Grass Network: Decentralization platform for web scraping

Grass is a decentralized network scraping platform deployed on the Solana chain, combining AI, DePIN, and Solana technology. Its main goal is to assist various organizations in training AI models by utilizing idle internet bandwidth. Grass implements network scraping functionality through a browser extension, allowing users to share unused bandwidth resources and earn Grass Points as rewards.

The network aims to reshape the incentive mechanism of the internet, allowing users to benefit directly from the network. Currently, over 2 million users are running nodes, capturing a large amount of data for AI models.

Technical Architecture

Grass has built a dedicated sovereign data Rollup network on Solana, designed to handle the entire process from data sources to processing, verification, and dataset construction. The network mainly consists of the following parts:

• 验证器(Validator): Issues data collection instructions, receives, verifies, and batch processes the router's web transactions.
• (Router): Manage web request distribution, connect Grass nodes and validators.
• Grass Node (: A point of access for users to contribute idle network resources.
• ZK Processor: Proof of validity for session data of batch processing web requests.
• Grass Data Ledger: Stores the fetched data, links data, and L1 settlement layer.
• Edge embedding model: converts unstructured web data into structured data that can be used by AI models.

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Technical Features

The Grass network is located between the client and the Web server, handling the routing of Web requests and data scraping. Key features include:

1. Data Traceability: Record the source and metadata of each data set through the Grass data ledger and ZK processor.

2. High throughput: Using Rollup technology to handle large-scale Web requests to meet L1 settlement requirements.

3. Node Incentives: Rewards distribution based on the data volume and value contributed by the nodes.

4. Data Value Cycle: The larger the network scale, the more data can be captured, providing more training data for AI laboratories, which in turn promotes further growth of the network.

Grass Node Operation and Security Mechanism

Grass nodes run for free, serving as gateways to connect the network to the internet. Node operators receive rewards based on the traffic of the relay, with rewards related to reputation scores and geographical demand.

Node main function:

• Pass the Web request initiated by the client
• Return encrypted Web server response

Node reputation score considerations:

• Data Integrity
• Data consistency
• Timeliness of data
• Data Availability

Security mechanism:

• Does not access user personal data, only captures public internet data
• Use bandwidth encryption to protect users' shared internet connections
• Collaborate with AppEsteem for 24-hour security monitoring

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Grass Token Features

Grass token holders can participate in the network in the following ways:

1. Transactions and Repurchases: Support for network scraping transactions, dataset purchases, and LCR usage.

2. Staking and Rewards: Stake to the router to facilitate network traffic and receive security contribution rewards.

3. Network governance: Participate in proposals and voting to promote network development.

Currently, the annual yield of Grass staking is about 45%, with approximately 33% of the tokens participating in staking, totaling over 26 million.

Router Staking and Earnings

The router serves as a decentralized hub, connecting network nodes and managing the web requests of validators. Router operations are incentivized, with rewards proportional to the amount staked. Users can stake Grass to the Router to earn returns, and the commissions vary among different Routers.

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Summary

Grass is committed to building a fair and open Decentralization data layer to address the ethical and quality issues of internet data extraction. Its technical architecture introduces a data traceability mechanism, laying the foundation for improved transparency and fair incentives. As an important player in the intersection of cryptocurrency and AI, Grass provides decentralized data sources for AI companies and protocols, with promising development prospects.