A landmark achievement for open innovation. We're proud to announce that our protocol, live on @Base, has produced an algorithm that surpasses established state-of-the-art methods for the notoriously difficult Quadratic Knapsack Problem (QKP). This validates our core thesis: that an open, competitive, and incentive-driven ecosystem can systematically accelerate algorithmic innovation. [1/5]
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TIG's second halving is complete. This milestone strengthens the foundation for our mission: building a protocol bigger than any company or nation state by creating an enduring economy for open discovery. A new era of innovation begins.
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$TIG is now live on @aerodromefi! In the true spirit of decentralisation, members of our TIG community have stepped up to help scale the project by adding their own bonus incentives to bootstrap liquidity. As the project grows, we expect and encourage more and more of these efforts to be community-driven. It’s exactly this kind of grassroots momentum that will drive TIG forward. You can deposit and manage your LP here: aerodrome.finance/deposit?to… The contract address for the pool is: 0x3f5e98c7ebff35056ab4346bccd722a537c1aefa
New Launch Alert: $TIG ✈️ Welcome to @tigfoundation : "the network for algorithmic breakthroughs" TIG is ready to swap & LP on Aerodrome paired with USDC & WETH Incentives are live and emissions incoming
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Beating state-of-the-art isn’t the goal - it’s the starting point Sigma part 2 update incoming. Details to be revealed
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The gateway to open innovation just got wider. $TIG is now tradable for millions more of users directly in the @Coinbase app. More access, more participants, faster breakthroughs.
Millions of assets. One Coinbase app. → Every asset on @base → Faster and easier access to onchain trading → Tokens go from launch to available on Coinbase in moments All available in the same Coinbase app with DEX trading. Rolling out now, starting in the U.S. (ex. NY).
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Don’t trust, verify. We’ve launched the TIG One-Click SOTA Benchmarks — bringing true reproducibility to evaluating TIG algorithms against state-of-the-art (SOTA) methods. Now live on GitHub: github.com/tig-foundation/ti… This is a key step toward our first commercial license. Here's why [1/4]
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A landmark evolution for our ecosystem. We are proud to announce the formation of The Innovation Game's Swiss Association. This is a pivotal step in our mission to build a global, decentralized innovation economy, creating a trusted, powerful engine for progress. Discover what this means for the future of TIG and open innovation. Read the full announcement. 👇
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Solving the world's toughest computational challenges requires a community of brilliant minds, translating innovation into valuable IP. That's why we're thrilled to collaborate with @ResearchHub Founded by Brian Armstrong, ResearchHub is building a decentralized network of scientific experts, and together we’ll grow this community. This is just the start of our collaboration, beginning with elevating our Satisfiability Challenge to incentivise algorithmic innovation that delivers tangible commercial value. Check out the details here: researchhub.com/post/4437/se…
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Yesterday, our Founder & Chief Scientist @Dr_JohnFletcher addressed the UK Parliament on the future of open-source AI and IP - alongside leaders from @Meta, @openuk_uk, and others. He was joined by our Senior VP of IP Philip David, former General Counsel at ARM. John focused on a critical, often overlooked component: The AI that builds better AI. An engine of algorithmic invention - recursive, self-improving, and foundational to national capability. His message: this must remain open and decentralized, not owned or enclosed by a single entity. The argument received sustained attention. It drew more follow-up questions than any other point during the hearing, with the Chair calling for multiple rounds of clarification. A formal request for a written submission followed - giving $TIG the chance to expand on how open algorithmic infrastructure can be realized. Policymakers listened. They took notes. They followed up. As governments reevaluate their AI strategies, one thing is clear: The future won’t just be built on AI - it will be built on the systems that let AI improve itself. More to come.
1/ Next Monday (16th of June, 5:30 PM BST) our Founder @Dr_JohnFletcher will be appearing before the UK Parliament as an expert on the intersection of Open-source, AI and Intellectual property, presenting alongside industry leaders from Meta and OpenUK. We are at an inflection point in history. The way in which we think about innovation must change. Governments realize this. $TIG stands at the forefront.
