// VERIFIABLE INFERENCE · BASE L2

Cryptographically verified LLM inference, settled on Base.

Operators attest from confidential enclaves. Watchtowers audit. Every response carries a vendor-signed proof tying output to a specific checkpoint, runtime, and input.

BLOCK
GAS
QUERIES / MIN
P50 LATENCY
PROOFS
// example · single inference call
azoth-api · v1
curl -X POST https://api.azoth.xyz/v1/inference \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $AZOTH_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "llama-3.1-70b-instruct",
"prompt": "Explain probabilistic redundancy in three sentences.",
"tier": "tee",
"attestation_required": true
}'
# response
{
"id": "inf_0xa7b…21c",
"response": "…",
"attestation": {
"vendor": "NVIDIA-H100-CC",
"model_hash": "0xacc5…6425",
"image_hash": "0x9845…df85",
"signature": "0xbed5…fca12"
},
"settlement_tx": "0x4f81…b602"
}
// what every proof binds
// attestation surface

Each quote binds model_hash, image_hash, prompt_hash, response_hash and nonce under the vendor's root key.

// settlement

Atomic on Base. Escrow releases the block WorkAccepted fires. Final security on Ethereum L1.

// verification tiers

TEE on every call · redundancy on ~3% · watchtower traps · ZKML as a premium side-car.

// hardware vendors

NVIDIA H100 / H200 Confidential Compute · AMD SEV-SNP · Intel TDX.

// 01network

State of the work.

A live snapshot of the verified-inference market. Every metric below is reported by the indexer and updates in real time.

// 02live feed

Every prompt leaves a signature.

Streaming from the indexer. The feed persists locally — refresh and your scroll position stays.

// recent verified inferences · live
0 cached · scroll for more
Awaiting first proofs…
// watchtower wire
No traps in flight.
// 03defense in depth

Four tiers of verifiability.

No single primitive is enough. Azoth composes hardware attestation, redundancy, watchtower slashing, and optional ZK into a layered guarantee.

01
TEE

Vendor-signed attestation quotes — NVIDIA H100/H200 Confidential Compute, AMD SEV-SNP, Intel TDX. ~99% of traffic, sub-100 ms overhead.

02
Redundancy

Random 3% of prompts re-routed to a second operator on an independent vendor. Commitments compared; divergence escalates.

03
Watchtower

Independent audit nodes shoot canonical-prompt traps. Slashing on failure — 50% to the catcher, 50% burned.

04
ZKML

Optional premium tier — zero-knowledge inference proofs via EZKL / RISC Zero. Orders of magnitude slower, mathematically tight.

// 04the magnum opus

A protocol that phases.

Four economic stages — calcinatio, dissolutio, coniunctio, coagulatio — map directly onto the lifecycle of the network.

phase 0
Nigredo
Calcinatio

Operators stake AZTH, light up confidential furnaces, burn through the bootstrap subsidy. Useful work, mostly unprofitable.

phase 1
Albedo
Dissolutio

Operator competition dissolves margin. Per-1k-token prices fall toward marginal cost; inefficient nodes evaporate.

phase 2
Citrinitas
Coniunctio

Verifiable inference reaches parity with closed APIs — at parity price, with cryptographic guarantees the closed APIs cannot offer.

phase 3
Rubedo
Coagulatio

Halving subsidy thins. Per-query fees alone sustain proof-power. AZTH becomes a settled commodity.

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As above, so below — as the proof, so the payment.
azoth-indexer/awaiting next proof…