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## Participants

- Andrew Gnatyuk
- Anil Murty
- Damir Simpovic
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## Notes


### Cloudmos

### Spheron

### NodeOps

### Questions:

- Anil asked about Spheron Providers.

### Action Items


## Meetings notes
#### Tyler Wright:
- Originally planned for November, moved to discuss high-level updates and plans.
- Each team to provide a 2-3 minute update on 2023 progress and highlight key areas.
- Discuss concerns or issues faced in 2023 and share future plans for 2024.
- Anil has been effectively leading the effort, asking questions, and fostering conversations.
#### Objective:
- Foster transparency and alignment among projects.
- Facilitate sharing of work or resources among teams.
- Provide a platform for teams to seek support and guidance.
### Cloudmos Update
#### From Max- 2023
- Started 2023 with a desktop app available only after downloading; transitioned to Cloudmos deploy web, the main platform for Akash deployments.
- Released various features, including the shell, unique among clients, useful for debugging and deployment access.
- Merged Cloudmos deploy and Explorer apps into a single app, enhancing user experience.
- Acquired by Overclock Labs and the community, seen as positive for the Akash ecosystem.
- Released after acquisition; added GPU-related functionalities and templates, gaining attention.
- Improved network statistics, focusing on USD spent for better representation.
- Added pages, allowed users to edit provider attributes based on a schema for standardization.
- Added support upon launch; transitioned to open source after being closed source as a private entity.
- Introduced a crucial piece of software; planned improvements for early 2024.
- Added an additional form to simplify GPU renting; numerous small improvements throughout.
- Mentioned plans for improvements to SDL Builder, template sharing, and further enhancements.
#### Future Plans (2024):
- Planning improvements and enhancements for SDL Builder in 2024.
- Working on improving the ability to save and share user templates in 2024.
- Main objective is to enhance Akash accessibility and overall user experience, particularly for non-crypto users.
- Working on rebranding Cloudmos to Akash Console, planned for early 2024 release.
- Improving and documenting the API for broader public use.
- Addressing issues with the current template marketplace, aiming for a more dynamic and user-friendly experience.
- Tyler expressed gratitude for the team's contributions to GPU support, network features, and general improvements.
- Appreciated Max's availability and updates on the projects board, facilitating collaboration with other teams.
- Encouraged leveraging Cloudmos's open-source tooling for projects like Mystic Labs, Leap Team, and Source Network Team.

