Infrastructure Provider
An ecosystem participant who contributes compute, storage, or edge capacity, such as an enterprise datacenter, GPU cluster, cloud VM, university cluster, factory or IoT edge system, or home lab, to Autheo's distributed cloud platform.
Infrastructure providers are one of five ecosystem participant types in Autheo's platform model, alongside developers, enterprises, validators, and users. Unlike validators, who specifically secure the Layer 1 trust layer through staking, infrastructure providers contribute compute, storage, and edge resources to Autheo's distributed mesh and compute fabric, which the control plane then matches to application demand through the marketplace. The provider lifecycle for joining as an infrastructure provider involves installing the runtime, generating an identity, registering the node, joining the mesh, advertising resources, and earning THEO through marketplace settlement. This compute and storage marketplace is rolling out on mainnet over the coming months.
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Autheo
A distributed cloud platform, built as a Layer-0 Operating System with an integrated Layer-1 blockchain, that uses blockchain to establish trust and coordination while a distributed mesh provides compute, storage, and networking infrastructure.
View definition →Distributed Cloud Platform
The way Autheo describes itself at the highest level: a platform where a blockchain provides shared trust and coordination while a distributed mesh of independently owned infrastructure provides compute, storage, and networking, consumed by applications as programmable services.
View definition →Provider Lifecycle (Autheo)
The path an infrastructure provider takes to join Autheo's distributed cloud platform and start earning THEO: installing the runtime, generating an identity, registering a node, joining the mesh, and advertising resources to the marketplace.
View definition →Request Lifecycle (Autheo)
The path a user request takes through Autheo's distributed cloud platform: from DNS and edge routing through authentication and compute to the final response.
View definition →Smart Contract
Self-executing code deployed on a blockchain that automatically enforces the terms of an agreement when predefined conditions are met.
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