• Web3 AI (Artificial Intelligence) is different from other areas in Web3 because decentralized AI tries to solve the problems that Web2 AI faces. One of these problems is meeting the demand for GPUs, which doubles every 3 and a half months.
• Ionet is not just a DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks), it's actually a DePIN of DePINs, meaning it aggregates resources from other networks onto a single network and offers it as a service to other companies that need it.
• The goal is to create a digital petrodollar where compute power will be an asset. This will be possible with $IO. Compute power is the new oil.
• Decentralized services are more flexible than centralized ones because they are available at any time.
• Ionet wants to decentralize Web3 again because big companies have taken over web3 and most of the validators (around 70%) are running on the infrastructure of those centralized companies.
• When you choose a decentralized network, you accept the lack of integration with other services and latency, but you get the benefits of affordability, flexibility and scalability of user inference.
• Decentralization gives small companies a chance to survive, makes things more accessible to everyone and distributes power more widely.
• IO/explorer is where you transparently see operations on the ionet, while IO/worker is where you connect your GPUs to the network and monitor their state. In IO/cloud, you can optionally set up clusters of workers in 90 seconds on average.
• The number of workers increased from 25,000 to 180,000 in 4 weeks. For a network that started 4 months ago and is still in beta, this growth is exponential. We ask for your patience if you experience some kind of instability on the ionet site. Thank you very much for your understanding.
• A cluster is a group of workers working in harmony, sharing the workload with some kind of consensus. It is very similar to a set of validators in blockchain.
• Ionet's core services, such as payment infrastructure, are in Solana because they are fast, cheap and scalable. However, transactions are processed on the Aptos network.
• The reason for Ionet's involvement in multiple chains is the desire to create a self-sufficient blockchain in the future. At that point, projects that want access to compute power will need to develop dapps on Ionet.
• There are two categories of partnerships. One is AI companies and the other is web3 infrastructures such as proof of work loads and validators.
• It is impossible for Ionet to challenge centralized networks alone. Therefore, it will need the services of other decentralized companies such as privacy and security.
• Crypto AI is persistent in this system because first, once people realize the power of AI, they will not want it to be centralized. The second reason is the security that AI brings.
• Cloud gaming projects have great potential as they will allow nodes to be closer to the players. This will push aside the disadvantages of being geographically far away from centralized servers.
• Ionet does not want to position itself as a competitor against other DePINs, but rather wants to cooperate with them.
• The $IO token will be launched on April 28th, with the infrastructure mainnet. The product itself is already on the mainnet. The points system for workers will be in place around April 1.

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