swiss Subnet underwent rigorous compliance validation for GDPR. The codebase is open-source with top-5 global developer activity. The 1-point deduction is for the centralization of node machines (specialized hardware requirements limit who can run nodes), and the Foundation's outsized influence over network governance despite the NNS structure.

➛ Community: ★★★★★ (5/5) - ICP has one of the most resilient and active communities in all of crypto. Holding through a 99.5% drawdown from $700 to $3.35 requires conviction that few communities can match. Developer activity consistently ranks top 5 globally, and 280,000+ canisters show real builder engagement. The NNS governance system has active participation with meaningful proposals (Mission 70, Cloud Engines).

The community is extremely active on X, with DFINITY and Dominic Williams maintaining constant engagement, technical threads, and ecosystem updates. The AWS drone strike narrative galvanized the community around the sovereign cloud thesis. DFINITY's Davos presence and Swiss Subnet launch brought institutional visibility.

The community rallied around the "Internet Computer 2.0" vision with genuine enthusiasm. Despite the catastrophic price action from launch, the community that remains is battle-hardened, technically sophisticated, and deeply aligned with the long-term vision. That kind of conviction, forged through a 99.5% drawdown, is the strongest community signal in crypto.

🔵 Conclusion

Internet Computer is the most technically ambitious project in all of blockchain, and it's not particularly close. No other chain hosts entire websites on-chain. No other chain provides sovereign cloud infrastructure for banks and governments. No other chain enables smart contracts to natively hold Bitcoin and Ethereum without bridges. And no other chain had its core thesis validated by actual drone strikes on centralized data centers.

The 99.5% crash from $700 to $3.35 is the elephant in every room. It's the reason most investors dismiss ICP without examining what's actually been built. And what's been built is extraordinary: 280,000+ canisters, top-5 developer activity, Chain Fusion, the Swiss Subnet at Davos, Cloud Engines, Caffeine AI, and Mission 70's deflationary pivot. The technology never crashed. Only the price did.

The risks are real: unlimited supply with 9.72% inflation (until Mission 70 executes), specialized node hardware requirements that limit decentralization, DFINITY Foundation's outsized governance influence, and the deep reputational damage from the launch debacle. Many retail investors who got burned at $400+ will never return regardless of fundamentals.

But here's the contrarian case that keeps getting stronger: the world is moving toward sovereign cloud, data residency requirements, and AI workloads that need verifiable compute. Three AWS data centers were literally knocked offline by missiles. The EU is pushing GDPR enforcement. Switzerland is questioning Microsoft 365 dependence.

And Internet Computer is the only blockchain that can host the actual applications these institutions need, not just process their transactions, but run their entire software stack. If Cloud Engines gain enterprise traction and Mission 70 executes, ICP transitions from "the token that crashed 99%" to "the deflationary utility asset powering the decentralized cloud."

That's the most dramatic narrative reversal in crypto history. And it's happening right now.

[DFINITY Foundation @dfinity]

Reminder: 1hr to go until @PierreSamaties and the @digitalauthpk go live.

Click the link in the post to join the livestream.

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[dom | icp @dominic_w]

The https://t.co/0HZSEGHqwo portal is designed to be autonomous and run as an integral part of the Internet Computer network. It will thus be updated by the NNS, the network's inbuilt decentralized governance system = sovereign frontier cloud from an open network.

[dom | icp @dominic_w]

Dear ICP community, the Internet Computer has now been running strong for 5 years 👏👏👏

Here is a celebratory preview of ICP "cloud engines," the sovereign frontier cloud technology the network shall soon provide from https://t.co/D5Dfj44BmO.

Main points:

— Cloud engines enable anyone to spin up their own sovereign frontier cloud. The technology involves an extraordinary inventive step, in which cloud is created from a mathematically secure network of nodes. The nodes run as part of the Internet Computer network (https://t.co/ptsshOm9nj) but are selected and configured by the cloud engine's owner.

