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Aug 6, 2024

The 0G Ecosystem: A Comprehensive Overview

0G is the first decentralized AI layer (AIL)—a modular, infinitely-scalable layer 1 that integrates storage, data availability, compute, and a service marketplace to underpin the future of all AI use cases and applications.

Given our full-stack approach, 0G has quickly found itself right in the middle of key Web3 verticals, working with key industry players to advance the industry forward as a whole.

0G is currently experiencing high demand for its highly scalable decentralized storage service and data availability solution. Additionally, the company is forming partnerships with external players to enhance its offerings further.

This article will examine the 0G ecosystem from two key lenses:

Supply Side: Technological solutions implemented by 0G. This includes ZK tech, interoperability solutions, restaking primitives, decentralized GPUs, indexing tools, and oracles.
Demand Side: Projects using 0G’s decentralized storage and data availability solutions. Examples include AI projects, blockchains, Web3 infrastructure, and GameFi.

Most of this progress has shaped up in the 3 months since 0G first announced its whopping $35M pre-seed funding round and the team has been busy onboarding many more.

Supply Side

The supply side of the 0G ecosystem refers to projects providing critical infrastructure components to 0G.

ZK & Interop:

These projects help 0G connect with external networks and ecosystems. For example, Brevis has interoperability infrastructure that leverages ZK Proofs to securely stream stored data from 0G to external networks, as needed.

Restaking:

Restaking projects like EigenLayer, Babylon, and PingPong reinforce network security by enabling users to stake tokens across multiple protocols.

GPUs:

0G uses GPUs to accelerate the erasure coding process associated with data storage. Erasure-coding means that the data being stored is fragmented into redundant smaller pieces and distributed across multiple storage locations. This is for security measures (such as in the event of an outage) and also helps to efficiently retrieve data.

Indexing & Oracles:

0G is working with Hemera to create BlobArchive, which indexes Layer 2 data generated post EIP-4844 (Ethereum’s upgrade that introduced data blobs). Meanwhile, 0G is using Redstone as an oracle provider to stream pricing as needed, such as for pricing used by AI models built on 0G.

Demand Side

The demand side of the 0G ecosystem is rapidly expanding with a broad spectrum of projects using 0G for both data storage and data availability purposes.

AI projects of varying types are leveraging 0G, including projects focused on data generation, data cleaning and labeling, AI models, model inference, dApps, on-chain Agents, and more.

For example, Talus uses 0G’s decentralized storage for fast AI model retrieval and inference, supporting their AI Smart Agent platform.

L1s, L2s, L3s, and Appchains:

Blockchain networks use 0G as a key data storage provider and data availability solution for those building on their blockchains. 0G is already partnered with leading projects, including serving as a DA solution for those building with OP Stack, Arbitrum Orbits, and more.

Other Infra:

Infrastructure projects are also working with 0G to expand their offerings. For example, 0G will be an alternative DA solution working with RAAS providers like Caldera to provide storage and DA for rollups and app-chains building with the OP stack.

Gaming:

The gaming industry is also tapping into the potential of 0G for improved performance. An interesting example is how 0G is supporting Blade in providing real-time, decentralized storage using zero-knowledge proofs for on-chain game states, ensuring verifiable and trustless game processes and results.