PoW
Last updated
Was this helpful?
Last updated
Was this helpful?
At Assetux, we believe there’s still untapped power in Proof-of-Work (PoW) — not just for securing a blockchain, but for embedding real-world microtask validation directly into block production. That’s why we’ve chosen to fork from Ethereum’s Geth 1.10.26, the final PoW-supported version before Ethereum transitioned to Proof-of-Stake.
But we didn’t just fork it and call it a day — we’ve introduced a dynamic and randomized rewards mechanism that evolves alongside the network. In our model, traditional block rewards gradually increase, ensuring long-term incentives for miners, while microtask rewards gradually decrease as network maturity drives higher competition for task validation. On top of that, we’ve embedded a layer of randomized reward distribution, meaning each block’s reward contains a probabilistic component — adding unpredictability that makes the system resistant to simple modeling or periodic analysis attacks. This combination ensures that early miners are rewarded for bootstrapping the network, while ongoing miners remain incentivized to actively include and validate real-world microtask data in each block, without being able to perfectly predict future payouts.
In traditional PoW blockchains, miners compete to solve cryptographic puzzles, securing the network by processing transactions. In Assetux, they do more than that. Each block can also contain microtask proofs, reputation updates for users, or off-chain verifications linked to the Assetux microtasking platform. Miners are no longer just securing blocks, they are validating work completed by real users — integrating off-chain economic activity directly into the consensus process.
The result? The more complex and data-rich the block, the higher the reward. Miners have a direct incentive to process useful data rather than simply chasing empty transactions. It’s mining meets microtasking, all baked into the protocol.
We know countless GPUs were left idle after Ethereum’s Merge. Instead of becoming e-waste, these GPUs can power ASX, the Assetux network. Whether you’re a solo miner with a rig in your basement or a professional operation with warehouses of hardware, you can help secure ASX while earning both block rewards and a cut of the microtask economy.
If you still believe in decentralized hardware security, and if you want your hardware to power something more meaningful than just hash generation, Assetux is ready for you. Together, we can turn old GPUs into the foundation of a new kind of decentralized work economy.
Fire up your rigs. Let’s build.