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Progress on our Hypergraph Partitioning GPU Challenge is accelerating rapidly. In just two weeks since launch, the network has advanced from solving problems with 4,000 hyperedges to over 60,000—already reaching the scale of established academic benchmarks. [1/4]
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1/4 On August 15th, at the start of Round 79, The Innovation Game will undergo its second planned halving event. The emission rate for the network will be programmatically reduced from 50 $TIG to 25 $TIG per block
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The future of AI isn't just about bigger models, but fundamentally more efficient systems. Today, we're launching TIG’s most ambitious challenge yet: The Balanced Hypergraph Partitioning Challenge. This is a pivotal moment for AI - we’ve published a new blog post explaining why. [1/7]
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We’ve finally proven to the world that The Innovation Game is the world’s fastest means for solving some of science’s most complex problems. Join us in just a few hours (5PM UK) as @Dr_JohnFletcher and @0x_Asuka sit down to discuss TIG’s recently produced proof-of-concept, upcoming catalysts, and the future of The Innovation Game. This is a space you won’t want to miss!
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This is what TIG's innovation engine was built for: solving fundamental bottlenecks in critical technologies. We're excited to feature this new high-impact Challenge, developed by CEL in collaboration with leading cryptographers, to cut ZK witness generation time by arithmetic circuit optimization. The world's top minds are invited to contribute and compete.
ZK witness generation is too slow To tackle this we are collaborating on a new TIG Challenge: slash ZK witness generation times by optimising arithmetic circuit constraints
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As of yesterday, the start of round 89, the first algorithms for the Optimizer Challenge for Neural Net Training started being benchmarked! TIG is now training ~30,000 neural nets daily, and every speedup in optimization counts.
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DeepSeek was developed for under $6 million. ChatGPT spent $6 billion. The difference was an algorithmic breakthrough. TIG is home to DeepSeek-level breakthroughs across all of science. And today, we're unveiling our new vision for accelerating algorithmic innovation worldwide. The future of open science starts today ↓
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1/ Next Monday (16th of June, 5:30 PM BST) our Founder @Dr_JohnFletcher will be appearing before the UK Parliament as an expert on the intersection of Open-source, AI and Intellectual property, presenting alongside industry leaders from Meta and OpenUK. We are at an inflection point in history. The way in which we think about innovation must change. Governments realize this. $TIG stands at the forefront.
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Today, we're announcing our most ambitious initiative yet, built on @base: The TIG Optimizer Challenge. The AI industry still leans almost entirely on a single innovation from 2014 for training neural networks: the Adam optimiser. With over 220,000 citations, Adam is recognised as the most influential AI paper in history. And it is a decade old. Finding a breakthrough to the optimizer represents the highest-leverage opportunity to accelerate the path to AGI. [1/4]
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The frontier of AI is being redrawn, and it’s not happening behind closed doors. This Wednesday, @Dr_JohnFletcher returns to unpack TIG’s new Hypergraph Challenge, the $1M Γ-Grants, and his recent appearance before UK Parliament, where he spotlighted a critical layer of national AI capability: the AI that builds better AI. Set your reminder ⬇️
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TIG 2.0 initialised. Miner incentives aligned✅ Token holders empowered✅ More is coming 👀 The game intensifies. Read more here: medium.com/@tigfoundation/un…
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TIG co-founders John Fletcher and Ying Chan presenting The Innovation Game @encodeclub hackathon in London Great energy in the room!
