2026 is the year of the $NOCK and privacy in general.
First, we need to weed out the weak hands and flippers to find a proper floor.
Still, the only promising privacy-computation eco in the space is gonna change things for programmable money and decentralized applications.
Torus just deployed their Prophet Finder release.
This update allows any holder to submit accounts for the swarm to learn from.
Let's explore how this will supercharge @torus_network growth. 📃👇
I've written a lot about Torus in the past. I highly recommend checking out my latest pieces to stay up-to-date on everything Torus.
Last time, we discussed why social media is the best place to find predictions.
Torus is building the infrastructure that allows us to identify accounts that are more 'right' than the general audience, which gives them an edge in their field.
This data is incredibly valuable, and as the betting market grows, there will be more and more easy ways to monetize this.
There are many ways to find users who consistently provide accurate insights on a specific subject, but numerous factors need to be taken into account.
Mainly, finding how users predict in different markets and identifying which market a user is making predictions about is a huge hurdle to automate.
You need to understand the lingo; without it, you will never be efficient.
Humans are great at spotting these nuances as they can 'understand' something that is far more complicated than just telling a bot to 'know'.
We already see this with the current prediction swarm.
As more things get automated, more interference in small fields is required to ensure the swarm is actually learning and finding data with value.
The result?
We still rely on humans to ensure the swarm grows as intended.
To build true swarm intelligence, we need to remove this factor. Torus must be able to grow itself and understand which agents are doing what and for which reason.
This is where the Prophet Finder release comes in.
Anyone who has staked at least 100 $TORUS can submit any X account to be added to the swarm, which will then check all previous posts to find predictions.
While this sounds easy, you get a super powerful result.
A mix of X accounts sorted by expertise, built by humans, serving as the base case for agent information.
By adding accounts that humans think are good predictors instead of having the swarm randomly guess accounts, we make the model far more efficient.
Given that we are in Web3, it makes sense to first see a lot of economic predictors, with sports betting and politics to follow soon after.
These aren't just markets where many predictions are made, but also where a lot of money is allocated to bet.
We not only gain a better information set for the swarm to continue building on, but also ensure the focus will first be on fields where people are willing to pay for good information.
I'm a big fan of this approach. If this experiment is successful, we will see the swarm scale at an even faster pace than it already is.
And once we start seeing the first tangible results, we'll instantly be able to utilize them using betting platforms and see if there is an edge to be found compared to our expected outcome data.
If enough people submit accounts, we will remove a lot of bias as well, as we want to get a diverse mix of submissions to counteract this.
The Torus team allocated a small prize pot of 10.000 $TORUS to be paid out to users who submitted the most predictions.
Leaderboard will be published on the 7th, so if you have any accounts that you believe should be added, make sure to add them before then.
Let me know what you think about the Prophet Finder release. I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments. 👇
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Can't mention this enough: $TORUS still one of my highest conviction plays this cycle. Insanely misprized imo.
Their team just added around 400k USDC liquidity today. Chart doesn't look the prettiest but also bottomed out AF and the tech and team are insanely promising.
The human brain is still over ten thousand times more advanced than any AI to date.
Humans are the best tool we have to predict the future; we just need to find those that have a clear edge.
@torus_network is taking all the right steps to make the future a reality today.
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I've talked about prediction in the past. It's one of the most demanding services for businesses and individuals to date.
It is the biggest market driver for spending and prosperity.
There are many trying to crack prediction on scale, but no one is doing it like Torus, and I think their approach makes more sense than we think.
Compared to providing data to an agent or LLM without human cognition, Torus seeks out experts who are often more 'right' in their fields.
This approach offers users a clearer understanding of upcoming events, enabling them to act strategically and maintain their advantage.
The Power of Human Intuition.
Humans offer something AI can't replicate: contextual intuition.
We draw from personal experiences, cultural nuances, and emotional cues to predict outcomes. For example, a human analyst might foresee a market dip based on the sense of social unrest, while Torus's AI relies solely on data.
Research shows humans excel in "scope sensitivity," understanding the scale of events and outperforming AI by 5.5% in recent forecasting tournaments.
Black swan events, like sudden tech breakthroughs, catch AI off guard due to its data-driven constraints. Humans, however, often detect these shifts through instinct, an ability no AI can mimic.
Torus is one of the few projects that seems to understand that humans are deciding the direction of our future 99% of the time, while also being the best tool to predict; nature is rarely a factor when it comes down to it.
Why would you want to feed an AI agent or LLM a bunch of data when it's far more efficient to simply find people who show an edge in a particular field?
The most efficient computer.
The human brain's energy efficiency gives it a significant predictive edge over AI. Operating on just 20 watts, the brain exceeds the performance of the largest AI models, which consume megawatts.
Studies indicate the brain is 100,000 to 1,000,000 times more energy-efficient.
This biological marvel supports 86 billion neurons and 150 trillion synapses, enabling real-time prediction with minimal power.
In contrast, AI models can require 100–1000 watts for a single query, with training consuming gigawatt-hours.
This inefficiency limits AI’s ability to handle novel scenarios on the fly, whereas the brain’s low-energy adaptability allows humans to predict effortlessly.
Our brain is 5-6 orders of magnitude more energy-efficient than our most advanced AI models. Not leveraging this advantage creates a significant market gap.
