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Nosana

$NOS
66DepinScope score

Nosana is a decentralised GPU compute cloud built on Solana, allowing users to rent high-performance GPUs for AI workloads or earn rewards by hosting their idle GPU capacity.

MainnetModerate riskIntermediateCompute and GPUSolana

Last verified 3 days ago (10 Aug 2026)

The provided documentation covers the general network architecture, GPU rental pricing, and the use of the $NOS token on Solana. It does not detail specific minimum hardware specifications (other than listing compatible NVIDIA GPU series), exact software dependencies, or step-by-step node setup instructions.

Participation at a glance

Entry cost
While GPU rental prices are listed per hour, the entry cost for hosting (such as collateral, staking requirements, or minimum hardware purchase) is not specified in the provided text.
Not available · 10 Aug 2026
Reward model
Compute Provided
Verified · 10 Aug 2026
Launched
Not recorded
Availability
Not established

How this score was reached

Solid, with some gaps. This measures how well the network can be assessed and participated in: documentation, verification, cost of entry, maturity and operator risk. It is not a prediction of returns, and it reads nothing from token price.

  • Documentation depth19/25

    3 of 4 core areas documented (rewards, hardware, node, participation)

  • Verification strength10/20

    entry cost unavailable, rewards verified

  • Accessibility6/20

    entry cost not published, so treated as unknown rather than free

  • Operational maturity15/15

    mainnet

  • Operator risk8/12

    moderate risk, intermediate difficulty

  • Verification freshness8/8

    verified within the last month

What it does

Nosana is an open-source, distributed GPU cloud designed for AI and high-performance workloads, including training, fine-tuning, inference, rendering, and simulation. By leveraging idle GPU capacity globally, Nosana offers flexible, on-demand compute resources at up to 6x lower costs than traditional cloud providers. GPU owners can join the Nosana Grid to share their hardware and earn $NOS tokens, while developers can deploy containerised workloads programmatically using the Nosana API, CLI, or TypeScript SDK.

How it works

GPU providers connect their idle hardware to the Nosana Grid. Developers and AI builders deploy workloads using the Nosana API, CLI, or dashboard. Workloads are distributed across the global network of providers, who execute the tasks in isolated container environments and receive $NOS tokens as compensation.

How to participate

Users can participate by hosting their idle NVIDIA GPUs on the Nosana Grid to earn $NOS, or by staking $NOS tokens to support and secure the network. Developers can participate by renting GPU compute on-demand to run AI and high-performance workloads.

Requirements

Hardware
Compatible NVIDIA GPUs (including 30 Series, 40 Series, 50 Series, and Enterprise models such as A100, H100, A40, and A6000).
Software
Ubuntu setup is required for hosting, along with the Nosana CLI and containerisation tools to run workloads.

Pros and cons

Strengths

  • Up to 6x lower compute costs compared to traditional cloud providers
  • No vendor lock-in with fully open-source infrastructure
  • Supports a wide range of consumer and enterprise NVIDIA GPUs

Drawbacks

  • Requires specific NVIDIA GPU hardware to participate as a host

Risks

Requires running third-party workloads on host hardware. Staking and smart contract interactions on Solana carry standard protocol risks.

Official links

Sources

  1. Affordable GPU Rental at Scale - On-Demand GPU Compute Cloud | Nosana · retrieved 10 Aug 2026
  2. Nosana Docs · retrieved 10 Aug 2026

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