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1/ Behind a world-class TIG Challenge stands a world-renowned authority. We are excited to announce that Dr. Thibaut Vidal, the expert mind behind TIG's Vehicle Routing Challenge, has joined the project as a Technical Advisor. With a background at @MIT, Professor at Polytechnique Montréal, and the SCALE AI Research Chair, Dr. Vidal is a global leader in Operations Research. His work has set the global standards for vehicle-routing benchmarks, and he was an organizer for the 2022 DIMACS global vehicle routing competition. dimacs.rutgers.edu/news_arch… We look forward to his continued guidance as the Challenge evolves. Learn more about it ⬇️
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We’re thrilled to announce that Dr. Thibaut Vidal’s role in TIG is evolving. He now joins as Challenge Owner, taking an even more active part in TIG’s success. As steward of the Vehicle Routing Challenge, Dr. Vidal will help drive our mission forward by attracting top innovators, ensuring the Challenge stays at the forefront of real-world relevance, and delivering critical insights through quarterly algorithmic performance reports. With his leadership, the Challenge enters a bold new era of innovation.
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Join us later today (5PM UK) as @Dr_JohnFletcher and @0x_Asuka come together to discuss TIG's future and the impact of innovator agents. The stakes for the road ahead are incredibly high. The risk of a closed, centralized future for innovation is real, but a brighter path is emerging.
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Within 36 hours of TIG 2.0, over 2M $TIG (~$8.5M) was locked via Proof of Deposit, reducing circulating supply by 17.9%. Benchmarkers and Delegators are stepping up - this is just the beginning.
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We're rescheduling this evening's X Space to next Wednesday. An unexpected and important opportunity for a scientific collaboration has arisen for @Dr_JohnFletcher... Apologies for the short notice – the space will now be held next Wednesday at 5pm UK time!
Join us tomorrow at 5PM UK as @Dr_JohnFletcher and @0x_Asuka discuss the nature of a TIG breakthrough- how it will likely emerge, and how it will transform scientific discovery.
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Token Lock: Completed Tig Treasury and Founder tokens are now locked, following a decision by the founders to do so. Around 20,745,000 tokens are now locked, which takes circulating supply down to around 12,750,000. Read more here: medium.com/@tigfoundation/tr…
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TIG 2.0 is here. Let the games begin. play.tig.foundation
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As @base continues to establish itself as the home for trailblazing projects, we’re taking the next step in integrating deeper into its ecosystem. Later today, we’ll be migrating the foundation’s liquidity from Uniswap TIG/USDC (1% fee) to @AerodromeFi, with the majority of the liquidity being put into TIG/USDC (0.27% fee), and the remainder in a new TIG/WETH (0.3% fee) This move strengthens our alignment with Base and is aimed at bolstering liquidity for the community
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We have released a statement providing clarity around the launch of the TIG protocol, the initial benchmarking and innovation period, and token distribution. Please find it here: medium.com/@tigfoundation/th…
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Day 3 of the TIG Labs hackathon @encodeclub and our winners claim their prizes! Congratulations to all who took part We have some amazing new Innovators for TIG 🔥
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With roots in @protocollabs and a history of shaping projects like @Filecoin, CryptoEconLab brings a powerful combination of crypto-native expertise and rigorous academic background from institutions like UCL, Imperial, and EPFL. Welcome to the TIG Ecosystem as the first Challenge Owner!
Excited to announce we’re joining forces with @tigfoundation as Challenge Owners and recipient of their first TIG Γ-Grant! We'll be collaborating to develop innovative algorithmic Challenges that will push the boundaries of computational problem-solving
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We’re very excited to announce TIG’s first Advance submission to our Vector Search Challenge: github.com/tig-foundation/ti… The algorithm was built by a team of scientists at Granite Labs LLC. The comprehensive evidence provided boasts big speedups on current state-of-the-art algorithms. Head to our Forum to join the debate on whether their algorithm qualifies as an Advance, embodying licensable IP, making it valuable for TIG and worthy of our higher-tier of innovator rewards: forum.tig.foundation/t/advan…
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The Optimizer Challenge for Neural Net Training goes live on mainnet this Saturday, Sep 27th (start of Round 85) This introduces continuous incentives aimed at accelerating open research, sharing research objectives with MLCommons Algorithm Benchmarks – a collaborative initiative where leading organizations, including Google and Meta, are advancing state-of-the-art optimizers for training neural networks. mlcommons.org/benchmarks/alg… A new era for AI starts NOW: Better optimizers → faster training → accelerate progress in AI across the board
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Day 2 of TIG Labs hackathon @encodeclub Some have been up all night Innovating on TIG It's incredibly close between 1st and 2nd places
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Our Founder & Chief Scientist @Dr_JohnFletcher published a foundational piece on the most critical challenge facing AI today. He outlines the immense risks of monopolized, self-improving AI and presents a clear vision for how we can fight back with open, permissionless innovation. A must-read for anyone who believes in an empowering technological future.
