0G

Unlike traditional chains optimized for tokens or smart contracts, 0G was engineered from the ground up for AI. It’s a modular AI Operating System—a unified stack where execution, storage, data availability, compute, and inference coexist. Every layer is optimized for AI workloads: models, data streams, and computations must run trustlessly and at scale.

0G isn’t just another L1—it’s a purpose-built AI infrastructure backbone, removing central bottlenecks and enabling fully on-chain intelligence.

Rather than optimizing for asset transfers or generalized computation, 0G is built for:

• Storing large-scale datasets and models

• Running inference and compute verifiably

• Coordinating autonomous agents

• Enabling modularity across data, compute, and execution

It is not a rollup, not just a storage protocol, and not another EVM fork—0G is its own high-throughput, AI-first Layer 1 with custom architectural layers.

Architecture: A Multi-Layer AI Operating System

The 0G protocol stack includes five tightly integrated layers:

1. 0G Chain

The core Layer 1 chain. It uses Proof-of-Stake consensus and supports EVM-compatible execution environments for smart contracts and programmatic logic.

2. 0G Storage

A decentralized data storage layer optimized for large datasets and ML models. Uses a novel mechanism called Proof-of-Random-Access (PoRA) to ensure storage nodes actually retain and serve data correctly.

3. 0G DA (Data Availability)

A horizontally scalable layer for ensuring high-volume data can be published, referenced, and accessed. It decouples storage and publishing, allowing parallel DA for AI-specific throughput.

4. 0G Compute Network

A decentralized compute layer for inference. Compute providers execute machine learning models off-chain and submit proofs of execution, which can be verified by the protocol.

5. Alignment Nodes

These are responsible for auditing, verifying, and ensuring that AI systems (and their outputs) align with agreed-upon standards, safety mechanisms, or DAO rules.

Use Cases: AI-Native Web3 Infrastructure

0G enables entirely new categories of applications that require trustless AI coordination:

• On-chain AI agents that can learn, adapt, and transact autonomously

• Decentralized AI marketplaces for buying, selling, and licensing datasets or models

• Governance-aware AI systems that align with community values or predefined constraints

• On-chain inference for DeFi, content, healthcare, or identity systems

• DataFi protocols where users tokenize and trade their data into verified training sets

Rather than bolting AI onto a chain as an afterthought, 0G builds around it—at the protocol level.

Ecosystem Momentum

Since launch, 0G has seen massive testnet activity:

• Over 300 million transactions

• More than 8,000 active validators

• Thousands of developers deploying AI-native dApps, agents, and data DAOs

• Multiple hackathons and grants programs attracting AI/ML engineers and Solidity developers

• A large funding round and strategic ecosystem partners positioning 0G as the center of the decentralized AI narrative

It’s not speculative infrastructure—it’s already in motion.