Description
EpiK Protocol is a decentralized, AI-first blockchain designed to create an open and collaborative AI data network. It provides permissionless infrastructure and incentives for a community to curate, store, and share high-quality, human-labeled AI training data. The ecosystem operates with several key roles: Domain Experts, who are experienced AI developers, lead data curation efforts; Bounty Hunters assist in data collection and labeling, often through a gamified mobile app called 'Knowledge Mainland'; and Knowledge Nodes (miners) are responsible for storing the curated data and maintaining the network's ledger using a proof-of-storage consensus mechanism. This data is made accessible to AI bots and developers in Web3 and the metaverse through Knowledge Gateways, which build API services. The entire ecosystem is governed and incentivized by its native token, $AIEPK, with support from the EPK DAO and an EPK Grants program to foster development.