📸 Phase #6 – Snapshot & Prize Eligibility Update The Phase #6 snapshot has been finalized. You can view it here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets… The eligible node list is being processed and will be released shortly. - Final Top 150 will be locked for reward distribution - Eligibility criteria: Total Score ≥ 50%, Precommit Score ≥ 60% - Do not shut down your node – offline = disqualified - Continuous uptime is required for final eligibility - Testnet0/Testnet1 migration instructions coming soon Big thanks to all node operators for driving Phase #6 forward. #Cortensor #DevNet7 #Phase6 #NodeOps #DePIN #AIInfra #TestnetPrep

🧪 Phase #6 Starts Now The final development phase before Testnet is live. We're entering a 1-week grace period. Most nodes are already migrated to DevNet7 with a few still finalizing. Once migration completes, stats will reset and tasks will run across the network to confirm stability. What's in Phase #6: 🔹 Node Level Rewards - Base rewards introduced by tier (3 levels) - Linear level bonus on top 🔹 Memory Index & GPU Benchmarks - General dynamic model loading, switching, reporting & NodePool matching - Stress testing all supported models (CPU GPU: incl. LLaMA 3.x, DeepSeek) 🔹 SessionPayment Integration - Full contract ↔ contract payout flow - Real-time event trigger validation 🔹 Regression – Refactored Sessions - Session & SessionQueue data isolation fully live - Backward compatibility regression testing 🔹 Oracles & Canary Testing - Multi-region shards monitored across CA, UT, OH - Canary rollout on DevNet7 Testnet-0/1 🔹 Privacy Prototyping - Early privacy-preserving sessions & queues prototyping - Full evaluation deferred to Testnet due to limited user data in DevNet 🔹 Validator Expansion Prototyping - Extending Validator v1 with quantitative (embedding/distance) qualitative (LLM scoring) checks - Prototyping PoI & PoUW modules; full rollout during Testnet 🔹 Hackathon #2 - Launches one week after Phase #6 start - Focused on real-world apps, integrations, and agent tools - Double rewards pool compared to Hackathon #1 - Draft/WIP: docs.cortensor.network/commu… 🔹 Testnet Stress Testing - Run existing hackathon apps & demos on Testnet-0/1 - Validate user task flows and cross-env stability 📄 Full details: docs.cortensor.network/commu… 📍 Network DevNet7 Stats: dashboard-devnet7.cortensor.… 🌉 L3 Bridge: cortensor-testnet-1-32ph80a0… 🔎 L3 Explorer: testnet1.explorer.cortensor.… 💬 Join the community: discord.gg/cortensor 👉 The last dev phase before Testnet – stability, scaling, and trust features all under test. #Cortensor #AI #DePIN #Phase6 #Testnet #Hackathon

🧪 Phase #5 Starts Now Cortensor's most advanced testing phase is here - SLA logic, Node Level classification, L3 rollup flows, and Validator scoring now active. We're entering a 1-week grace period - node ops can still join and test ahead. What's in Phase #5: 🔹 SLA-Based Node Assignment (v1) - Session creation now supports SLA tiers (Low / Medium / High) - NodePool selects based on actual Node Level with new fallback logic - More testing algorithm refinement during Phase #5 🔹 Validator v1 Node Level Runtime - Validator tracks task success/failure across nodes - Upgrade/downgrade logic now live after 10 valid results - Phase #5 will improve scoring precision and thresholds 🔹 CognitiveLevel – Adaptive Node Categorization - Miner-side logic active to classify node level by task performance - Supports smart routing and recursive inference - Validator-side SLA enforcement under testing 🔹 SessionPayment – Light Payment Flow - Loosely coupled, event-driven payout tested end-to-end - COR-based payments run on Sepolia - Phase #5 to explore tighter integration via contract-to-contract flow 🔹 Dual Testnet Environment - Testnet-0: Arbitrum Sepolia (full-stack setup: wallet task pipeline) - Testnet-1: L3 Rollup (COR as gas) with oracles miners live - Stress testing L3 pipeline dashboard blockchain module updates 🔹 User Task Mode Flexibility - Dedicated Node: Now supports multi-model setup (e.g., LLaMA 3.1, DeepSeek-R1) - Ephemeral Node: Starting support for longer reservation and model switching - More iteration expected to reach production readiness 🔹 UX Dashboard Updates - Session creation flow now includes SLA configuration - Additional UI updates in progress for node stats, L3 interaction, and clarity 📍 Node Level View: devnet6.cortensor.network/no… 🌉 L3 Bridge: cortensor-testnet-1-32ph80a0… 🔎 L3 Explorer: testnet1.explorer.cortensor.… 📚 Docs: docs.cortensor.network/commu… 💬 Discord: discord.gg/cortensor Let the next wave of trustless AI infrastructure testing begin. #Cortensor #Phase5 #DevNet6 #SLA #PoUW #Validator #CORgas #AIInfra #DePIN #L3 #Testnet

