The GenD Compute Network
whitepaper.
A two-way economy for the independent internet: sovereign web app hosting paid for by the compute your own hardware contributes. Version 1.0 · October 2026.
Infrastructure as an earning asset
Traditional hosting forces a business into a walled garden: a platform owns the server, the data and the terms, and charges a flat fee whether the business is busy or asleep. The GenD Compute Network inverts that. Each business runs a sovereign web app in its own container, pays for compute per task, and contributes compute from hardware it already owns. When the compute a member contributes is worth more than the compute their apps consume, hosting turns from an expense into an earning asset. Whether that happens depends on the member’s hardware and on network demand.
The network is built from four parts: a hub (gend.me) that holds identity, groups and the ledger; containers that host each web app in isolation; nodes, from phones to servers, that execute tasks; and the desktop client that builds apps and runs nodes. Everything settles in DGEN, an earned-only unit accounted at one unit per Canadian dollar of service value.
Walled gardens and flat fees
A platform that owns your infrastructure owns your business: it sets the terms, holds the data and can shut you down. Flat monthly subscriptions bill for capacity you do not use, and the hardware you already own, phones, laptops, workstations, sits idle. Meanwhile the processors between you and your customers take a cut of every sale.
The network’s answer is structural, not a discount: isolate every app, price compute from real cost, let members supply that compute, and settle payments through contracts the member writes.
Four parts, one identity
The hub
gend.me holds identity, groups (the Integration Hub), the gas catalog and ledger, the wallet and the contract engine. Its API answers nothing without credentials.
Identity protocol →Containers
Each web app is a namespace with dedicated codebase and database disks and a private media bucket, provisioned on launch and torn down on delete.
Sovereign storage →Nodes
Light (mobile), medium (desktop) and heavy (server) tiers execute task classes they are eligible for. gend.me compute is the fallback so no request waits.
Node operations →The desktop client
Builds apps locally with AI, syncs projects to the hub, and runs the machine as a node.
Desktop client →Task classes and reference prices
Every request is a task with a class. Prices are derived daily from real cloud cost (vCPU, RAM, GPU seconds against benchmark hardware), converted to CAD, multiplied by a margin and reviewed by network administrators before they change. Usage is recorded only on success and split three ways: the requesting app, the node operator (40%) and the network.
| Class | What runs | Category | Benchmark hardware | Reference price (GAS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Payment & point transfer execution | Lightweight / serverless | no GPU | 0.0000265 |
| T2 | Point-type table read / write (ledger) | Lightweight / serverless | no GPU | 0.0000557 |
| T3 | Web app dynamic request / SSR API | Web app backend | no GPU | 0.000111 |
| T4 | AI micro-model prompt / chat (SLM) | AI inference | NVIDIA L4 class | 0.00202 |
| T5 | AI agent task sequence / tool calling | AI agent workflow | NVIDIA L4 class | 0.00698 |
| T6 | Complex multi-agent parallel pipeline | Heavy AI | NVIDIA A100 class | 0.0814 |
Reference catalog prices per task in GAS (1 GAS = 1 CAD), derived from real cloud cost plus margin and reviewed by network admins before they change. Your live catalog is in your dashboard’s Compute Gas panel.
An earned-only unit, accounted in dollars
DGEN is minted by smart contracts on work and settlement events: node payouts, referral commissions, contract splits and rewards. It cannot be purchased; top-up paths are disabled until they are an approved financial service. Because it is accounted at one unit per Canadian dollar, the ledger reads like a statement.
Customer payments arrive through bridge gateways (PayPal, Bitcoin and Lightning via BTCPay, USDC, ETH, POL and DGEN itself), settle in gend.me’s central accounts, and the Canadian-dollar value received is credited to the member’s wallet as DGEN. Web App Contracts then split that value on the same event.
- 1 GAS = 1 CAD; 1 DGEN per CAD of service value
- Six settlement rails
- Contracts fire on payment, sales and reward events
- Leo Tokens remain a separate unit for AI compute only
- DGEN is not sold and is not an investment
Keys that prove, not passwords that trust
Signed connect
Sites bind to groups with Ed25519-signed requests, owner approval and a single-use code exchanged for an install token.
Encrypted secrets
Tokens are stored in authenticated libsodium envelopes; cluster secrets hold gateway seeds and salts.
Signed updates
Plugin releases carry SHA-256 digests and Ed25519 signatures; the site refuses anything else.
Consent and opt-outs
A consent banner gates tracking; members can keep AI on gend.me compute only and opt out of the shared Brain.
Vault security →Connect, plan, pay, migrate
Connect
Install GenD Society on any WordPress site and connect it to a group. Live.
Plan
Choose a dashboard plan to unlock the plugin suite on your own hosting.
Pay and migrate
Upgrade to a container, pick storage tiers, pay, and migrate on your say-so. Never on install.
Grow the node base
Desktop nodes today; mobile preview in testing; heavy server tier for pipelines.
The hardware under your desk can pay for the software above it.GenD Compute Network · Whitepaper v1.0
Read it. Then run it.
Register, launch an app, connect a node. The whitepaper is the network; the network is open.
Canadian disclosure. Prices shown are in Canadian dollars per month and exclude applicable taxes (HST in Ontario). Payments to node operators are fees for compute you provide; amounts depend on network demand and device eligibility and are not guaranteed. Sample dashboards, ledgers and figures on this page are illustrative only. DGEN is an earned-only unit of account on the gend.me network: it is not sold, is not offered as an investment, and is used to pay for gend.me services. Registration is free. These pages follow WCAG 2.0 Level AA guidelines (AODA) and respect your reduced-motion setting. See the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. gend.me is operated from Ontario, Canada.
One account. Many ways in.
Create a free member account, or apply for one of the open roles below. Every application is attached to your gend.me account and reviewed by our team.
Your profile, wallet, groups and every app you launch or connect, under one login. Takes a minute.
Create account → We're hiring Project ConsultantOwn the delivery experience for GenD clients: set up their web apps, run their AI agents and ship their projects. Contract, remote, commission-based.
Open · remote · contract4-step processgend.me Multi-Tiered Referral Sales ProgramProject Consultant Apply now → We're hiring Web DeveloperBuild and extend the GenD plugin suite, ship real features and execute task contracts on the network. Contract, remote, paid per approved task.
Open · remote · contract4-step processgend.me Multi-Tiered Referral Sales ProgramTask Contract Execution Apply now → We're hiring Network SalesBuild a referral network on gend.me: 10–20% of referred sales in three tiers plus team overrides, paid in DGEN. Contract, remote, your own hours.
Open · remote · contract4-step processgend.me Multi-Tiered Referral Sales Program Apply now → We're hiring Web InfluencerShare the GenD platform with your audience and earn tiered referral commissions on every sale your content drives, paid in DGEN. Contract, remote.
Open · remote · contract4-step processgend.me Multi-Tiered Referral Sales ProgramTask Contract Execution Apply now → Business owners Launch a web appStart your pilot: pick a plan, deploy a sovereign web app and run it from your Integration Hub.
Start your pilot →Roles are independent contractor engagements paid through the network’s commission and task contracts in DGEN; they are not employment offers. Registration is free.