XE PRIMITIVE

Compute

Rent any machine, by the second. Fail, and it isn’t paid.

A minute or a year, CPU or GPU, wherever owners have machines. No quota, no sales call, no idle bill. The owner puts a stake behind every lease, and is only paid when it settles.

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WHAT COMPUTE IS

Compute on XE lets anyone, or any agent, lease a machine for exactly as long as the work takes, from a minute to a year, as a private virtual machine with root over SSH.

It boots in about twenty seconds. The owner stakes a fifth of the lease when it accepts, and is only paid when the lease settles, with XE Timekeepers witnessing when it started and when it ended. There’s no quota to request, no sales call and no monthly plan. XE Machines is how most people use it; agents call it directly.

Leases

A minute to a year, for exactly the seconds the job needs.

Isolation

Every lease runs in its own virtual machine, reached over SSH through the gateway.

Stake

The owner stakes a fifth of the lease when it accepts. Walk away, and that’s what’s at risk.

XE Timekeepers

Independent nodes witness when a lease starts and ends, so nobody can claim a term they didn’t serve.

THE PROBLEM

Nobody should pay for a machine that isn’t working.

Today
  • An account, a quota request and a sales call.
  • An hour at the least, or a monthly plan.
  • A handful of regions to choose from.
  • Reserved capacity, paid for whether it’s used or not.
  • If it fails, a support ticket.
With XE Compute
  • Sign a lease.
  • A minute at the least, and exactly the seconds you ask for.
  • Wherever owners have machines.
  • Only the term the job needs.
  • If it fails, the owner isn’t paid, and its stake is on the line.
BY THE SECOND

A minute is a lease.
So is a year.

A lease names its term in seconds, from sixty to a year. Pick a job and see what it’s leased for on XE, against a plan that rounds up to the hour.

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Compute

Any machine on XE is yours for exactly as long as the job needs it. No quota, no sales call, no idle bills. It boots in seconds, and its owner has money on the line to keep it running.

Any term, on one ruler.

1 min1 hour1 day1 week1 month1 year90 s
The jobRender a 30-second clip on an RTX 4090
Leased on XE90 sThe seconds it needs, and not one more.
Rounded up to the hour3,600 s3,510 seconds paid for, and never used.
THE LEASE

Three blocks, two chains,
one machine between them.

The buyer signs the lease. The owner accepts it with a stake, and settles it when the term is up. Everything that happens to the money is on the record.

lease · the buyer’s chainSigned block
1{
2  "type": "lease",
3  "account": "2c91…e4b7",       // the buyer
4  "destination": "7f3a…c2e1",   // the owner
5  "vcpus": 8,
6  "memory_mb": 32768,
7  "disk_gb": 200,
8  "duration": 5400,             // seconds, from 60 to a year
9  "amount": 30,                 // XUSD, burned when accepted
10  "asset": "XUSD",
11  "signature": "e2c9…5d18"
12}
lease_accept, lease_settle · the owner’s chainAttested
1{
2  "type": "lease_accept",
3  "account": "7f3a…c2e1",       // the owner
4  "source": "3c9e…71d2",        // the buyer's lease
5  "amount": 6,                  // its stake: a fifth
6  "asset": "XUSD",
7  "attestations": [ … ]         // XE Timekeepers witness the start
8}
9{
10  "type": "lease_settle",
11  "source": "3c9e…71d2",
12  "amount": 30,                 // XE, minted to the owner
13  "asset": "XE",
14  "attestations": [ … ]         // and the end
15}

What the lease says

Machine
8 vCPUs, 32 GB of memory, 200 GB of disk
Term
Exactly the seconds asked for, from a minute to a year
Paid
In XUSD, burned when the owner accepts
Stake
A fifth of the lease, locked by the owner until it settles
Timed
Start and end witnessed by XE Timekeepers, not by either side
Settled
XE minted to the owner, as much as the lease cost, and the stake back
HOW IT WORKS

From an offer to a running machine.

The buyer pays for the lease in XUSD. The owner accepts, stakes against it and boots the machine, and the buyer’s XUSD is burned. At the end, the lease settles: XE is minted to the owner and the stake comes back.

60 sthe shortest lease
365 dthe longest lease
~20 sto boot a machine
1/5of the lease, staked by the owner
DELIVERY

Deliver, and get paid.
Stop, and don’t.

A lease isn’t a promise on a website. The owner has a stake on the line, and XE Uptime Proofs show every minute the machine really ran, so what was delivered is a matter of record.

The machine deliversEvery minute is proven. The lease settles, the owner is paid in XE and its stake comes back.
The machine stopsThe proofs stop. There’s nothing to show for the rest of the term, and the owner’s stake is what’s at risk.
Lease 3c9e… · 24 GB GPU · 30 minutesRunning
Owner signs
Buyer signs
Minutes proven0 of 30
Owner paidNot yet
Owner’s stakeLocked
The machine is up, and both sides are signing.
FOR BUILDERS

Lease a machine
in two commands.

Ask for resources and a term, and the network finds a machine. Sign the lease, and it boots with your key on it. The API does the same in a request or two.

No quotaSign a lease. That’s the whole approval process
Root over SSHA private virtual machine, through the XE gateway
Any termFrom a minute to a year, to the second
1# who has capacity right now
2xe providers
3
4# lease 8 vCPUs and 32 GB for 90 seconds
5xe lease --vcpus 8 --memory 32768 --duration 90
6# Lease submitted: ab9ada6f…
7# Lease accepted!
8
9xe ssh ab9ada6f…
10# root@xe-ab9ada6f:~#
FOR AGENTS

An agent rents a GPU for ninety seconds.

Its own leaseSigned from the agent’s own account. No person in the loop.
Exactly the termNinety seconds asked for. Ninety seconds leased.
Nothing to hand backWhen the term is up the lease settles and the machine is torn down.
FAQ

What people ask about compute.

What do I actually get?
A private virtual machine on the owner’s hardware, with root access over SSH through the XE gateway. It boots in about twenty seconds.
How long can I lease for?
Anything from a minute to a year. A lease names its term in seconds.
What stops an owner taking the money and running?
They stake a fifth of the lease when they accept it, and they’re only paid when the lease settles, with XE Timekeepers witnessing when it started and when it ended.
What happens if the machine fails mid-job?
It isn’t paid for work it didn’t do. XE Uptime Proofs record every minute the machine runs; when it stops, the proofs stop, there’s nothing to show for the rest of the term, and the owner’s stake is at risk.
Is there a quota or an approval?
No. Anyone, and any agent, can sign a lease. There’s no account manager and no minimum spend.
Who gets paid, and in what?
You pay in XUSD, and it’s burned when the owner accepts. When the lease settles, XE is minted to the owner, as much as the lease cost, and their stake comes back.
Can an agent lease a machine on its own?
Yes. A lease is a signed block from the agent’s own account, so an agent can find a machine, lease it, run its job and let it settle with no person in the loop.
COMPUTE

Lease your first machine.

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