Acurast(ACU)

Overview

Acurast (ACU) is a decentralized compute network that uses the idle processing capacity of smartphones worldwide instead of traditional data centers. Its stated design goals are verifiability, scalability, and confidentiality, allowing developers to run application workloads on distributed infrastructure rather than centralized servers.

According to project materials, more than 250,000 compute units have been onboarded globally, supporting workloads that range from REST APIs and webhooks to LLM inference and confidential data processing. By building on the secure hardware found in consumer smartphones, Acurast takes a different approach from typical DePIN (decentralized physical infrastructure) networks.