What Golem does | Golem democratizes society’s access to computing power by creating a decentralized platform where anyone can build a variety of applications, request computational resources and/or offer their idle systems in exchange for cryptocurrency tokens (GLM).
It's important to note that Golem's potential goes much beyond a singular application. In Golem there is not a single monolithic use-case or a killer dApp - we are building a self sustainable ecosystem. Instead of thinking of one big requestor, think “strength in numbers” - a myriad of different types of users requesting digital resources, providing them and building applications on top of the platform. See Awesome Golem for just a taste of the various types of applications that can be built and run on Golem! Examples include: machine learning, password recovery, video transcoding, turn-based strategy games. The list goes on and there's more to come.
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Golem/service attributes | - Global, open source, decentralized computing solution built for any task, any user, anywhere - Innovative network aggregates and optimizes processing power across participants’ machines, from PCs to entire data centers - Low-cost easy access through an Ethereum-based Layer 2 payments system permits users from a diverse set of backgrounds to leverage the Golem Network | - Fit for a myriad of use cases and audiences to help foster a community of developers, requestors and providers - Reliable, efficient and secure development - Cutting-edge architecture enables even the most ambitious projects at top speeds
| - Decentralized network enables developers to work without limitations, including deplatforming or other types of censorship - Stores only permissioned statistics, not personal information - Unrestricted, proxy-free network encourages open communication |
The needs that Golem addresses | Reduce high costs and infrastructure burden | Flexible automation, scalability & customization | Cross-border distribution |
| - Golem operates on an off-chain, distributed Ethereum-base Layer 2 payment framework to ensure requests are affordable
- Pay-for-usage model eliminates infrastructure demands and barriers of entry
| - Golem provides an open-source platform that is flexible, entirely programmable and helps to promote creativity for requestors
- More efficient processing solutions power the most ambitious projects | - Proxy-free environment, custom-built for open-source interaction & developer-friendly creative execution
- Golem’s open-source, decentralized and user-controlled network enables global adoption |
Requestor value | Efficiency
- Golem is capable of computing a wide variety of tasks. Golem’s limitations are only defined by the developer community’s creativity | Inclusivity
- From large universities to scientists or artists, anyone can leverage the world’s unused computing power to conduct data intensive research and complex computations through the Golem Network
| Anonymous publishing
- Golem grants participants the power to disseminate content globally, putting the capability in requestors’ hands while encouraging free speech without fear of deplatforming
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