— The frontier cloud provided by engines is strongly focused on enabling AI agents to build and update online applications and services for us. The world is changing fast, and nearly all new online apps and services are already being built with the help of AI, and thus cloud engines target the future of cloud.

— Software hosted on cloud engines is tamperproof, which means that it is immune to infrastructure hacks, because it runs inside a mathematically secure network protocol, rather than on computers directly. This means that AI agents, and those building with them, don't need to have a security team in the loop, or to trust someone else's security team. This is crucial, because in the future, non technical people will demand the freedom to build with full automation — where they just need to issue instructions to AI about what to build, and don't need to worry about anything or anyone else. Of course, apps and services running on engines are also vastly safer from the new breed of hacker being enabled by frontier AI.

(The cloud engines themselves are also "tamperproof." Even if a hacker gains physical access to some portion of a cloud engine's nodes, and can make arbitrary changes, the computations and data of the hosted apps and services cannot be corrupted or interrupted so long as the network's fault bounds aren't exceeded. The recent hack of Vercel, a major cloud platform, which gave hackers access to the apps it hosted, provides additional perspective on the importance of this advantage.)

— Software hosted on cloud engines is guaranteed to run, so long as a sufficient number of the engine's nodes are running. This means that AI can build applications and services without the need to have a human systems admin team constantly tinkering with the underlying platform to keep it running, which is again crucial, because in the future, non technical people will expect the freedom to use AI to build without the support of others.

— New frontier programming language technology, in the form of the Motoko language developed by Caffeine Labs, leverages seminal "orthogonal persistence" technology that unifies program logic and data to deliver further unlocks for AI (Motoko is the first computer language being developed that targets agents that are writing software rather than humans engineers per se). Nowadays, AI can build and update production apps at a prodigious rate, even at the speed of conversation. But it can also make mistakes, and there's a risk that an update it creates might be "lossy" in the sense it causes some transformed data to be lost. Again, in this new world, it's both undesirable and impractical for everyone to have to have a systems admin team on-hand to detect lossy updates and roll them back, but Motoko provides a solution: it can detect new software updates are lossy before they are applied, reducing potentially catastrophic errors by AI to harmless coding retries.

— Software hosted on cloud engines is "serverless" but unlike traditional serverless software, directly it directly incorporates data through "orthogonal persistence." Another key purpose is simplify backend software logic and fuel the modeling power of AI by increasing abstraction (sorry for the technical language!!!). Put simply, this enables AI to produce more sophisticated backends, faster, and at dramatically lower costs, as measured by the number AI API tokens consumed during coding. (Tip for the technical: orthogonal persistence is a new paradigm where "the program is the database," and data lives inside program variables, which is possible because it's as if hosted software runs forever in persistent memory).

— An expanding database of skills at https://t.co/lloVYiGYs8 shall make it possible to develop and directly deploy apps and services to your cloud engines directly from Claude Code, Perplexity, Codex and other AI platforms. Further, your account on https://t.co/IfQrVovF3L can be connected, so that new apps and updates created through conversation automatically appear hosted from your cloud engine. In the future, R&D is going to be very seamless. You converse with AI, and your secure and unstoppable apps or services are created or updated. Cloud engines are designed to directly support this "self-writing cloud" future where we can work hands-free.

— Tech sovereignty is becoming a huge issue worldwide, with governments and corporations seeking to create sovereign tech stacks owing to geopolitical tensions. Increasingly, people are realizing that tech provided by foreign nations can come with hidden backdoors and kills switches, from the base platform, right up through hosted apps and services. ICP technology is open source, and those building on ICP using AI own their own source code. When you have the source code, you can verify that there are no backdoors, and when you own the source code thanks to AI, you can update it at will, freeing you from vendor lock-in. But cloud engines take sovereignty much further...