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Join us tomorrow at 5PM UK as @Dr_JohnFletcher and @0x_Asuka discuss the nature of a TIG breakthrough- how it will likely emerge, and how it will transform scientific discovery.
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1/ The next evolution of the protocol is here. Welcome to The Sigma Update. Shaped through collaboration with world experts and our community, Sigma introduces support for generalized, modular algorithms that are adaptable for real-world and commercial applications. Details below
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TIG will be the de facto powerhouse of algorithmic innovaton. We detail the next stage of our journey here: link.medium.com/TDyAD91EUNb
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We are quickly approaching a point where the use and development of our age's most important resource could be gatekept by The Elite... forever. This Friday, join us as @Dr_JohnFletcher and @0x_Asuka discuss how TIG is uniquely positioned to ensure that algorithmic innovation remains open, accessible, and in humanity's best interest.
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1/ There are countless ZK projects – Zcash, Polygon, StarkNet – each with its own frontend language, backend proof system, or application. But they all share one common layer: Frontend → Algebraic Circuit (IR)→ Backend The Intermediate Representation (IR) or algebraic circuit is the common thread. Minimising the IR could be key in achieving real time ZK proofs, not for any single application, but across the entire ZK ecosystem.
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TIG has shown incentives will drive real innovation - we are now preparing for our zero to one moment: transforming that innovation into real-world impact Next week in Singapore, we’re talking with leaders in Desci, AI and robotics at @token2049 to accelerate innovation that matters most to them. Catch our founder, @Dr_JohnFletcher at: - DeSci Summit Singapore (Sept 30) - deAI Brunch: Robotics Edition with DCG & OpenMind - Agents Unleashed: The Next Wave (Oct 1) If you’ll be there, let’s connect. This is where incentives and science accelerate innovation for everyone.
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1/ Zero-Knowledge (ZK) technology is one of the most exciting developments in Web3 and beyond. From private transactions to verifiable computation, ZK proofs are unlocking a new class of trustless systems. But to make ZK real-time, where proofs can be generated as fast as data changes, we need to dramatically optimize algorithms in a key area: witness generation.
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Join us today at 5PM UK as @Dr_JohnFletcher and @0x_Asuka discuss @tigfoundation’s ongoing business development and revenue accrual efforts. We’ll discuss what kinds of organizations we’re targeting, how we’re doing so, and what progress has been made thus far. Looking forward to seeing you there!
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Things are wrapping up in Singapore. Key conversations throughout the week helped surface where the greatest opportunities lie. It was clear that there’s demand in three focus areas: - Real-time ZK proving - Decentralized AI - Social network and graph analysis By developing challenges here, TIG will position itself to deliver innovation that matters to Web3 and beyond
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The promised time is close at hand! Join us This Wednesday at 5PM UK as @0x_Asuka interviews Philip David- TIG’s IP mastermind. We’ll be discussing Phil’s history at ARM Holdings, how it shaped TIG’s licensing model, and why an open source approach to algorithmic science can change the world.
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Algorithms that could help stabilize real power grids and accelerate the adoption of renewable energy. Excited to see what innovations come out of this challenge
1/ We are amped to announce the Energy Grid Optimization Challenge we are designing for @tigfoundation. The goal is to design an algorithm that can master the volatility of modern energy markets by strategically operating battery storage. This is a new frontier in applied AI and optimization.
