Shardy Documentation Overview

Welcome to the Shardy Network documentation. Shardy is a Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network (DePIN) and Layer 1 blockchain for verifiable AI and GPU compute.

End-to-End Pipeline (Overview)

Core Project Documents

• Whitepaper - The definitive technical and economic overview of the project.
• Technical Architecture - High-level diagram and logic flow of the sharded system.
• Shardy x Stellar Technical Architecture - Grant-specific architecture for escrow, staking, slashing, and settlement on Stellar.
• Network Economics & Scale - Justification for decentralized swarm profitability and disruptive pricing.
• Financial Forecast - Multi-year projections for GMV, protocol revenue, and market comparison.
• Tokenomics & Flywheel - Distribution (Supply: 1B), staking mechanics, and deflationary burn cycles.
• Download Presentation (PDF) - Visual pitch deck for the Shardy Network.

Deep Dives

• Node Architecture Deep Dive – Detailed breakdown of the worker runtime, WebGPU, and ZK-SNARK verification.
• Network Telemetry Deep Dive – Deep dive into the orchestrator mesh, BFT dispatch engine, and P2P networking protocols.
• Network & Node (Technical) – Current network state model, consensus, and node execution pipeline.
• Task Execution & Verification – Technical deep dive into distributed task execution, WebGPU shaders, and checksum-based verification.
• Network Lifecycle & Formation – Details on node onboarding, libp2p bootstrapping, and the consensus lattice formation.