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## 1. Executive Summary
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The **Open World Model (OWM)** is an open-source, federated ensemble of AI models that collectively builds, maintains, and continuously updates a comprehensive model of the real world — encompassing geography, science, code, language, and live data streams. The system runs on a permissionless, decentralized network of GPU-equipped nodes. Node operators are compensated in Bitcoin via the Lightning Network for their compute and data contributions. Model versioning and integrity are anchored to the Bitcoin blockchain via **OpenTimestamps**. The project is well-versed in software engineering and Git, enabling it to autonomously analyze, improve, and generate pull requests for GitHub repositories. The treasury is controlled by a Bitcoin multisig wallet; technical governance follows a rough-consensus model.
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The **Open World Model (OWM)** is not a model of the world — it is a **distributed AI** formed from many different AI models that work together as a single conglomerate. It is an open-source, federated ensemble that collectively builds, maintains, and continuously updates this conglomerate, with diverse capabilities encompassing geography, science, code, language, and live data streams. The system runs on a permissionless, decentralized network of GPU-equipped nodes. Node operators are compensated in Bitcoin via the Lightning Network for their compute and data contributions. Model versioning and integrity are anchored to the Bitcoin blockchain via **OpenTimestamps**. The project is well-versed in software engineering and Git, enabling it to autonomously analyze, improve, and generate pull requests for GitHub repositories. The treasury is controlled by a Bitcoin multisig wallet; technical governance follows a rough-consensus model.
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Node participation is secured by two complementary Bitcoin-native mechanisms: **Proof-of-Work (PoW)** — nodes may optionally contribute hashrate to the OWM-operated Stratum v2 Bitcoin mining pool, with mining revenue split between the miner and the treasury; and **Proof-of-Stake (PoS)** — all joining nodes must open a Lightning payment channel to the treasury of a minimum size determined by their hardware tier, locking in a financial commitment that can be force-closed upon verified misbehavior.
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## 2. Business Context & Problem Statement
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### 2.1 Current State of World Models
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### 2.1 Current State of Large-Scale AI
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Existing large-scale AI world models (e.g., large language models, knowledge graphs) are:
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Existing large-scale AI systems (e.g., large language models, knowledge graphs) are:
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-**Centralized**: Controlled by a small number of corporations with opaque governance.
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-**Expensive to run**: Requiring massive proprietary data centers inaccessible to independent contributors.
There is no open, continuously updated, decentralized AI world model that:
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There is no open, continuously updated, decentralized distributed AI (conglomerate of many models) that:
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1. Compensates contributors fairly and automatically with real money (Bitcoin).
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2. Allows anyone with a GPU to join and earn rewards.
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3. Is demonstrably trustworthy via cryptographic model provenance (OpenTimestamps).
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## 3. Project Vision
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> **"A living, open model of our world — built by everyone, owned by no one, powered by Bitcoin."**
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> **"A distributed AI built by everyone, owned by no one, powered by Bitcoin."**
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The Open World Model will be the world's first community-owned, continuously updated AI that understands the planet — its geography, science, culture, code, and events — funded and incentivized entirely through the Bitcoin economy.
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The Open World Model is a conglomerate AI: many different AI models combined into one distributed system. It will be the world's first community-owned, continuously updated distributed AI of this kind — capable across geography, science, culture, code, and events — funded and incentivized entirely through the Bitcoin economy.
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| Term | Definition |
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|**OWM**| Open World Model — the project name|
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|**OWM**| Open World Model — distributed/conglomerate AI project (many models, one system)|
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|**Node**| A machine operated by a contributor that provides GPU compute to the OWM network |
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|**Federated Ensemble**| A collection of specialized AI sub-models that collaborate to produce outputs, where each sub-model may be trained on different nodes |
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|**Federated Learning**| A machine learning approach where model training occurs locally on nodes; only gradient updates (not raw data) are shared |
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# Open World Model (OWM)
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> *"A living, open model of our world — built by everyone, owned by no one, powered by Bitcoin."*
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> *"A distributed AI built by everyone, owned by no one, powered by Bitcoin."*
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## What is OWM?
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The **Open World Model** is an open-source, federated ensemble of AI models that build and maintain a comprehensive, continuously updated model of the real world — geography, science, code, language, and live data. The system runs on a permissionless network of GPU nodes. Node operators are compensated in **Bitcoin** via the **Lightning Network**. Model versions are anchored to the Bitcoin blockchain via **OpenTimestamps**. The project integrates with **GitHub** for automated code analysis, security audits, and PR generation. Participation is secured by Bitcoin-native **Proof-of-Work** (optional mining pool contribution) and **Proof-of-Stake** (Lightning channel stake to the treasury); there is no new token.
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The **Open World Model** is not a model of the world — it is a **distributed AI** formed from many different AI models working together as a single conglomerate. It is an open-source, federated ensemble of models that collectively run on a permissionless network, continuously updated with diverse capabilities (e.g. geography, science, code, language, live data). The system runs on a permissionless network of GPU nodes. Node operators are compensated in **Bitcoin** via the **Lightning Network**. Model versions are anchored to the Bitcoin blockchain via **OpenTimestamps**. The project integrates with **GitHub** for automated code analysis, security audits, and PR generation. Participation is secured by Bitcoin-native **Proof-of-Work** (optional mining pool contribution) and **Proof-of-Stake** (Lightning channel stake to the treasury); there is no new token.
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For full business and technical requirements, see [BRS.md](BRS.md) and [SRS.md](SRS.md).
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### 2.1 Product Perspective
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OWM is a standalone distributed system composed of:
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OWM is a **distributed AI**: many different AI models form one conglomerate system (it is not a single "model of the world"). It is a standalone distributed system composed of:
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- A **P2P node network** where each node runs the OWM daemon.
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- A **coordinator layer** that bootstraps the network and routes tasks (decentralizes progressively).
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- A **model layer** consisting of a federated ensemble of transformer-based sub-models.
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