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Society when people invest in algorithms instead of memes
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We’re renaming our top rewards tier of innovator rewards from Breakthrough Rewards to Advance Rewards: a name that better reflects the full range of high-impact innovations we want to recognize. This refinement has been guided by the architect of our entire intellectual property framework, Head of I.P. & General Counsel Philip David. [1/4]
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A new era of TIG is here. We've updated our platform to make algorithmic innovation more accessible. Now anyone—from students to industry experts—can contribute, collaborate, and get rewarded. Experience the new TIG:
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New milestone achieved: Less than 24 hours after our first announcement, over 3M $TIG ($11.3M+) is now locked through Proof of Deposit. Circulating supply reduced from 14.1M to 11.04M $TIG - a substantial 21.91% reduction. The protocol's security continues to strengthen.
Within 36 hours of TIG 2.0, over 2M $TIG (~$8.5M) was locked via Proof of Deposit, reducing circulating supply by 17.9%. Benchmarkers and Delegators are stepping up - this is just the beginning.
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Join us this Wednesday (5PM UK) in the Official TIG Discord for a special AMA that’ll take the place of this week’s community call. In keeping with TIG’s spirit of openness, it’s our intention to provide an open forum for critical discussion where each and every question about the protocol is thoroughly answered by the team. We’re looking forward to seeing you there!
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The Innovation Game 101. Our mission is simple: we make algorithms investable while keeping innovation open, forever. Scientists submit algorithms. Benchmarkers validate them. The market prices them. Anyone, anywhere can build on them to power breakthroughs.
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TIG has made incredible progress in shaping decentralized science thus far but it pales in comparison to what’s coming. Join us this Friday at 5PM UK as @Dr_JohnFletcher and @0x_Asuka explore how experts from around the world are working to deploy TIG Challenges for a whole host of domains yet to be disclosed. The best part? We’re just getting started.
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1/ One week to go! Encode London 2025 is around the corner — Oct 24–26. Details finalised: 1 dedicated server per player - no local set up required 2 Races 3 NEW TIG challenges 24 rounds 48 hours of building, benchmarking, and innovating with TIG.
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London, we’re hacking. TIG × @encodeclub | Oct 24–26, Encode London 2025. Experience TIG in an accelerated hackathon format: a 48-hour benchmarker and innovator sprint. $2.5k+ in TIG bounty and prizes. Plus: separate bounties from @dfinity, @concordium, @vercel and others. We are excited to introduce a new wave of talented builders in AI and Web3 to the TIG protocol! Details and registration below. See you there!
Encode London Bounties 🔥 Are you ready to build? We’ve got challenges from @concordium , @dfinity , @openfort_hq , @StoryProtocol , @dreamspaceHQ , @tigfoundation , @vercel and @hakflowsecurity - with more bounties dropping soon 👀 Grab you ticket for Encode London 2025 now 👇
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1/ The TIG community has spoken: It’s a YES! Granite Labs’ `stat_filter` Vector Search Advance submission has officially passed the TIG token holder vote! This is a huge milestone: TIG has added this community contributed patent filing to its portfolio of Licensable IP. Coupled with its open data and commercial licensing structure, TIG is positioned to grow future revenue and power a virtuous cycle of open innovation: Incentivise Innovation -> Create Licensable IP -> Generate Revenue -> Incentivise More Innovation
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1/ We believe breakthroughs should serve everyone - not just the powerful. But what does that really take? Join us this Friday with @Dr_JohnFletcher for a conversation on open innovation, algorithmic revolutions, and why preventing the monopolization of technology is a responsibility we all share. Set your reminder👇
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Introducing automated APY optimization for delegators on TIG ⚡️ - Intelligent benchmarker selection - Optimal delegation, automatically - Real-time performance tracking Start maximizing your rewards: tig.foundation
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Join us this Wednesday (5PM UK) for our weekly TIG Community Call as @Dr_JohnFletcher and @0x_Asuka discuss the TIG’s most groundbreaking algorithmic challenge yet - ‘The Optimizer’. Success here could literally change the trajectory of civilization as we know it. Tune in to find out why!
