Morpheus Digest #8

December 4th, 2024

Welcome to the November edition of Morpheus Digest!
This month has been nothing short of transformative, as Morpheus achieves one of its most anticipated milestones, bringing decentralized AI compute contracts to the Arbitrum mainnet. Let’s explore this historic moment and other exciting developments from the past month.

Morpheus Homestead Phase Has Arrived!

The Morpheus-Lumerin Compute System is officially live on the Arbitrum mainnet, marking a monumental step in decentralized AI. With compute contracts deployed and subnets onboarding, the Homestead Phase sets the foundation for a decentralized AI revolution.

Mainnet Deployments:
- Compute Contract: 0xDE819AaEE474626E3f34Ef0263373357e5a6C71b
- Provider Registry: 0x8621E6b808A3d925533446B767B7BCA6ACCb62a2
- Model Registry: 0x2E96cEF46D2a82e63570b538EF4aB697a09a3996
- Marketplace: 0xc371404682A2E02C3b46814261BEE615E57F48a8
- Session Router: 0xAB493D93Bd9C93C7590865df82F4e09F3dF96D4C
- Delegate Registry: 0x00000000000000447e69651d841bD8D104Bed493
- MOR Token: 0x092baadb7def4c3981454dd9c0a0d7ff07bcfc86

More than $20,000,000 in MOR rewards are available to be earned by compute providers and distributed as a free inference budget exclusively for MOR holders.
👉 Click here to get started with onboarding guides

🎙️ Twitter Space Highlights
Industry leaders from Lumerin, Phala, CETI, Venice, Exabits, and others joined the Morpheus compute launch X Space to discuss the potential of decentralized AI compute.
Listen to the recording here

Other News Worth Highlighting

Morpheus Hits a $50M Market Cap

Morpheus reached a new milestone this month, achieving a $50 million market cap. This growth underscores the increasing adoption and excitement around decentralized AI.

Referral Program Dashboard Goes Live

Security audits are complete, and the Referral Dashboard is now live!
Community members are already earning significant MOR rewards up to 5%.

How It Works:
1. Get your unique referral link from the Referrals Page.
2. Share it with your network.
3. Earn MOR rewards for each referral!

📺 Watch the referral program video guide by Luke Stokes

AI Agents Accelerator Opens for 2nd Batch Applications

This cohort will focus on agentic interactions in:

Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
Prediction Markets
Gaming Only

10 builders will be selected to receive funding, mentorship, technical support, and a compute budget.

Morpheus and Bittensor Comparison

One of the most frequently asked questions is: How do Morpheus and Bittensor compare?

Both projects are at the forefront of decentralized AI but serve distinct purposes:

Morpheus specializes in deploying AI agents tailored for specific tasks, offering a robust decentralized ecosystem for agentic intelligence.
Bittensor focuses on creating a marketplace for digital commodities, particularly machine intelligence, supporting a wide range of use cases.

To clarify their differences and similarities, here is a detailed infographic.

Events:

DevCon Highlights

The Morpheus community was actively present at DevCon, engaging with participants and sharing insights into decentralized AI. Michael J. Casey, Chairman of the Decentralized AI Society, delivered a powerful talk on the need to decentralize storage, compute, and bandwidth to counter Big Tech.

At the #FOMO side-event, Rene F. Bernard gave an impactful speech on the transformative potential of decentralized technologies.

Rakshak Talwar: Shaping Decentralized AI

Rakshak Talwar played a pivotal role at two major events this month.

At Brussels OpenAGI Summit he led insightful discussions on:

Llama Hackathon in Austin Rakshak participated as a judge, evaluating innovative projects while representing the Morpheus community’s leadership in the decentralized AI movement.

📷 Here are some highlights from Llama Hackathon

Media:

Podcast Hash Rate Ep 081: Morpheus Decentralized AI Agents with Mark Jeffrey and David Johnston as a guest is the must listen!
🎧 The Episode is here

Morpheus’ compute launch made waves across the tech world:

Video guides from Luke Stokes. Explore topics like:

Using MOR for Venice.ai Pro
CowSwap tutorials
Morpheus RFC deep dives

Maintainer Updates

Stay connected with Morpheus through regular maintainer calls on Discord, where the latest advancements are discussed, insights are shared, and community members can raise their questions.
🎙️ Call Recordings: