Tokenized GPUs as an RWA: Compute Labs GNFTs on io.net
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Argues tokenizing H100 GPUs as fractionalized GNFTs gives retail income-generating exposure to AI compute beyond NVDA stock, while decentralizing io.net's supplier base.
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Compute Labs tokenizes H100s into fractionalized GNFTs
Retail's only AI exposure outside crypto has been NVDA or similar TradFi assets
RWAs will bring trillions of $$$ in capital on-chain & make new asset classes accessible to anyone.
DePIN will be the backbone of an AI industry in hyper-growth that desperately needs compute power (GPUs).
Now imagine you could tokenize ownership of GPUs that provide the basis of powerful DePINs.
This is alpha. 馃憖
Why?
It would allow anyone to invest in enterprise grade GPUs like the @nvidia H100s that @AethirCloud is providing on @ionet.
Since these GPUs are productive assets that can be rented out (for model training, inference or other heavy tasks) and generate income or yield, ownership of these highly sought-after pieces of hardware is highly attractive to many investors.
However, GPUs are not a traditionally accessible asset class for retail investors.
GPUs are very expensive and there are high technical barriers for setting up and operating these units. And finding a way to serve the compute power of your GPUs to anyone is likely difficult if you don't operate data center scale GPU sets or participate in a decentralized network like @ionet (which even taps into consumer-grade hardware).
Hence, the only way for retail investors to get exposure to the AI narrative (outside of crypto-assets) has been $NVDA stock or similar TradFi assets.
@Compute_Labs aims to fix this. The idea here is to not only bolster the decentralization of the supplier base on @ionet, but also make ownership of enterprise grade GPUs will more widely accessible and decentralized.
馃 How does it work?
@Compute_Labs toikenizes GPUs (specifically H100s) into GNFTs, which are subsequently fractionalized, democratizing access to GPUs and directly allowing people participate in the revenue generated and the potential upside resulting from an increasing demand.
Do you see potential in this?
Is this an exposure you see yourself going for?
Let's discuss below! 馃憞
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Tokenized RWAs are a perfect use case for revenue generating assets like GPUs. Through @Compute_Labs , the supplier base on @ionet will not only become more decentralized, but the ownership of these enterprise grade assets will also become more accessible and decentralized. htt
Tokenized RWAs are a perfect use case for revenue generating assets like GPUs. Through @Compute_Labs , the supplier base on @ionet will not only become more decentralized, but the ownership of these enterprise grade assets will also become more accessible and decentralized. htt
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