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Last week’s hackathon with @encodeclub was a resounding success! Join @DrJohnFletcher and @0x_Asuka this Friday at 5PM UK as we recap the event, explore ongoing efforts to onboard innovators, and explain how they’ll help TIG reach escape velocity. See you there!
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Why do algorithmic breakthroughs need to be both open & rewarded? @Dr_JohnFletcher explains how the current system traps scientific genius, and how TIG is setting science free. Listen to the full space here 👇
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Meaningful partnerships start with identifying what matters. TIG’s spectrum for challenges is so broad that we can pinpoint and deliver targeted value to make real impact Conversations that will catalyse innovation in web3 are underway in Singapore
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Introducing TIG Labs: The Engine Behind Innovation TIG is on a mission to accelerate scientific and technological progress through algorithmic innovation. To power this vision, we’ve launched TIG Labs—a dedicated research team comprising brilliant minds from some of the world's top institutions, including Cambridge, Oxford and Imperial College London.
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Science and innovation have- since their inception- been impeded by an age old set of problems. Whether it’s bureaucracy, lack of funding, or the absence of transparency, it’s mind-boggling to consider how much we as a species have been held back by factors TIG eradicates. This Wednesday, join @Dr_JohnFletcher and @0x_Asuka as they discuss how TIG blitzes through these barriers, unlocking a new era of science for all.
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The Sigma Update represents one of the most significant upgrades to the TIG platform this year. Join us this Friday at 5PM UK as @Dr_JohnFletcher and @0x_Asuka discuss how it expedites the path toward real-world and commercial applications of TIG algorithms.
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In Singapore for Token 2049? In just a few hours, be sure to catch @Dr_JohnFletcher during the ‘Architecting The Future of Longevity’ panel to hear about how TIG can accelerate breakthroughs in the domain of anti-aging research 🧬! Details below 👇 lu.ma/mwne9ojo
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$TIG Is levelling up. tigstats™ is an unparalleled real-time insight into the beating heart of the protocol. Built by the Community for the Community. MUCH more coming 👀 - go and have a look @tigstats
🧬 Introducing tigstats: Your real-time window into @tigfoundation - $TIG 🧬 ⚡️ Track live algorithm adoption flows ⚡️ Monitor cross-challenge dynamics ⚡️ Real-time benchmarker metrics ⚡️ Block-by-block analytics ■■■■■■■■□□ 80% More alpha dropping soon 👀
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$TIG will ensure Innovators are rewarded and recognised for their work 🥂
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OpenAI owns massive data-centers to brute force AI progress. It's expensive and energy intensive. TIG aggregates intelligence to do the same through algorithmic advancements. It's elegant and revolutionary at it's core.
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TIG goes International (or at least to France) It was a pleasure to sit down with @Decrypted_fr and outline the protocol for the French-speaking community. English version linked in their video description!
piped.video/Ei4YWL4Om8Q On a eu le plaisir d'interviewer le CEO de @tigfoundation. @Dr_JohnFletcher a répondu à nos questions. L'interview est traduite par IA en Français, on espère que ça vous plaira de la sorte et on prend tous vos feedbacks en considération 🔥
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Conferences are always a great opportunity for the world’s brightest minds to come together around humanity’s biggest challenges and this year’s Token 2049 was no exception. Join @Dr_JohnFletcher and @0x_Asuka this Friday at 5PM UK as we cover the team’s time in Singapore and what’s coming up next for TIG. See you there!