🗓️ Weekly Recap – Hackathon, Payment Flow & Testnet Iterations 🔹 Hackathon #1 Progress - 23 participants so far, with the first apps already live. - Entries: dorahacks.io/hackathon/1284 🔹 SessionPayment & Session Flow - Loosely coupled payout logic refined - First end-to-end test of tightly coupled Session ↔ SessionPayment integration succeeded - continuing with more edge case testing 🔹 NodeSpec Module & Dashboard - GPU/CPU/memory specs now visible in the dashboard - Preparing hardware diversity as filters for user tasks and sessions - Dashboard: dashboard-devnet6.cortensor.… 🔹 Testnet-1 (L3 COR Rollup) - Surpassed 100 active nodes for stress tests - Found network task issues to revisit alongside SessionPayment flow wrap-up 🔹 Dynamic Model Switching - End-to-end testing postponed due to hackathon and payment flow priorities - includes manually verifying each supported model. 🔹 Privacy Features - Brainstorm session delayed, to resume next week This week brought strong progress on payment flow stability and node visibility, while hackathon builders continue shipping apps on top of Cortensor. #Cortensor #AI #DePIN #WeeklyRecap #Hackathon

🗓️ Weekly Recap – Phase #5 in Full Swing A productive week across testing, infra, and feature prototyping: 🔹 Phase #5 launched w/ DevNet6 now powering live inference and Hackathon #1. 🔹 Node Level edge case fixed – stability improved when all nodes start at L0. Monitoring upgrade logic is much more robust now. 🔹 Hackathon #1 kicked off – Cortensor’s first public build event is live. Builders are already exploring the decentralized AI infra. 🔹 Dynamic Model Switching (Ephemeral Nodes) – Early prototyping in motion. Core WorkerManager boot model container swap is working. Still requires deeper integration (event triggers, Docker mgmt, etc.). 🔹 DevNet7 dropped – Instead, we formalized: testnet-0 (Arbitrum Sepolia / L2) testnet-1 (L3 COR Rollup) devnet-0/1 reserved for feature development 🔹 L3 COR Stress Tests began – 50 nodes active. More joining soon. Dashboard updated. Payment path still needs tuning. 🔹 SessionPayment Flow – Lower priority this week. Will resume iteration after current L3 ephemeral experiments. A strong sprint into decentralized AI infra. More next week. #Cortensor #DevLog #DePIN #AI #LLM #Hackathon

