Design for Cryptocurrency Mining and AI Processing

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Design for Cryptocurrency Mining and AI Processing

Status

  • Overall Status

    ⏳ Contract Pending

  • Funding Transfered

    $0 USD

  • Max Funding Amount

    $80,000 USD

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Milestone Release 1
$20,000 USD Pending TBD
Milestone Release 2
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Milestone Release 3
$20,000 USD Pending TBD
Milestone Release 4
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Overview

This 6-month, $80,000 project aims to design a novel hybrid FPGA/ASIC architecture that repurposes Bitcoin mining hardware for AGI computation. The proposed system will combine cryptocurrency mining capabilities with specialized processing for graph traversal and hypervector operations, enabling distributed processing. Led by Simuli Inc, the project will deliver a comprehensive hardware architecture design, prototype implementation, Hyperon/MeTTa integration, and testing documentation. The solution addresses the current inefficiencies of single-purpose mining ASICs while creating economic incentives for distributed AGI computation networks through dual-purpose hardware capabilities.

RFP Guidelines

AGI related hardware

Complete & Awarded
  • Type SingularityNET RFP
  • Total RFP Funding $80,000 USD
  • Proposals 5
  • Awarded Projects 1
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SingularityNET
Oct. 4, 2024

This RFP seeks to explore and evaluate innovative hardware paradigms, ranging from small-scale IoT devices to large, decentralized systems, to optimize AGI workloads in the OpenCog Hyperon framework and handle advanced processes such as cognitive synergy and hyperdimensional computing. The focus is on assessing hardware paradigms and emerging architectures (e.g. neuromorphic processors, associative processors such as TensTorrent’s APU, etc). The goal is to enhance computational efficiency, scalability, and cognitive synergy in AGI systems. Part of this should involve interacting with the Hyperon team who've built the existing and in-development MeTTa interpreters.

Proposal Description

Company Name (if applicable)

Simuli Inc.

Project details

Performance Metrics

Success Criteria

  • Detailed hardware comparison matrix with concrete metrics on cost, speed, memory, and power consumption

  • Implementation roadmap for recommended solutions

  • Cost-benefit analysis of proposed hardware changes

  • Risk assessment of recommended architectural changes

Hardware Evaluation

  • Complete comparative analysis of at least 6 emerging hardware architectures for graph traversal (e.g. pattern matching), hypervector computing (HDC), and bitcoin mining ASICs. 

  • Scope analysis of required hardware capabilities for Hyperon, HDC, and bitcoin mining in one chip.

Integration Assessment

  • Document performance bottlenecks in current MeTTa compilation pipeline

  • Document data flow patterns between ECAN, PLN, and MOSES components

  • Identify critical paths in cognitive synergy operations

  • Analyze memory access patterns in current Hyperon implementation

Scalability Analysis

  • Map resource utilization across distributed nodes

  • Document communication patterns in decentralized operations

  • Analyze bandwidth requirements for cognitive module interaction

  • Profile power consumption patterns in current implementation and project future needs

Implementation Feasibility

  • Create proof-of-concept implementations for critical operations

  • Document integration requirements for Hyperon/PRIMUS stack

  • Evaluate security implementation requirements

 

Usefulness

  • Enables crypto mining communities to participate in AGI computation networks

  • Creates economic incentives for distributed AGI processing

  • Reduces e-waste by repurposing existing mining hardware

  • Provides scalable infrastructure for Hyperon's cognitive architectures

  • Supports both symbolic (graph-based) and subsymbolic (hypervector) processing

  • Enables secure (possibly FHE) operations for privacy-preserving computations

Problem Description

  • Current Bitcoin mining ASICs are single-purpose devices with significant idle time

  • Hyperon needs distributed computing resources for AGI workloads

  • Existing hardware solutions don't efficiently handle both symbolic and subsymbolic processing

  • Communities lack economic incentives to participate in AGI computation

  • Current solutions for distributed AGI processing lack privacy guarantees

  • Hardware for hyperdimensional computing and graph processing is not widely available