### Spheron Update
#### From Prashant Maurya -2023
- Focus on stabilizing the deployment process over Akash; achieved a stable and seamless experience for users.
- Built an automation suite for UI, enabling various use cases, such as triggering jobs via API.
- Introduced the Spheron Marketplace to address the outdated Awesome Akash repository, providing an updated and controlled platform.
- Responded to user requests by enabling shell functionality within the UI for easier interaction.
- Worked on integrating Akash into multiple ecosystems, covering various chains to enhance accessibility.
- Implemented updates on the billing side and token user side to enhance user experience.
- Noted that Spheron is now the second-highest workload handler among providers in Cloudmos.
- Commended Cloudmos for their significant work and achievements.
- Praised Spheron's achievements, stability, and the introduction of the Spheron Marketplace.
- Encouraged users to explore the Spheron Marketplace and take advantage of the stability in deployments.
- Initially introduced GitHub authentication and later added an authorization layer to prevent system spam.
- Enabled support for GPU usage one month ago but is working on further acceleration.
- Recently launched decentralized enterprise-grade edge containers utilizing Akash.
- Spheron's provider is now available for enterprises, emphasizing audits and third-party data center onboarding.
- Added observability layer for providers, allowing users to check compute usage internally.
- Launched a status page for real-time tracking of system status and potential downtimes.
#### GPU Support and Future Plans
- Aiming to align with the Akash community's decisions, particularly in areas with potential incentives.
- Upcoming plans include CLI widgets, SDKs, and localization efforts to enhance user experience.
- Future emphasis on driving GPU adoption and making compute usage easy to compete with web2 companies.
- Emphasized the intention to align with the Akash community's decisions, seeking collaboration and coordination.
- Planning to heavily promote and educate users on accessing the cosmos ecosystem through different chains using Spheron.
- Focus for 2024 is aligning with the Akash community and making decisions collaboratively.
- Next target is to enhance the localized (system-level) user experience.
- Plans for CLI widgets, SDKs, and localization efforts to enhance localized system usage.
- Upcoming releases of clients and SDKs in various languages to cater to diverse user preferences.
- Intending to drive GPU adoption in the coming year, indicating increased emphasis on GPU-related developments.
- Working on multi-service support, allowing users to spin up various services with a single command, facilitating easy deployment of entire service suites.
- 2024 focus on marketing and market penetration, ready to onboard multiple chains and users.
- Acknowledged NodeOps for utilizing Spheron API and congratulated them on their achievements.
- Emphasized the importance of building incentives and economic models to attract more participants.
- Highlighted NodeOps as one of the positive developments in 2023, indicating the practical applications of Spheron's offerings.
### NodeOps Update
#### From Naman K
- Started in February-March, focused on understanding developers' challenges with decentralized services.
- Initial months concentrated on identifying pain points and promptly addressing them.
- Objective was to automate the process, streamline deployment, and address challenges faced by developers.
- Successfully scaled up, reducing the turnaround time for deploying instances to less than an hour.
- Emphasized the commitment to leveraging Akash for decentralized deployment.
- Successfully deployed developer instances (playgrounds) across more than 12 supported chains on Akash.
- Participated in hackathons, like the one in Bangalore, India, showcasing successful deployment of instances by around 220 developers.
- Aimed for one-click deployment for all operations, starting with templates contributed by developers.
- Templates designed not only for infra providers and node operators but also for developers wanting to set up their testnets or execute CLI-based interactions.
- Integrated one-click deployment within documentation for seamless developer experience.
- Acknowledged the collaboration with Prashant's team, emphasizing the shared commitment to decentralized infrastructure.
#### Upcoming Announcements in 2024
- Teased upcoming announcements in 2024, particularly regarding the one-click deployment feature.
- Focused on empowering developers with easy-to-use tools and templates for various protocols.
- Highlighted the integration of one-click deployment within documentation and its significance for developers.
- Preparing for announcements in 2024, hinting at major milestones and features, including one-click deployment for code snippets within documentation.
- Demonstrated dedication to creating a user-friendly environment for developers and showcasing their commitment to decentralized infrastructure.
- January 2024 will feature more interactive protocol documentations.
- Users can now not only copy-paste code snippets but also run them directly.
- Thanks to Prashant and the team for their support in understanding the overall architecture.
#### Plans for 2024
- January will showcase the journey across 12 different chains, starting with base infrastructure, moving to applications, and then to the incentivization layer.
- Introduction of contracts and an on-chain incentivization module to attract traditional developers from the web2 front.
- Developers' contributions towards bounties, ideas, hackathons, and issue resolution will be rewarded.
- Economics set on-chain for calculations.
- Focus on making the accelerating module more scalable through vertical integration.
- Integration with marketplaces, particularly Spheron Marketplace, for better visibility and seamless execution for node operators and developers.
- Tapping into developer-focused initiatives, such as hackathons and workshops, to provide an iframe with a full line of code for easy integration into websites.
- By Q1 2024, aiming for vertical integration across various platforms.
### Anil's Question to NodeOps
- Anil asked about NodeOps' focus in the Ethereum ecosystem and plans for participation in ETHDenver.
- Explored potential collaboration opportunities and how Overclock could leverage NodeOps' work in marketing efforts.
#### NodeOps' Response:
- Naman discussed NodeOps' involvement with various chains beyond Cosmos, including talks with Polygon (CDK) and ZK-focused chains.
- Shared plans for tapping into new ecosystems, including Avalanche, Aptos, and collaboration with ZK-focused chains.
- Highlighted the modular and chain-agnostic approach, making infrastructure adaptable to different chains.
- Discussed a partnership with a large Dev initiative in Asia focusing on Ethereum and Polygon ecosystems.
- Expressed interest in ETHDenver, considering participation, and willingness to collaborate on specific projects.
- Anil expressed interest in reaching out for further collaboration and discussions.
- Anil highlighted that it'll be great to combine marketing efforts to drive akash adoption across non-cosmos chains, starting with Eth (Eth Denver) if possible.
### Links and Resources
#### Tyler Wright
- Requested participants to share relevant links in the chat for easy reference. [Spheron](https://twitter.com/SpheronFDN/status/1736487469212672002), [NodeOps](https://linktr.ee/307naman)
- Shared links he [project board](https://github.com/orgs/akash-network/projects/5/views/1) for tracking Cloudmos team activities, and Blockless updates provided by Derek.
- Mentioned that updates on [Blockless](https://blockless.network/) progress would be followed up in the next meeting.
- Praised the Praetor team for their work on content moderation and highlighted their updates on the project board.
### Closing Remarks:
- Tyler expresses appreciation for the teams' hard work and commitment.
- Plans to continue discussions in 2024, considering a suitable meeting time.
- Encourages teams to stay connected and share updates during the holidays.
- Wishes everyone happy holidays and looks forward to a successful new year.


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