🛠️ DevLog – CognitiveLevel Iteration: From Stats to Smart Routing CognitiveLevel iteration continues on DevNet6, shaping how task performance data powers adaptive coordination. 🔹 Progress So Far - Oracles and contracts are being updated to evaluate miner output post-session. - Metrics like token size, hash match, and task success are now recorded. - These results feed into CognitiveLevel, just like how Cognitive updates NodeStats. 🔹 How It Works - CognitiveLevel tracks success rates and streaks per node. - Oracles report these after each session. - Node levels auto-adjust and inform the Cognitive module, which adapts output targets. - Oracles then verify outputs in the next task - forming a full feedback loop. 🔹 Why It Matters - Enables level-aware routing and task scaling. - Supports SLA enforcement, smarter incentives, and heterogeneous node usage. - Lays groundwork for multi-model support and agent coordination. Still early in testing - but this unlocks the path toward smarter, more efficient decentralized inference. #Cortensor #DevLog #CognitiveLevel #DevNet6 #DePIN #PoUW #AIInfra

Cortensor Mini Hackathon Now Live! 📅 June 28 – July 12 Our first internal hackathon has officially started! We've rolled out key updates - including bug fixes, metric tracking, and a new /create endpoint - to support fast iteration and real usage testing. 🔹 Build lightweight tools, bots, or agent apps 🔹 Use Router Node API (Web2) or Web3 SDK 🔹 $COR prize pool monthly sponsorships for standout work 🔹 All entries live in: github.com/cortensor/communi… 💬 Submissions & questions via Discord: discord.gg/cortensor 📄 Full details: docs.cortensor.network/commu… Let's build and improve the network - one lightweight app at a time. #Cortensor #Hackathon #AI #DePIN #Web3 #RouterNode #BuildWithCortensor

Reminder: DevNet #5 Snapshot Incoming The final snapshot for DevNet #5 will be taken within 24 hours. Make sure your nodes are active and properly configured - this is your last chance to secure your position before rewards are calculated. ⚠️ Important: Stopping your node immediately after the snapshot may lead to disqualification. Keep it running. #Cortensor #DevNet5 #NodeOps #DePIN #AIInfrastructure

🗓️ Weekly Focus – Version Tracking, User Flow Enhancements, and Ecosystem Iteration This week marks the final week of both our 1st Internal Mini-Hackathon and DevNet5 Phase #4 - bringing us closer to a testnet-ready user task flow. 🔹 NodeVersion Module – Finalizing logic to track historical versions of all nodes across the network. This improves visibility, helps enforce consistency, and lays groundwork for quality-based filtering. 🔹 User Task Flow Enhancements – Continued refining session reliability, node assignment, and task tracking – extending last week’s progress with more edge case handling and scoring design. 🔹 Hackathon Support – Final Week – Supporting builders as they wrap up bots, apps, and tooling from the 2-week Mini-Hackathon. Several bugs and UX improvements emerged directly from this collaboration. 🔹 DevNet5 Phase #4 – Final Week of Testing – Continued stress-testing ephemeral nodes and scaling user task flows across sessions to validate end-to-end reliability under load. 🔹 Network Task Level Design – Continued brainstorming on categorizing nodes by compute capabilities to better match model demands. Early scaffolding is in place. 🔹 Session Payment Module – Iterating on the PoC to improve fund management, credit flow, and upcoming payout logic - a critical piece for a sustainable inference economy. #Cortensor #WeeklyRecap #DevLog #DePIN #DecentralizedAI

Phase #4 starts this weekend. Phase #4 introduces the most advanced testing setup so far - featuring live user tasks, real-time routing, $COR billing, and L3 oracle rotation. Make sure your node is registered, synced, and ready: Docs: docs.cortensor.network/commu… Performance: dashboard-devnet5.cortensor.… Discord: discord.gg/cortensor Installer: github.com/cortensor/install #Cortensor #DePIN #AIInfra #Testnet #Phase4

Phase #4 starts this weekend. Phase #4 introduces the most advanced testing setup so far - featuring live user tasks, real-time routing, $COR billing, and L3 oracle rotation. Make sure your node is registered, synced, and ready: Docs: docs.cortensor.network/commu… Performance: dashboard-devnet5.cortensor.… Discord: discord.gg/cortensor Installer: github.com/cortensor/install #Cortensor #DePIN #AIInfra #Testnet #Phase4