When DeepSeek released their open-source model, they didn’t just freak out all the US-based big tech companies and tank NVIDIA stocks, much to the dismay of your favorite tech stonk influencer. They also probably created the conditions for a pivot away from spending millions on training custom models to

With our recent announcement, we reaffirmed our vision for SQD.ai – the first Emergent Database Network for the AI Agent Economy. We are now taking the next step, building on our multi-year mission to provide a scalable, permissionless, and cost-efficient solution for accessing and utilizing blockchain data at scale: Introducing

“We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten.” - Bill Gates.  AI usage is accelerating, and crypto isn’t an exception, with builders deploying agents onchain daily.  While frameworks like Eliza and protocols like

“A good beginning makes a good end.” - Louis L’amour In that spirit, the end of 2024 is also the beginning of a new phase for SQD, one of increased decentralization - as we prepare for a full launch of the SQD Portal.  With this release, SQD is slowly

Things are starting to heat up. Exactly six months ago, we launched SQD Network to mainnet. Following a massively successful testnet and token launch on CoinList (their fastest sale ever!), SQD’s mainnet launch was the first major step towards the network’s decentralization. → Don’t know what SQD network

GM fellow Data Ocean Navigators, In November, crypto seems to have defeated crab season and entered the high tides of the bull market. While Bitcoin marked a new All-Time-High, and Ether gave up its stablecoin existence, our engineers worked hard to prepare our upcoming release of Portal. In the meantime,

On November 14th, SQD CEO Dmitry went live on X to answer questions from the community and talk a little more in-depth about the release of Portals, our next big roadmap item.  Unfortunately, we had some audio issues in the process. Fortunately, our intern took notes, which enabled us to

During Devcon, naturally, devs talked a lot about the future of Ethereum, and how they saw the roadmap. If you’ve never seen the Ethereum roadmap, you can find it here.  All larger phases are grouped under names like The Merge, The Purge, The Splurge.. Until they run out of

Want to build an L2 or launch a niche protocol these days? There’s one L2 ecosystem you can’t ignore…  Yes,’ it’s the Superchain. With the recent announcement that Kraken is building its L2 using the Optimism Stack and Uniswap is launching its chain in the same ecosystem,

We're moving the SQD community to telegram  TL;DR: The SQD community is moving to Telegram. In one week, the Discord server will become read-only. Join us on Telegram to chat away,  GM Data Ocean Navigators,  As you have noticed, Discord is falling out of favor with Web3

GM fellow Data Ocean Navigator. October might have provided a glimpse into the future, with AI agents’ portfolio’s outperforming those of their fellow humans in the trenches.  Sure, the agents might not be autonomous, nor have good taste - but the same can be said of the archetypal tech

“Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.”  - Khalil Gibran At SQD, we’re focused on providing permissionless access to onchain data at a petabyte scale. Part of that mission involves making it as easy as possible for projects to get started. For

Many years have passed since Vitalik Buterin started Ethereum after crying himself to sleep over lost items in World of Warcraft. What started as an attempt to create an ecosystem where centralized games wouldn’t have such powers has turned into a vibrant ecosystem of all sorts of applications.  What

Peer-to-Peer Cash, an alternative to the existing traditional financial system that so badly failed us in 2008, was the promise of Bitcoin.  For many years, the innovation continued, but the more interesting dApps found a home on smart contract chains, something that Bitcoin, designed for simplicity and payments, couldn’t

TL;DR: Distribute bigger amounts across worker nodes. Pick workers that have high uptime, sufficient delegation capacity, and decent APR.  So, you purchased some SQD and are now wondering what to do with it?  You could, of course, just HODL and wait for the next bull market.  But, if you

Quick description of Polimec: Polimec is a financial market settlement layer, facilitating trustless deal access and execution for web3 projects and investors. It simplifies project investments while ensuring compliance.  Chains indexed: Substrate chains  Make or Break feature: real-time indexing and native Substrate integration Using SQD for: indexing all relevant onchain

The year is 2050.  No individual uses the Ethereum mainnet anymore. All the economic activity happens elsewhere. This could well be the future. Already, the thesis for a lot of the Layer-2 activity has been that Ethereum’s mainnet is only for those that need very high security guarantees and

As coffee shops worldwide switched from iced americanos to pumpkin spice lattes, and the crypto industry hailed the return of CZ to the realm of the free, at SQD, we worked hard to continue growing the network.  So let’s start there with a look at our current network stats.

On September 25th, SQD CEO Dmitry Zhelezov went live on a X Broadcast to explain SQD’s network architecture in-depth.  Let’s not sugarcoat it, most people haven’t read the whitepaper, and the only ones who ask about the actual architecture, tend to be developers - as Dmitry is

If you’re new to SQD and wonder what the point of having such a platform is, this post is for you. Imagine you’re a skeptic, meeting our team at a conference. You’d probably ask:  So what’s SQD?  In short, a hyper-scalable, permissionless, cost-efficient data layer for

Quick description of Fantasy.Top: Fantasy.Top is a social betting game in which players buy packs of influencers and bet on their performance on Crypto Twitter. During weekly tournaments, the social performance of influencers translates into game outcomes.  Chains indexed: Blast Make or Break feature: Flexibility to integrate with

Quick Facts  Description of Skybreach: Skybreach is a web3 gaming ecosystem connecting various games through lore and universe facilitated by smart contracts. The first game to launch is the Dungeon Crawler mini-game called Skybreach Dungeons. Resources gained in it will be available in a future launch to upgrade one’s