— You create a cloud engine by selecting the nodes that will be combined. You can choose the class of nodes used, and their number, but more importantly, you can choose who operates the nodes, and where they are located. Almost any configuration is possible, because the Internet Computer scales the security privileges afforded to hosted software within the network according to configuration (software hosted on cloud engines can directly interoperate with software on other engines and traditional subnets, but base restrictions are applied according to security rules). A cloud engine can be created within a region such as Europe, to comply with regs such as GDPR, or completely within a sovereign state like Switzerland or Pakistan. But cloud engines go further still...

— Sovereignty is also about freedom from vendor lock-in. Cloud engines are essentially ICP (Internet Computer Protocol) network configurations, and this means the underlying compute nodes they combine can be swapped out without interrupting their hosted apps and services. This is a big deal. In addition, cloud engines now support nodes that are instances running on Big Tech's clouds, in addition to nodes that are dedicated specialized hardware, as per the Gen I and Gen II nodes that dominate the Internet Computer today. For example, it is possible to have an engine running across different AWS data centers, say, and then reconfigure the engine to run across a mixture of AWS, Google, Azure and Hetzner for even more resilience, without the users of hosted apps and services noticing a thing. That's true freedom.

— Sovereign AI is becoming increasingly important too, and cloud engines allow special "AI nodes" to be added to them, so that hosted software can perform inference on hardware provisioned by the owner from a location the owner has selected. Even though the AI nodes are only accessible within the cloud engine, they can still benefit from the forthcoming Internet Intelligence Gateway (IG), which will make it possible to validate inference performed on key frontier open weights LLMs, even when the inference is performed on completely independent AI clouds. When the results of inference are received, this technology can verify that neither the prompt+context (input) nor the inference result (output) have been modified, and that the results were produced by the precise LLM expected. This ensures that AI clouds don't cheat by running inference on cheaper models than are being paid for, and bad actors aren't modifying the inputs or outputs to surreptitiously insert advertising into results, say, or change facts, or insert malware when code is being generated. What's super cool about this technology is the cost of the verification is scalable. A very valuable additional security can be achieved with only 1-2% of extra cost.

— Scaling apps and services when they hit capacity limits is another thorny problem that cloud engines help the world address. Engines make scaling possible without rewriting or reconfiguring software. The query workload capacity of hosted software can be horizontally scaled simply by adding new nodes to an engine, and nodes can also be added in geographical proximity to demand. Meanwhile, update workload capacity can first be scaled-up by swapping an engine's nodes out for the next class up, and then when no larger class of node is available, horizontally scaled-out by "splitting" the engine into two, which doubles available capacity. (Technical tip: horizontally scaling update capacity by splitting engines requires multi-canister architectures).

— For those who have been following how Caffeine builds apps that can efficiently store large numbers of files, I should mention that apps built on cloud engines will also support the new ICP Blob Storage cloud network (since cloud engines currently have up to about 3 TB of memory, which apps storing large amounts of files can easily exceed). We are also working on allowing blob storage nodes to be added to cloud engines, to enable sovereign mass blob storage within an engine, similarly to how AI nodes can be added currently.

— Lastly, but certainly not least, I should mention that cloud engines are multi-blockchain capable, and ready for digital assets, thanks to the clever math at their core. For example, an e-commerce service built on a cloud engine can securely accept and custody stablecoin payments, or a multi-chain DEX could be hosted. Further, engines can support software autonomy (software orchestrated and controlled by other autonomous software, in a decentralized way) and can themselves be orchestrated by SNS technology, and thus run autonomously too.

Today, though, the focus is on *mainstream* cloud. This year, the cloud industry will generate approximately one trillion dollars in revenue. That number is already huge, but is expected to grow to two trillion dollars by 2030.

After years of continuous development, which have seen more than $500m spent on R&D, the Internet Computer network is now tacking directly toward this mainstream cloud market with cloud engine technology.

In their first version, cloud engines are not meant to be a cloud panacea. For example, currently they are not ideal for working with big data. You should use something like DataBricks for that.

Cloud engines are carefully targeted at enabling AI to produce traditional online applications and services, including SaaS, in a safer and more productive way, which represents a new market segment with tremendous potential. Of course, DFINITY will continue to work relentlessly to push forward ICP's capabilities, so expect further developments.

