Update from Bux - March 5, 2026

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Hello everyone :waving_hand:

I know we have paused the dev updates for a little while but wanted to give you a bit of a Thursday update, on where we are and how we’re tracking.

V1.0 has now been officially sunset.

This was a considered call by the team. V1.0 gave the Autonomi vision and the years of research/test assumptions some real-world exposure. It has, as a result, directly informed the coding decisions and the architectural approach for what’s coming next - 2.0, the focus is now to get that across the line.

Network 2.0 - on track, building and testing incrementally.

The 2.0 network is being built with a self-contained E2E test suite that validates each component as it lands - no live testnet required at this stage, which means testing is continuous rather than a gate at the end. A significant amount landed this week. The end-to-end EVM payment flow for chunk storage is complete and verified - clients request quotes from network nodes, pay on-chain, and submit payment proofs, which nodes verify before accepting data. ML-DSA-65 quantum-proof signatures are in. A major core refactor also landed - multi-channel transport enabling peers to communicate simultaneously over QUIC, Bluetooth and other transports, app-level peer authentication, and a full migration to BLAKE3 hashing. Up next: chunk encryption, Merkle payments, large file support, and additional data types - each tested as they land. Alongside this we have comprehensive testnet infrastructure capable of spinning up 120-node networks across 4 geographic regions, ready to validate 2.0’s geographic diversity enforcement as the remaining pieces complete. All project tracks are green.

Client API - the next unlock for builders.

Once the node layer stabilises, the client implementation begins. The plan is to define and publish the client API spec first - this gives existing v1.0 builders a concrete target to start reworking their apps against, before the full SDK is available. The new unified CLI consolidates the existing tools into a single, cleaner interface. The client API spec is the on-ramp to watch for.

Fae POC - complete, on time.

The POC is done and internal. It’s progressing toward a point where it becomes a meaningful entry point into the Autonomi ecosystem. More detail as it develops.

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Trust Layer POC - on track.

A focused 5-week effort covering token-backed data certification, staking mechanisms, and agent-to-agent transaction design. Early progress is promising. More to follow.

The full strategy is up on the Autonomi website for those who would like to dive in further.

That’s me for now I think - Onwards and upwards we go!

@Bux :pink_heart:

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I look forward to watching this unfold.

However, this from the website contains some misleading or IMO false claims:

With Fae there is no centralised component, no third-party connection, no dependency on a company’s servers or a cloud dataset. She doesn’t even require the internet. Unlike some models and companions out there, Fae will be a one-click download. Given your permission she will be able to use your browser, set up API connections, manage configurations, and handle computing tasks that previously required technical knowledge … or blind trust in a platform and/or product you don’t own or control. You can trust Fae precisely because she is yours and yours alone.

Fae is:

  • a centralised component
  • a black box model, use of which requires blind trust
  • is not female, Fae is an algorithm plus a massive amount of lossily compressed data of unknown provenance

If you can overlook the many other problems with use of LLMs, something local may seem attractive but do not expect anything like the (still deadly crappiness) of the state of the art centrally hosted models.

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Does this also mean IPv4/v6 dualstack or IPv6 only support?

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Really good to have an update on how things are progressing. It does not sound like a small job at all!

It’ll be exciting to see all of this coming together as Autonomi 2.0.

What is the thinking behind using Bluetooth for Autonomi? I can’t see how a short-range, low-bandwidth tech would add much value for linking nodes. Or is it more for possible local device-to-device interaction, e.g. to sign transactions / handle keys etc?

Great work team :clap: :clap: :clap:

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So now the network is going to move away from earning token as compensation and allowing the wealthy get richer on the backs of others. Take the wealth away from the less fortunate into the hands of those much “richer”

I seem to remember a vision was for a fair pay for fair effort. You provide resource and be compensated for it. Now its a rich man’s game hey. Keep multiplying your wealth and eventually there will be the very few with the most the wealth. Rather like what we have today with the billionaires getting wealthier off the backs of the less wealthy

Yea, you can cloak it in it will benefit this or that, but at the end of the day its a get richer mechanism based in greed. Mental gymnastics will make you feel better but its still greed

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Bluetooth and similar sounds terrible for nodes, network speed and latency, all the other stuff sounds exciting. I hope Autonomi don’t build a network so that someone can run nodes on bluetooth in the desert, a network that no one wants to use, rather I hope that focus is building the best network that as many as possible wants to use and maybe also will reach guys in the desert through Starlink or similar.