Solution Description

  • Analysis of current hardware landscape

  • Design a hybrid FPGA/ASIC architecture that repurposes Bitcoin ASICs for:

    • Logic for hypervector operations

    • Fast graph traversal (i.e. for Hyperon/PRIMUS)

    • Existing mining circuits

  • Design firmware for dynamic workload switching

  • Create open-source software stack for integration with Hyperon/MeTTa

  • Design distributed computation protocol for network coordination

  • Detail integration with security architecture for private computation

Longer Description

  • Phase 1: Hardware Architecture Design

    • Analysis of existing Bitcoin mining ASICs, graph traversal (i.e. pattern matching), and hypervector processors

    • Design of hypervector processing unit

    • Design of graph traversal processor

    • Power management system design

    • Interface specifications for Hyperon integration

    • Debug and logging communication design

    • Thermal analysis and modeling 

  • Phase 2: Firmware Development

    • Workload management system

    • Dynamic switching logic

    • Power optimization 

    • Distributed computation protocols

    • Security and encryption implementation

  • Phase 3: Software Stack

    • MeTTa integration layer

    • Distributed computation coordination

    • Monitoring and management tools

    • Documentation and SDK

  • Phase 4: Testing and Validation – proof of concept device

    • Performance benchmarking

    • Power efficiency testing

    • Network coordination testing

    • Security audit

    • Integration testing with Hyperon

Competition and USP

  • Competition:

    • Traditional Bitcoin mining ASICs (single-purpose)

    • Dedicated AI accelerators (expensive, centralized)

    • Cloud computing services (high latency, costly)

    • Neuromorphic processors (limited availability)

  • USP:

    • First dual-purpose crypto/AGI processing device

    • Leverages existing hardware infrastructure

    • Community-driven distributed computing

    • Built-in privacy and security

    • Economic incentives through dual-use capability

    • Open architecture for future expansion

Open Source Licensing

Apache License

Proposal Video

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Group Expert Rating (Final)

Overall

5.0

  • Feasibility 3.0
  • Desirabilty 3.7
  • Usefulness 4.0

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Overall Community

3.3

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Feasibility

3

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Viability

3.7

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Desirabilty

4

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Usefulness

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3 ratings
  • Expert Review 1

    Overall

    3.0

    • Compliance with RFP requirements 3.0
    • Solution details and team expertise 3.0
    • Value for money 2.0
    Too much promised for the given RFP.

    The proposal promises too much including prototype chip manufacture. The proposal lacks theoretical part of the RFP where the research into existing PRIMUS components is necessary including codebase analysis and improvement recommendations.

  • Expert Review 2

    Overall

    3.0

    • Compliance with RFP requirements 3.0
    • Solution details and team expertise 4.0
    • Value for money 5.0
    This is a mix of stuff that addresses the RFP and interesting (but questionable) other stuff

    Simuli are super-capable and very savvy, and so not surprisingly this proposal is pretty interesting... but it's kind of a weird mix of stuff that addresses the RFP with a different thing (a proposal to evaluate repurposing BTC mining processors for AGI). I am a bit skeptical of this repurposing direction, because Hyperon seems to need big fast RAM and cache, whereas big NNs seem to need cutting edge GPUs, so it's not clear what is the subset of AGI methods for which these mining machines can keep up... Anyway it seems an intriguing topic to dig into but isn't really what this RFP is for...

  • Expert Review 3

    Overall

    4.0

    • Compliance with RFP requirements 3.0
    • Solution details and team expertise 4.0
    • Value for money 5.0

    Interesting proposal to “combine cryptocurrency mining capabilities with specialized processing for graph traversal and hypervector operations, enabling distributed processing.” It is unclear, however, how feasible and quickly to implement it will be to design a hybrid FPGA/ASIC architecture that repurposes Bitcoin ASICs for: o Logic for hypervector operations o Fast graph traversal (i.e. for Hyperon/PRIMUS) o Existing mining circuits Proposal does explicitly discuss Primus architecture modules.