Assuming AI continues to grow exponentially, it could take approximately 9–15 years to close this gap. While I think it won't take this long, this still provides Torus with a huge edge over anyone else.
I believe we will see artificial general intelligence (AGI) within the next 2 years and artificial superintelligence (ASI) within the next 5-10 years, as we are likely to improve faster than calculated, as every industry has done in the past.
Simply using humans doesn't cut it. We must only allow predictions from people who have proven their expertise in a particular field over time, and X is one of the best places to gather such data from a large pool of individuals.
I like how Torus puts it in one of their latest threads: pick any topic, and there will be someone with real-life experience who can predict the future better than any billionaire who has ever lived.
Finding the right people for the right topic is the real challenge, and I don't know of any project, centralized or decentralized, that is taking this approach to predict future events.
There will always be a massive market for prediction; the more certainty, the more we as humans strive. This isn't just limited to businesses or high-net-worth individuals.
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one cool thing is that eventually Torus will collect all the past information of who contributed and who was in the way and apply it in some shape
all you contributing now to get ♓️ off the ground will be remembered by it
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the next Torus ♓️ mainnet release will be the biggest update we've done to this date, by far.
amongst other things, it will introduce the ♓️ control space
this space consists of the set of all things that Torus has direct power over, integrated with the permission system
from chain parameters & incentives to offchain resources & agent capabilities
if it's part of the control space, it can be decentrally optimized and utilized by Torus, arbitrary pathways channeling it can be formed
a good and fun metric for progress will be following the growth of the control space, watching the ♓️ gradually absorb & integrate resources under its control
it's coming.
$TORUS after an extended ascending triangle, price is retesting the breakout.
If this zone around $0.360 holds, it is likely to extend higher towards $0.580 and $0.700 all over again.
@EricCryptoman@TheEuroSniper $TORUS if you fade now, you will feel pain when It first hits 5$
You will feel more pain when It hits 10$
You will never forgive yourself when It hits 25$
You only need a few conviction plays to grow your portfolio significantly.
Let me remind you why $TORUS is set to be one of the runners this cycle.
Here's everything you need to know about @torus_network. 📃👇
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Quick tl;dr on Torus for our new readers: this piece will cover absolutely everything you need to know.
Torus Network is a self-assembling and evolving agentic peer-to-peer organism layer 1 founded by RenLabs.
Imagine an organic cyborg. At its foundation, it possesses vital organs, memory, and an immune system, all capable of integration and adaptation.
It can even incorporate new organs to enhance itself continually. This is the vision Torus strives to realize, where each "organ" is a swarm of AI agents and modules working in harmony to improve and evolve.
Click here to see their swarm graph of active Agents on the Torus testnet:
https://t.co/ue0XNmVDam
At the heart of these agents and modules lies "Stake." This root agent on the Torus Network governs token emissions.
Everything must pass through this agent, inseparably linked to the network.
Think of Stake as the genome of Torus, a library accessible to stakeholders, shaping how Stake manifests itself through stake-based control on-chain.
This structure fosters ongoing alignment with the stake root, prompting agents to naturally form a hierarchy through selective pressure and incentives from Stake.
Agents lower in the hierarchy, eager to earn rewards, will be compelled to align their choices with the objectives of the level above. This alignment will continue at each level until reaching Stake.
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This means $TORUS stakers have full control of the direction the network is building to with weighted staking.
The current focus lies around predicting the future, more precisely, finding individuals who are specialized in some field and tend to be more 'right' than most.
This gives users a better idea of what to expect from an upcoming event and act accordingly to secure their edge.
This process is already in the works for X and is set to expand all over the internet to find the best alpha and allow events that may seem unrelated to be linked in seconds, making the future ever-more certain.
Renlabs has an incredibly impressive track record when it comes to its contributions to AI and blockchain in general. Most notably, releasing a paper that has had a huge impact on how $dTAO has become a reality.
Inspired, they launched their own chain for $TORUS to fully realize their vision and enhance their model.
Not only is this team incredibly skilled but they have over 2 years of runway for their 15 team members ensuring Torus will be built out to its fullest potential without the team needing to sell any tokens to sustain their development.
And given that more autonomous agents and outside contributions will streamline the development process, this is a real beast in the making and I haven't even talked about the tokenomics yet.
As described above, $TORUS stakers decide where emissions are emitted using weighted stake, making Torus a more advanced DAO.
$TORUS was launched with no pre-mine and no VCs. The only way to get your hands on these tokens is to buy them on the open market on Base. Afterward, users can decide to bridge their tokens to stake them or hold them on Base.
There is no lock-up period, so staking $TORUS feels like a no-brainer as you're earning >6% APY as a reward for putting your stake to use.
Inflation is extremely favorable and can be fully controlled by the DAO. The current emission schedule is set to emit all tokens over a 5-year period, with nearly 50% of tokens already in circulation, of which more than 50% is staked.
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Add the fact that they have deep liquidity on Base, and only a doubling of total supply over five years makes $TORUS one of the most attractive I've seen to date.
PA has been heating up over the past days, currently sitting around a $35M market cap.
$TORUS might be the biggest sleeper bet this cycle, backed by one of the strongest dev teams I've seen and super attractive tokenomics.
This could easily go to a $500M market cap in a matter of weeks once people catch on.
I hope this post got you Torus-pilled.
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