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Thanks so much to the entire Autonomi team and community for all of your hard work! :sweat_droplets:

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What have you based this on? You’ve jumped to conclusions with no data to base it on.

Nobody said anything about earning through staking; all that’s been hinted at so far is staking as a part of guaranteeing data quality as part of the Trusted Data Layer. That doesn’t sound like an earning mechanism to me.

Not saying staking couldn’t be more than they’ve announced, but it seems premature jumping to judgements.

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Based on common usage of the word (in the blockchain/web3 arena).

It seems that it is more of a surety than stake

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so i can tell my portly nodes to stand down? kinda wanted to see the implosion when they all swole up past 65 gigs. moment of silence for my soon-to-be-dead 25 favorite nodes ever. Peace.

the bluetooth and similar is kind of epic in my mind. think Reticulum and that part in the last announcement when David spoke of the network persisting even without the internet. maybe not so much for running nodes, but definitely for access in challenging situations. i’ve been waiting for something to be addressed since i first came across MAIDSAFE, and that is the formerly unavoidable grip that ISPs have on data flow. very interested to see that flush out a bit, cuz i suddenly see millions and millions of machines in areas with highly restricted communications becoming not so restricted. putting the “e” back in “SAF_”

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Fair point… given the crypto context, a word other than staking could avoid confusion (bounty / bond / guarantee etc).

On Discord it was mentioned Bux would clarify the staking related stuff in due course, so we’ll see what that brings.

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A surety seems to be the right word. From the dictionary

a formal engagement (such as a pledge) given for the fulfillment of an undertaking : guarantee ; b · a basis of confidence or security

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I am not apposed to the staking idea.

In my head it would (hopefully) be a bond you post and if you misbehave by doing stupid sh!t you get slashed.

Although, if that were the case I can see a bit of drama regarding ease of participating.

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Staking is a mixed bag for sure. I guess the intent here is to give another avenue for tokens and so help to stabilize the price.

It’s definitely not a rich getting richer thing though - that only occurs if there is token inflation (creating new tokens) … AFAIK, the token here is of a fixed quantity. Thus there is always a trade and exchange, hence people are simply expressing a preference of value and are not having the value of their tokens stripped away through inflation.

The rich getting richer via fiat occurs because of the money printing, which favors those who have bags and scr*ws though who do not.

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Sounding great since 2014.

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Dual stack!

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FWIW I can’t see a negative in supporting adaptive transport. Talk of using BlueTooth for nodes (or Lorawan etc) is premature. What matters is the ease of availability of other protocols which may or may not have uses.

I’m curious to see what possibilities Autonomi have identified, or if this is more about laying the ground work for future flexibility, which would be a good thing to do during such a major rewrite.

I’m more concerned about the damage that is being done to the project by the support for LLMs, and the risks associated with anyone using Fae. Some will love this even without understanding the degree of usefulness but the stream of bad news about LLMs is unrelenting and people in general are becoming more negative about it and don’t trust those implementing it. Using GenAI in the codebase also adds numerous risks that are not well understood and have not been discussed outside the team, so we have no idea whether they’re considering them or if this is a forced choice due to other risks and difficulties that are not discussed or shared with the community.

Adding all that to the negativity felt around cryptocurrency and crypto / tech “bro’s” shrinks the market and increases the already large barrier to adoption IMO.

Tl;Dr: LLM support is of dubious value and has a lot of downsides. Some real, some potential.

As for staking, it does send shivers but as we are in the dark about the intentions here there’s not much point in discussing it. Remember, we are mushrooms here and there’s nothing we can do about that but suck it up or leave.

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Yet also not just wait for the MaidSafe to do it, but do it.

Every Ant should be backed by a pill of Xanax or something.

That said, David is making the Fae thing sound really cool, so I definitely look forward to seeing and learning more

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What do we know about Fae?

I know the name thats the extent of my knowledge.

If anyone has more info that that please share.

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