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Introduction to Hokusai

What is Hokusai Protocol?​

Hokusai is a decentralized protocol that incentivizes the contribution of high-quality data to improve AI models. Contributors are rewarded with tokens when their data leads to measurable performance enhancements.

This guide will help you understand how Hokusai tokens work, how you can contribute data to a specific model and potentially earn token rewards, and how to use Hokusai models in a production app.

Key Features​

  • Fair Incentives: Data suppliers are rewarded based on the actual performance improvement their data provides
  • Transparent Metrics: Clear and verifiable performance metrics for all models
  • Privacy-Focused: Data is handled with privacy in mind, ensuring sensitive information is protected
  • Decentralized: No central authority controls the protocol, ensuring fairness and transparency

Core Concepts​

DeltaOne Rewards​

DeltaOne is Hokusai's performance-based reward measurement. It works as follows:

  1. Performance Measurement

    • Each model has a baseline performance metric
    • Improvements are measured as percentage increases over the baseline
    • Each DeltaOne represents a 1% improvement in model performance
    • Tokens are awarded based on the total number of DeltaOnes achieved

  2. Token Calculation

    Tokens Awarded = Performance Improvement (%) × Tokens per DeltaOne
    • Performance Improvement: Measured as percentage increase over baseline
    • Tokens per DeltaOne: Fixed number of tokens awarded per 1% improvement

    Example:

    Baseline Performance: 75% accuracy
    New Performance: 82% accuracy
    Performance Improvement: 7%
    Tokens per DeltaOne: 100 tokens
    Token Value: $250 per token

    Tokens Awarded = 7 × 100 = 700 tokens
    Dollar Value = 700 tokens × $250 = $175,000

    In this example, a 7% improvement in model accuracy results in 7 DeltaOnes, awarding 700 tokens worth $175,000 to the data supplier.

  3. Verification Process

    • All improvements are verified through the MegaAI benchmarking system
    • Results are recorded on-chain for transparency
    • Smart contracts automatically handle token distribution

Hokusai Tokens​

Hokusai tokens serve multiple purposes in the ecosystem:

  1. Access Rights

    • Required for model access
    • Usage-based consumption
    • Tiered access levels

  2. Reward Mechanism

    • Distributed to data contributors
    • Issued for model improvements
    • Community governance participation

  3. Economic Model

    • Deflationary design
    • Usage-driven value
    • Liquidity provision incentives

Getting Started​

For further assistance, refer to the FAQs or join our community discussions.

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