FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions for Lilypad Network
🍃 General Questions
What is the Lilypad Network?
Lilypad is developing a serverless, distributed compute network that enables internet-scale data processing for AI, ML & other arbitrary computation from blockchains, while unleashing idle processing power & unlocking a new marketplace for compute.
Lilypad provides decentralized AI computational services. By extending unrestricted, global access to computational power, Lilypad strategically collaborates with decentralized infrastructure networks, such as Filecoin, to formulate a transparent, efficient, and accessible computational ecosystem.
Perform off-chain decentralized compute over data, with on-chain guarantees, and to call this functionality directly from a smart contract, CLI and an easy to use abstraction layer, opens the door to a multitude of possible applications.
Lilypad Whitepaper
The Lilypad Whitepaper and Tokenomics paper is in review and is scheduled to be released in January 2025 (initially planned to release by end of Q4 2024, but required further review from our team and advisors).
Roadmap
Lilypad Network is currently in Testnet. The team is currently ironing out some remaining known issues and working on a fair model for our Incentivized Testnet.
Find the full Lilypad Network roadmap on our website!
Wait, didn’t Lilypad used to rely on determinism and optimistic reproducibility for verifiable compute?
Previously, Lilypad required deterministic jobs on the network and used optimistic reproducibility to randomly re-run jobs to ensure trust, however this method has been deprecated due to:
the limitation the determinism requirement placed on what jobs were available to run on the network
the inability to realistically be able to determine a “deterministic” job to be deterministic easily
Has Lilypad raised VC money?
Yes, Lilypad closed our seed round of funding in March 2024.
🌐 Incentivized Testnet Questions
When will the Incentivized Testnet launch?
The Lilypad Incentivized testnet launched in mid June 2024.
How do LilyBit_ rewards work?
Lilybit_ rewards will be awarded to nodes for time on the network (up to a 4x multiplier) and compute power brought to the network. Rewards will be redeemable, for the Lilypad ERC20 Utility Token at Mainnet Launch, with between 5% and 10% of the total token supply (depending on IncentiveNet demand and tokenomics finalization) being allocated to this phase of the Lilypad Network.
Resource Providers (RP) can track their Lilybit_ earnings with the RP Leaderboard.
Who can earn LilyBit_ rewards?
Phase 1 of the Incentivized Testnet is focused on rewarding nodes on the network, referred to as Resource Providers. The earlier a provider joins the network, the more Lilybits_ will be available.
Phases 2 and onward will provide rewards for Lilypad modules created as well as developer tools/apps (in addition to rewarding nodes).
How do I check my Lilybit_ rewards?
You can check your rewards by pasting your nodes wallet address into the following interfaces:
How does Lilypad use blockchain, and why do I need both ETH and Lilypad tokens to run a job?
On the Lilypad network, The blockchain is used for
payment rails
storing the deals transparently (on-chain guarantees about the compute)
storing any disputes & results
Lilypad Tokens are used to transact on the Lilypad network. They are used as payment by those who want to run jobs (to the resource providers who run them), and as collateral by resource providers.
You need ETH tokens to pay for the gas fees for smart contracts the facilitate transactions, and for records of transactions and disputes that are posted to the Ethereum blockchain.
⚙️ Hardware Provider Questions
What do I need to do before I can run a Lilypad node?
The required steps before running a Lilypad node include adding the node, adding the Lilypad network information, obtaining tokens and installing the required software.
Refer to the Running a Node documentation and select your preferred platform (Linux or Docker) for a detailed guide on the prerequisites.
What are the hardware requirements to run a Lilypad node?
The minimum hardware requirements to run a Lilypad node are:
Processor: Quad-core x64 Processor
RAM: 16GB (see additional details below)
Internet: 250Mbps Download Speed
GPU: NVIDIA GPU with a minimum of 8GB VRAM (see additional details below)
For more information, please visit Hardware Requirements.
What are the updates required for maintaining my node software?
Resource providers are expected to have the latest Lilypad versions installed on their machines.
The instructions can be found in our installation documentation (select the Resource Provider tab).
How can I check the status of my Lilypad node?
To check if the RP is running use the following command: sudo systemctl status lilypad-resource-provider.
This will give a live output from the Lilypad node. The logs will show the node running and accepting jobs on the network. To get more information from your node, run the following: sudo journalctl -u lilypad-resource-provider.service -f.
Find more information, select your preferred platform below and check out the docs:
👩💻 Developer Questions
What is a Lilypad Module?
To run a ML model like Stable Diffusion on Lilypad, the model must be setup as a Lilypad Module (see instructions below). Once setup, modules are run with the Lilypad CLI.
How to run a ML job on Lilypad
To run a ML job on Lilypad (Stable Diffusion, Stable Diffusion Video, and more) using the Lilypad CLI, follow the CLI instructions to get started (select the CLI Users tab).
To build an application with Lilypad compute and modules on the backend, check out this guide.
How to add a ML model to run on Lilypad
A Lilypad module is a Git repository that can be used to perform various tasks using predefined templates and inputs. This "build a job module" guide will walk you through the process of creating a Lilypad module, including defining a JSON template, handling inputs, ensuring determinism, and other best practices.
How to run a Lilypad node
Lilypad is an open network that allows anyone to contribute GPU computing capacity. Find instructions for running a node by selecting your preferred platform below:
Node hardware specs
Linux (latest Ubuntu LTS recommended)
Nvidia GPU
Nvidia drivers
Docker
Nvidia docker drivers
For more information on the requirements to run a Lilypad node, please refer to the hardware requirements documentation.
📖 Token Questions
Expected TGE
Although the launch date is not finalized, the launch of Lilypad Mainnet and the TGE is scheduled for Q2 2025.
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