Contribute and earn

Turn your devices into a stake in the network

Lend spare compute, inference, personalization, or bandwidth from the hardware you already own, and earn ORB for verified work. Value comes before emissions, so rewards track real demand.

Device tiers

Every device earns for what it can actually do

Phones do not train models, and we do not pretend otherwise. Each tier is matched to work it can genuinely perform.

Tier A
Phones

Serve private inference and contribute data. Targeted at the on device NPU and built ready for neuromorphic hardware. Runs while charging.

Inference, data, bandwidth
Tier B
PCs and Macs

Heavier inference, on device personalization, and experimental training. Apple Silicon is especially capable here.

Inference, personalization, data
Tier C
GPU nodes

The real training tier. Stake ORB, pass hardware attestation, and take on distributed training work for the strongest rewards.

Training, inference, staking
Tier D
Neuromorphic

On the roadmap. Ultra low power always on inference through custom inference silicon, for devices that must sip milliwatts.

Roadmap
How earning works

From install to claim

1
Install the node app

Add Hylon to your OrbVPN app, or install the desktop node on Windows, macOS, or Linux.

2
Capabilities detected

The runtime profiles your device: compute class, memory, bandwidth, and thermal headroom, and assigns suitable work.

3
Do verified work

Your device serves inference, personalizes, or trains. Every contribution is measured and verified, never paid for idle uptime.

4
Earn and claim

You accrue rewards for verified work. Claim to a non custodial wallet when you choose. Rewards are backed by real demand, not inflation.

Fair by design

Rewards that do not death spiral

A decade of network economics taught a hard lesson: paying supply before demand exists collapses the token. Hylon rewards verified work, funds buybacks from genuine service revenue, and lets scarcity track demonstrated demand rather than headcount. You earn because the network sells real output, not because it prints more.

The honest line

Wallets are non custodial. Rewards accrue for contribution and are claimed on your terms. Hylon is compute and data for AI, described plainly, never marketed as mining.

What you can earn for
Inference servingrun the model for the network
Personalizationimprove the model on device
Data and labelingcontribute reinforcement signal
Bandwidthreach devices behind hard networks
TrainingGPU nodes take distributed runs

Join the network at launch

The node client ships with Gate 0. Read the token design, or dive into the whitepaper for the full mechanics.

See the tokenRead the whitepaper