  • Total Milestones

    4

  • Total Budget

    $80,000 USD

  • Last Updated

    3 Feb 2025

Milestone 1 - Hardware Architecture Research & Design

Status
😐 Not Started
Description

Conduct comprehensive analysis of existing hardware solutions and design hybrid architecture combining graph traversal, hypervector operations, and mining capabilities

Deliverables

Hardware architecture specification document Simulation models of hybrid processing units Power consumption analysis and optimization plan Integration blueprint for Hyperon framework Initial prototype design schematics

Budget

$20,000 USD

Success Criterion

Simulation demonstrates feasibility of all three processing types (mining, HDC, graph) Power efficiency projections meet or exceed current ASIC standards Architecture review approved by Hyperon team Complete analysis of at least 6 existing hardware architectures documented

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Milestone 2 - Prototype Implementation

Status
😐 Not Started
Description

Develop working prototype of the hybrid processor, implementing basic firmware and testing core functionalities

Deliverables

Functional prototype device Basic firmware implementation Performance testing results Power efficiency measurements Security architecture implementation

Budget

$20,000 USD

Success Criterion

Successful switching between mining and AGI workloads Power efficiency within 20% of projected values Basic graph traversal operations functional Hypervector operations verified Security architecture passes initial audit

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Milestone 3 - Software Stack & Integration

Status
😐 Not Started
Description

Develop software infrastructure for device management and integration with Hyperon/MeTTa

Deliverables

MeTTa integration layer Distributed computation protocol Management and monitoring suite SDK with documentation Integration testing results

Budget

$20,000 USD

Success Criterion

Successful execution of MeTTa operations Distributed computation protocol validated SDK successfully used by test developers All critical interfaces documented and tested Integration tests pass with Hyperon framework

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Milestone 4 - Testing & Documentation

Status
😐 Not Started
Description

Comprehensive testing of entire system and preparation of documentation for community deployment

Deliverables

Full system integration test results Performance optimization report Security audit report Complete technical documentation Community deployment guide

Budget

$20,000 USD

Success Criterion

System meets all performance metrics Security audit passed with no critical issues Documentation reviewed and approved by Hyperon team Successful test deployment in community environment All known issues documented with solutions

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Expert Ratings

Reviews & Ratings

Group Expert Rating (Final)

Overall

5.0

  • Feasibility 3.0
  • Desirabilty 3.7
  • Usefulness 4.0

New reviews and ratings are disabled for Awarded Projects

  • Expert Review 1

    Overall

    3.0

    • Compliance with RFP requirements 3.0
    • Solution details and team expertise 3.0
    • Value for money 2.0
    Too much promised for the given RFP.

    The proposal promises too much including prototype chip manufacture. The proposal lacks theoretical part of the RFP where the research into existing PRIMUS components is necessary including codebase analysis and improvement recommendations.

  • Expert Review 2

    Overall

    3.0

    • Compliance with RFP requirements 3.0
    • Solution details and team expertise 4.0
    • Value for money 5.0
    This is a mix of stuff that addresses the RFP and interesting (but questionable) other stuff

    Simuli are super-capable and very savvy, and so not surprisingly this proposal is pretty interesting... but it's kind of a weird mix of stuff that addresses the RFP with a different thing (a proposal to evaluate repurposing BTC mining processors for AGI). I am a bit skeptical of this repurposing direction, because Hyperon seems to need big fast RAM and cache, whereas big NNs seem to need cutting edge GPUs, so it's not clear what is the subset of AGI methods for which these mining machines can keep up... Anyway it seems an intriguing topic to dig into but isn't really what this RFP is for...

  • Expert Review 3

    Overall

    4.0

    • Compliance with RFP requirements 3.0
    • Solution details and team expertise 4.0
    • Value for money 5.0

    Interesting proposal to “combine cryptocurrency mining capabilities with specialized processing for graph traversal and hypervector operations, enabling distributed processing.” It is unclear, however, how feasible and quickly to implement it will be to design a hybrid FPGA/ASIC architecture that repurposes Bitcoin ASICs for: o Logic for hypervector operations o Fast graph traversal (i.e. for Hyperon/PRIMUS) o Existing mining circuits Proposal does explicitly discuss Primus architecture modules.

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