AITBC — AI Token Blockchain

Decentralized GPU compute marketplace with blockchain-based job coordination, Ollama inference, ZK receipt verification, and token payments.

Overview

AITBC is a full-stack blockchain platform that connects GPU compute providers (miners) with AI workload consumers (clients) through a decentralized marketplace. The system handles job submission, miner matching, GPU inference execution, cryptographic receipt generation, and on-chain payment settlement.

Key capabilities:

• Blockchain nodes — PoA consensus, gossip relay, WebSocket RPC
• Coordinator API — Job lifecycle, miner registry, GPU marketplace, payments, billing, governance
• GPU mining — Ollama-based LLM inference with host GPU passthrough
• Wallet daemon — Balance tracking, receipt verification, ledger management
• Trade exchange — Bitcoin/AITBC trading with order book and price ticker
• ZK circuits — Zero-knowledge receipt verification (Circom/snarkjs)
• Browser wallet — Firefox extension for AITBC transactions
• Explorer — Real-time blockchain explorer (blocks, transactions, addresses, receipts)

Architecture

Client ──► Coordinator API ──► Pool Hub ──► Miner (GPU/Ollama)
              │                                    │
              ▼                                    ▼
         Marketplace                         ZK Receipt
              │                                    │
              ▼                                    ▼
        Wallet Daemon ◄──── Blockchain Nodes ◄─── Settlement
              │
              ▼
        Trade Exchange

Directory Structure

aitbc/
├── apps/                    # Core microservices
│   ├── blockchain-node/     # PoA blockchain node (FastAPI + gossip)
│   ├── coordinator-api/     # Job coordination API (FastAPI)
│   ├── explorer-web/        # Blockchain explorer (TypeScript + Vite)
│   ├── marketplace-web/     # GPU marketplace frontend (TypeScript + Vite)
│   ├── pool-hub/            # Mining pool management (FastAPI + Redis)
│   ├── trade-exchange/      # BTC/AITBC exchange (FastAPI + WebSocket)
│   ├── wallet-daemon/       # Wallet service (FastAPI)
│   └── zk-circuits/         # ZK proof circuits (Circom)
├── cli/                     # CLI tools (12 command groups, 90+ subcommands)
├── contracts/               # Solidity smart contracts
├── docs/                    # Documentation (10 numbered sections)
├── extensions/              # Browser extensions (Firefox wallet)
├── infra/                   # Infrastructure (nginx, k8s, helm, terraform)
├── packages/                # Shared libraries
│   ├── py/aitbc-crypto/     # Cryptographic primitives
│   ├── py/aitbc-sdk/        # Python SDK
│   └── solidity/aitbc-token/# ERC-20 token contract
├── plugins/ollama/          # Ollama LLM integration
├── scripts/                 # All scripts, organized by purpose
│   ├── blockchain/          # Genesis, proposer, mock chain
│   ├── ci/                  # CI/CD pipeline
│   ├── dev/                 # Dev tools, local services
│   ├── examples/            # Usage examples and simulations
│   ├── ops/                 # Coordinator proxy, tunnels
│   └── test/                # Integration and verification
├── systemd/                 # Systemd service units
├── tests/                   # Test suites (unit, integration, e2e, security, CLI)
└── website/                 # Public website and HTML documentation

See docs/README.md for the full documentation index.

Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Python 3.11+
• Node.js 18+ (for web apps and ZK circuits)
• PostgreSQL (optional, SQLite for development)
• Ollama (for GPU inference)

Run Services Locally

# Start all services
./scripts/dev_services.sh

# Or start individually
cd apps/coordinator-api && uvicorn app.main:app --port 8000
cd apps/blockchain-node && python -m aitbc_chain.main
cd apps/wallet-daemon && uvicorn app.main:app --port 8002

Run Tests

# CLI tests (141 unit + 24 integration)
pytest tests/cli/

# Coordinator API tests (billing + GPU marketplace)
pytest apps/coordinator-api/tests/

# Blockchain node tests
pytest tests/test_blockchain_nodes.py

# All tests together (208 passing)
pytest apps/coordinator-api/tests/ tests/cli/

CLI Usage

pip install -e .

# Submit a job
aitbc client submit --type inference --prompt "Hello world"

# Register as a miner
aitbc miner register --gpu RTX4090

# GPU marketplace
aitbc marketplace gpu list
aitbc marketplace gpu book <gpu_id> --hours 1

# Wallet and governance
aitbc wallet balance
aitbc governance propose --type parameter_change --title "Update fee"

Deployment

Services run in an Incus container with systemd units. See systemd/ for service definitions and scripts/deploy/ for deployment automation.

# Deploy to container
./scripts/deploy/deploy-to-container.sh

# Deploy blockchain nodes
./scripts/deploy/deploy-blockchain.sh

Test Results

Suite	Tests	Source
Blockchain node	50	tests/test_blockchain_nodes.py
ZK integration	8	tests/test_zk_integration.py
CLI unit tests	141	tests/cli/test_*.py (9 files)
CLI integration	24	tests/cli/test_cli_integration.py
Billing	21	apps/coordinator-api/tests/test_billing.py
GPU marketplace	22	apps/coordinator-api/tests/test_gpu_marketplace.py

Documentation

Section	Path	Description
Getting Started	docs/0_getting_started/	Intro, installation, CLI usage
Clients	docs/2_clients/	Job submission, wallet, pricing, API
Miners	docs/3_miners/	GPU setup, registration, earnings
Blockchain	docs/4_blockchain/	Node operation, configuration
Reference	docs/5_reference/	CLI reference, architecture specs
Architecture	docs/6_architecture/	System flow, component details
Deployment	docs/7_deployment/	Remote deployment, backups
Development	docs/8_development/	Setup, contributing, examples
Security	docs/9_security/	Security architecture, audit

License

MIT — Copyright (c) 2026 AITBC