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# Research & Vision

- [Lilypad Litepaper](https://docs.lilypad.tech/lilypad/research-and-vision/lilypad-litepaper.md): Lilypad: A Protocol for Open Intelligence Infrastructure
- [Validation of GPU Compute](https://docs.lilypad.tech/lilypad/research-and-vision/validation-of-gpu-compute.md): Validation of GPU Computation in Decentralized, Trustless Networks
- [V1 Research Documents](https://docs.lilypad.tech/lilypad/research-and-vision/v1-research-documents.md): These documents provide a background for ongoing Lilypad research.
- [Verifiable Computing](https://docs.lilypad.tech/lilypad/research-and-vision/v1-research-documents/verifiable-computing.md)
- [Problem Statement](https://docs.lilypad.tech/lilypad/research-and-vision/v1-research-documents/problem-statement.md): The Distributed Compute Problem
- [Prior Protocols](https://docs.lilypad.tech/lilypad/research-and-vision/v1-research-documents/prior-protocols.md): Investigation of some previous verification-by-replication computing protocols
- [Autonomous Agents](https://docs.lilypad.tech/lilypad/research-and-vision/v1-research-documents/autonomous-agents.md): Our Approach
- [Mechanisms To Explore](https://docs.lilypad.tech/lilypad/research-and-vision/v1-research-documents/mechanisms-to-explor.md)
- [Game Theory](https://docs.lilypad.tech/lilypad/research-and-vision/v1-research-documents/game-theory.md): Adding Trust to the Network
- [Whitepaper](https://docs.lilypad.tech/lilypad/research-and-vision/whitepaper.md)


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