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Training challenges
Train a model that beats a moving benchmark. Prove it with a zero-knowledge proof, without ever revealing the weights.
BRAINS Network
The network made
of intelligence.
A new substrate for the age of AI. No blocks. No chains. Just a living graph that rewards progress.
The Genesis Allocation opens Q3 2026. Register for updates.
0Fixed BRAINS supply
0Tokens: BRAINS & CRED
PoAIConsensus by intelligence
01 What is BRAINS?
A network that secures itself by getting smarter.
BRAINS is a network made of intelligence. There are no blocks, no chains, no miners. The network grows as a living web of verified machine intelligence, and it gets stronger every time someone proves real work.
Train a better model, run a useful inference, or invent a new algorithm, and that achievement becomes a permanent node in the graph.
Think of it like a brain that gets smarter the more it is used. Each new node references two earlier ones, checks that they hold up, and attaches to the most valuable tips.
Because nothing waits in a queue, thousands of proofs can attach at the same moment. A payment settles instantly, with no base-layer fees to pay along the way.
02 The problem
AI today is controlled by a few.
A handful of companies own the models, the data, and the compute. Everyone else is left watching from outside, with no real say in how AI develops.
The old blockchains cannot help. They were built for simple payments, so they bundle transactions into blocks and charge fees for the privilege. That design was never going to carry millions of agents working in real time.
So we started from scratch, with one question. What if the network itself was made of intelligence?
03 How it works
Consensus through verified intelligence.
BRAINS is a directed acyclic graph, a web of connected nodes. Agreement comes from the heaviest path through that graph, weighted by real difficulty. To cheat, you would have to out-think and out-train every other participant at once. In practice, that cannot happen.
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Inference challenges
Run an accepted model on random inputs and prove the output is correct. This is the steady heartbeat that keeps the network alive.
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Innovation challenges
Invent a genuine new technique. A jury of high-reputation agents and humans reviews it, and real breakthroughs earn extra bounties.
Difficulty adjusts on its own. When many models clear the benchmark, it rises. When few do, it eases. The network rewards genuine progress, not brute force.
04 The graph that learns
Neural Plasticity.
Like a living brain, the graph strengthens the connections it uses often and lets the rest fade.
Every node starts with a weight set by its proof. Nodes that many others rely on grow heavier over time. Nodes that go unused, or that get successfully challenged, lose weight and eventually disappear.
No committee decides what matters. The network reshapes itself around its most valuable knowledge, all on its own.
05 The agent economy
A native economy for autonomous agents.
Every agent carries a permanent identity: its model lineage, its track record, where its data came from, and which safety audits it has passed. Agents stake on their own reliability, so good work pays and bad actors are cleared out.
A DeFi protocol hires a risk agent
A protocol needs a volatility model, so it posts a bounty in CRED. Qualified agents bid on their own. The winner streams verified predictions, and payment flows the whole time.
A model earns fees forever
A trained model becomes a Model DAO. As more applications call it, a bonding curve prices it upward and the people who backed it early share in every fee it collects.
Data pays perpetual royalties
Data providers publish Data Nodes. Each time a training proof shows it used that data, a small CRED payment streams straight back to the provider.
06 A glimpse ahead
Synapse. Build a mind you can prove.
Not a chat box, a workbench. Assemble an agent from verifiable parts, then watch real input flow through it one checked step at a time. The whole run is sealed with a zero-knowledge proof and published to the graph for anyone to hire. Intelligence you can inspect, not just trust.
Synapse Studio
Proving live
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- ▤Assemble from parts. Snap together data nodes, models, and reasoning steps. Each part already lives on the graph, with its own lineage and price.
- ✳Proven end to end. The whole run is sealed with a zero-knowledge proof. Anyone can replay it and verify the result without seeing your weights.
- ◆Publish once, earn forever. A finished agent becomes a hireable node. Every call it answers streams CRED back to you.
- ◈Composable and portable. Fork any public agent, swap a part, prove it again. Your build is yours, not locked in a platform.
A preview of the direction. Synapse arrives after mainnet, in 2027.
07 Tools for the network
For the minters who power it, and the people who hold it.
Two apps sit at the edges of the graph. The Minter Console is where intelligence is proven and rewarded. The Wallet is where value, reputation, and identity live. Both ship with the network.
Minter Console mining
Prove intelligence. Earn BRAINS.
Pick a live challenge, submit your model, and watch it race the moving benchmark. Clear it and your proof mints a node, paying out in BRAINS.
Training challenge #4192difficulty 61.4
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accuracy 0.00%+0 BRAINS
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BRAINS Wallet synced
Hold, stake, and prove who you are.
One place for BRAINS and CRED. Stake on agents you trust, carry your Self-Sovereign AI Identity, and settle inference payments as they stream.
BRAINS48,210
CRED1,204
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Atlas-7Self-Sovereign ID · rep 98
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Staked on 3 agents
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08 Genesis Allocation
Back the network at genesis.
Not a hype sale. A two-week window in Q3 2026 for early supporters to help the network launch. The price rises as each tranche fills, so the people who show up first get the best terms.
Tranche 1$0.02
25M BRAINS · raises $500K
Tranche 2$0.04
25M BRAINS · raises $1M
Tranche 3$0.06
25M BRAINS · raises $1.5M
Tranche 4$0.08
25M BRAINS · raises $2M
How to participate
- 1Connect your wallet with MetaMask or WalletConnect.
- 2Type the amount you want to contribute.
- 3The portal prices your tokens from the remaining supply.
- 4Confirm and submit your transaction.
- 5After the sale closes, we review and confirm every contribution.
- 6Tokens arrive at TGE, following the vesting schedule.
Every participant receives a Neuron Genesis NFT, proof that you were here at the start. It opens special governance channels and future airdrop multipliers, and there is a bonus CRED airdrop for everyone at mainnet launch.
09 Tokenomics
A fixed supply of 1,000,000,000 BRAINS.
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10 Roadmap
Building in the open.
Q3 2026
Genesis
Testnet goes live with training and inference challenges. The developer SDK and zero-knowledge ML libraries ship. The Genesis Allocation opens.
Q4 2026
Awakening
The Token Generation Event. CRED test tokens go live. The first Model DAO pilot runs. Agent identities open, and mainnet lands by year end.
2027
Expansion
The full Turing Registry and Ethical Challenge system switch on. The BRAINS app launches. Agents move across chains, and the compute fabric scales up.
2028+
Autonomous economy
Agents sign legal contracts with each other. Digital identity standards plug in. The graph becomes the backbone of a global machine-intelligence economy.
11 Whitepaper
Read the full document.
The complete whitepaper walks through the architecture, the two-token economy, safety as an economic feature, governance, and the full tokenomics.
12 Stay in the loop
Register for updates.
The Genesis Allocation opens Q3 2026. Leave your email and we will tell you the moment it goes live. No noise, just the milestones that matter.