It's worth mentioning that this cloud segment isn't just about creating new apps and services using AI, it's also about replacing legacy systems and apps built on super expensive SaaS services. Caffeine Labs is working to produce technology (Caffeine Snorkel) that can study an enterprise's legacy systems and app built on SaaS, create replacement systems and apps, and migrate the data, while supporting key stakeholders through the process over email and chat, with full automation. Thus the legacy systems and SaaS markets shall also be addressed by cloud engines.

Zooming out, and reasoning in a more metaphysical way, we believe, as we always have, that there is room for a new kind of cloud created by mathematical networks, that provides seminal advances in the fields of security and resilience, as well as true sovereignty and freedom from lock-in. That this same technology, with the help of additional technologies like orthogonal persistence and Motoko, enables AI to build for us without the need for so much oversight, and to create more backend sophistication while consuming fewer AI API tokens, enables ICP to bring game-changing advances to the world.

Cloud engines will work synergistically with the Intelligence Gateway, which will enable apps and services running on engines to seamlessly leverage AI, wherever that AI is running, while providing verifiability at extremely low cost for open weights frontier models.

We believe that cloud engines represent an inflection point in the storied history of the Internet Computer project, and I'm very proud to be sharing the details with you on the network's fifth birthday 💪

I'll be back with more news soon!!

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INTERNET COMPUTER'S CLOUD ENGINES REPRESENT AN INFLECTION POINT...

Founder of Internet Computer (@Dfinity), Dominic Williams (@Dominic_w), while celebrating the protocol's five-year journey, provided a detailed preview of “Cloud Engines."

Cloud Engines is the sovereign frontier cloud technology that the network will soon provide via opencloud(.)org.

He stated that Cloud Engines will enable anyone to spin up their own tamperproof sovereign cloud by selecting and configuring nodes within the mathematically secure Internet Computer network.

The founder emphasized that the technology is built specifically for the AI era, enabling AI agents to create and update online applications and services without the need for security teams or sysadmins.

Additionally, software hosted on Cloud Engines is immune to infrastructure hacks, guaranteed to run as long as sufficient nodes remain operational, and protected by orthogonal persistence in the Motoko language, which automatically detects and prevents “lossy” AI-generated updates.

He added that users will soon be able to develop and deploy apps directly from AI platforms such as Claude or Perplexity, with seamless integration through @caffeineai, while maintaining full tech sovereignty.

Cloud Engines allow owners to choose node operators and locations, mix Big Tech instances (@AWS, @Azure, @Google), add sovereign AI nodes, and scale capacity instantly without downtime or vendor lock-in.

In summary, Cloud Engines is an inflection point in the Internet Computer’s history.

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DFINITY ACTIVITY SURGES AS TRANSACTION COSTS PLUMMET

Data from @chainspect_app highlights two impressive and important metrics for the @dfinity ecosystem.

First, $ICP's average txn fee has fallen to a new 90 day low of around $0.0000465, making the network altogether more affordable and accessible.

At the same time, $ICP processed more than 335 million transactions on May 8 - a significant spike and potentially a sign of real adoption for the network.

[DFINITY Foundation @dfinity]

WordPress now runs on the Internet Computer.

That's thanks to the @WaspTechnology team.

This includes:
- Frontend and WP-admin
- No external database
- No off-chain cache
- No proxy or TEE VPS.

Just canisters.

https://t.co/Rl68CGhjoA

[dom | icp @dominic_w]

All, we're kicking off #Mission70

Imminently, DFINITY will post an NNS proposal to increase onchain (replicated subnet) memory costs by a measured amount.

This will immediately increase network revenues and deflationary pressure if the proposal is adopted.

We are talking to stakeholders throughout the community while finessing additional #Mission70 proposals.

We plan to hold an X Space as soon as we are ready, probably early next week.

