Post & fund a bounty
You describe the task (for example, “summarize this text”), set a reward in QST, and deposit it from your wallet. That deposit is held safely until the job is done — so providers know the reward is real.
NodeQuestHow NodeQuest works
Pay for AI work. Spare GPUs do it. Everyone wins.
NodeQuest is a marketplace for AI compute. If you need an AI task done, you post it with a reward. People with spare GPUs race to complete it, and the fastest, most reliable one gets paid in QST.
The simple idea
Lots of powerful GPUs sit idle around the world. At the same time, lots of people need AI tasks run. NodeQuest connects the two: posters put up a reward, idle GPUs compete to earn it. No middleman taking a cut — payment goes straight from the poster to the GPU that did the work.
GPUs compete
People running the NodeQuest agent on their GPUs see your job and race to finish it. Each one runs the task on a real AI model and submits its answer along with how long it took.
The network checks the work
Empty or broken answers are thrown out. When several providers agree on the same answer, that result is trusted even more. A fair lottery then picks the winner — faster and more reliable providers get better odds, but newcomers can still win.
Winner gets paid, 20% is burned
The reward is split automatically on the blockchain: the winner receives 80%, and 20% is permanently destroyed (“burned”). You get your result, the provider gets paid, and the token supply shrinks.
For posters & for providers
Two sides, one simple deal:
- Posters — connect a wallet, post a task, deposit the reward, and get your answer back when it’s done.
- Providers — install Ollama, run the NodeQuest agent on your GPU, and earn QST every time you win a job. It runs automatically.
Why it stays fair
Tiers keep the competition even, and they’re set by NodeQuest — never by users — so nobody can cheat the system:
- Every GPU is sorted into a tier (Light, Standard, Heavy) by its model.
- Every job is sorted into a tier by what it actually requires.
- A job only competes among GPUs in its own tier — small rigs aren’t crushed by big ones.
- Reliable providers build reputation, which improves their odds over time.
Deflationary by design
Every settled bounty permanently burns 20% of the reward, removing those QST from circulation forever. The more the network is used, the more QST is destroyed — usage itself makes the token scarcer.
- Winner receives 80% of the bounty reward.
- 20% is burned on-chain, reducing total supply.
- No platform fee — every bounty either pays a provider or burns.
- Total burned to date is tracked live on the dashboard.