Secret is partnering with CUDOS to provide cloud computing infrastructure for decentralized confidential computing (DeCC) applications built on Secret!
This can enable powerful new use-cases such as securing AI models and training data in a decentralized and secure environment. The CUDOS Intercloud platform can also power essential application services like websites and user interfaces. CUDOS will be adding support for Secret’s native token SCRT on their platform, allowing users to purchase cloud computing resources using SCRT!
What is CUDOS?
CUDOS is a fusion of cloud computing and blockchain technology, meticulously designed for pioneers in AI, the metaverse, high-performance computing (HPC), and Web3 domains.
A decentralized application typically consists of two main components:
- The consensus-driven business logic and representation of value using tokens – this is built with smart contracts and hosted on a blockchain.
- Off-chain data storage and computation, such as web hosting and user interfaces, rendering, and model training – this is built with cloud infrastructure.
CUDOS provides a unique one-stop-shop for both components:
- CUDOS Network is a Layer-1, Cosmos SDK-based blockchain, with CosmWasm smart contracts written in Rust.
- CUDOS Intercloud, a service offering users access to a distributed network of data center infrastructure around the world.
What is DeCC?
DeCC stands for Decentralized Confidential Computing. Essentially, it’s the ability for a smart contract running on a blockchain to compute and store encrypted data.
Most smart contract blockchains have historically been public by default. This means that the ledger, the transactions, and the data contained in the smart contract are accessible to everyone. This has become the expectation in Web3 simply because most blockchains are incapable of computing encrypted data, but this is not ideal for every type of application.
For example, imagine trying to build a rideshare application like Uber on a totally public blockchain. A user’s current location, commonly used locations like their home or work, personal information like their name and date of birth, and payment history including how much money is in their crypto wallet, would all have to be visible on-chain. This would be a nightmare for users, and a playground for criminals looking for targets to rob.
DeCC aims to solve this problem, enabling decentralized applications that also provide data protection.
Secret X CUDOS
For developers building DeCC applications on Secret, having a cloud computing provider for services like websites, user interfaces, and off-chain computing is essential. By combining additional cloud computing power with the standard computing capabilities of a smart contract, it can enable advanced capabilities such as artificial intelligence training and execution. Privacy is an essential element for responsible AI development, and Secret’s decentralized confidential computing combined with CUDOS’ cloud computing services makes this possible. The CUDOS Intercloud platform will now be accepting payments in SCRT, making it even easier for Secret developers to onboard!
In the near future, Secret also plans to integrate its Confidential Computing Layer with the CUDOS blockchain, which will unlock new capabilities for dApps built on the CUDOS blockchain. Examples of what this can enable are private voting for CUDOS DAOs, encrypted storage for CUDOS applications, secure random number generation for CUDOS games, confidential data access control via CUDOS NFTs, sealed-bid auctions for CUDOS NFTs and other assets, and encrypted order books for CUDOS DeFi applications.
If you’re interested in building on Secret and utilizing CUDOS for cloud computing, you can get in touch with the Secret Network developer relations team directly by using this form.
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