Looking forward to the Network Nervous System doing its work, and guiding ICP / the Internet Computer on its journey towards an exciting future.

[DFINITY Foundation @dfinity]

The economics of the Internet Computer are changing:

Old model: Node providers get paid just for running nodes.
New model: 80% of cloud engine revenue goes to the nodes powering it. 20% burns ICP.

Node provider associations are already lining up to market cloud engines to enterprises across Europe.

Real demand. Real infrastructure.

[DFINITY Foundation @dfinity]

DFINITY Foundation and the Government of Pakistan have signed an MoU to establish sovereign cloud infrastructure, generative AI app development, and secure national communications, on the Internet Computer.

The collaboration includes:
— Pakistan Subnet
— Caffeine AI Licenses
— National Messenger Service
— DFINITY in Pakistan

Through this decision, Pakistan furthers its digital sovereignty and AI push in line with announcements made by the prime minister at Indus AI Week.

1/4 🧵

[DFINITY Foundation @dfinity]

During #WorldComputerDay in Davos, we officially announced the Swiss Subnet. Here's why we're incredibly excited about it and why you should be too:

🇨🇭 What is the Swiss Subnet on the Internet Computer?

The Swiss Subnet is a dedicated ICP subnet designed for applications that require data residency, regulatory clarity, and high-trust infrastructure.

So what does that mean in practice?

1️⃣ Geographic certainty
All nodes in the Swiss Subnet are physically located in Switzerland (and Liechtenstein).
This ensures data stays within a well-defined legal jurisdiction.

2️⃣ Built for compliance
The subnet is designed to support use cases that require:

> Strong data protection
> Predictable regulation
> Institutional and enterprise standards

This makes it suitable for finance, public sector, healthcare, and enterprise workloads.

3️⃣ Native to ICP
The Swiss Subnet isn’t a sidechain or workaround - it’s a first-class subnet on the Internet Computer, benefiting from:

> On-chain smart contracts (canisters)
> Chain-key cryptography
> Web-speed performance

4️⃣ Digital sovereignty, by design
It enables organizations to build decentralized applications while maintaining control over jurisdiction, infrastructure, and trust assumptions.

The Swiss Subnet shows how ICP’s architecture can support geographically specialized blockchains, combining decentralization with real-world regulatory needs.

That's massive.

[Alex (BCP) @BlockchainPill]

We have @Citi, @Circle, and @Binance on the first panel at the World Computer Day by @dfinity 🔥🔥 $ICP

[dom | icp @dominic_w]

Super excited, @SwissSubnet 1st national subnet launched @ WCD, Davos

Deploy apps on sovereign Internet Computer/ICP territory keeping all data and computation in Switzerland, to meet emerging regulatory and sovereignty objectives, and more

Next, Swiss Subnet cloud engines 💪🏼

[dom | icp @dominic_w]

Feb 2nd, https://t.co/c91gCXdahA will begin to roll out it's all-new fully agentic "automated tech team" (v2.0)

Big advances coming for self-writing cloud and ICP ☕💪

[dom | icp @dominic_w]

An important new ICP white paper. This is a big one, enjoy! #Mission70

"Mission 70 and Accelerating the Internet Computer Economy"

https://t.co/T6HiI2wSUY

[BeInCrypto @beincrypto]

🔥 A new era begins: @dfinity unveiled Caffeine — the world’s first self-writing app platform — live on stage at the 2025 World Computer Summit.

With 1,000+ attendees, panels on AI, decentralization & sovereignty, and a vibrant builder community, the event marked the rise of Internet Computer 2.0.

Read more 🔗 https://t.co/NN51r7NlHm

[AmSpeed⚡️ @devdaryl]

🚨BREAKING🚨

iPhone Moment!

Bye ChatGPT, bye Claude, bye Cursor, bye vibe coding

@caffeineai does it ALL for you! Code, deploy (gives you a link), and updates your apps on the Internet Computer $ICP

Anyone can build secure apps now. No technical skills needed

Full demo 🧵 ⬇️