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There have been a number of excellent pieces written about TIG thus far We're going to be highlighting some of them. To kick us off, here's a cracker by the Colonel @ShogunMasterRoy 🫡🫡🫡
🧠 The Innovation Game 🧠 Enter: Algorithms as an asset class (5 minute reading time) Introduction: A Brutal Market for Brains In this space which is saturated with so many outdated frameworks and proprietary nonsense, $TIG @tigfoundation cuts through the noise like a hot knife through butter with a truly innovative concept. $TIG is a hard rest for computational science which is going to challenge what’s possible in algorithmic development through relentless competition, ruthless efficiency, and a market that rewards only the best. A lame analogy would be $TAO, but for algorithms. (A lame analogy that makes sense though) 💢Asymmetric Problems (The Apex of Computational Challenges) Asymmetric problems are the bread and butter of TIG. They are the most complex challenges in computational science, problems that are brutal to solve but easy to verify once you crack them. In the TIG ecosystem, asymmetric problems are the foundation. They’re not theoretical exercises to flex your brain but instead are real world applications in AI, cryptography, logistics, and beyond. The kind of problems that keep PhDs up at night, knowing that whoever cracks them first will rewrite the rules of the game. 💢The Synthetic Market (Where Innovators and Benchmarkers Collide) The heart of TIG is its synthetic market where the weak innovations get weeded out, and the strong take all. Think of it as a zero-sum market where the best algorithms rise to the top, and the rest are discarded like yesterday’s news. 💢Innovators (The Creators) In TIG, Innovators are the brains behind the algorithms. they’re solving real challenges that matter. Innovators don’t get rewarded for trying hard but instead they get rewarded when their methods are adopted by Benchmarkers, and only when those methods prove their worth in the field. Innovators contribute methods Algorithms designed to crack asymmetric problems wide open. Their work is intellectual property with teeth. Innovators don’t get to rest on their laurels because in TIG, your last big idea is just that-your last. If you want to stay relevant, you need to keep pushing, keep innovating, and keep outpacing the competition. Rewards are straightforward. If your method gets used, you get paid in $TIG tokens. No nonsense, no fluff. The better your method, the more it gets adopted, the more you earn. It’s pure meritocracy. 💢Benchmarkers (The Testers) Benchmarkers are the engine that keeps the TIG market running. They take the algorithms that Innovators throw into the ring and put them to the test. Their job is simple: 1. find the best method 2. use it 3. report the results. The more efficient the solution, the more they earn. Benchmarkers are rewarded not for participation but for results. They validate algorithms, providing the hard data that separates the good from the great. Their influence in the market is direct. Use the best method, and you’ll profit. Use anything less, and you’re wasting your time. Benchmarkers ensure that the $TIG market is cutthroat in terms of competition. Innovators are forced to stay sharp, knowing that if their methods can’t hold up under the scrutiny of Benchmarkers, they’ll be tossed aside without a second thought. 💢Optimizable Proof of Work (OPOW): (The Power Balance) At the core of $TIG market is Optimizable Proof of Work (OPOW). OPOW is designed to keep the market decentralized and competitive. It allows for algorithmic optimization but with strict controls to prevent any one player from gaining too much power. OPOW ensures that the market remains fair but unforgiving. Innovators can optimize their algorithms, but they can’t game the system. The result is a market that rewards efficiency without compromising its integrity. 💢Challenges (The Battlefield of Minds) The challenges in $TIG are the real deal. They are the hardest problems in computational science, adapted into proof-of-work tasks. These challenges are what Innovators are trying to solve, and what Benchmarkers are validating. Each challenge is carefully selected. It is nominated by an expert committee and then voted on by the community. Like I said before, its a meritocracy. The challenges that make it into TIG are the ones that matter, the ones that will drive real progress in fields like AI, biology, and climate science. The list of challenges in TIG is growing, but each one is there for a reason. From Boolean satisfiability to vehicle routing, these are the problems that, once solved, will change the world. 💢Licenses (The Money-Makers) Let’s not kid ourselves........like everything in the space, this is about money. The $TIG licensing model isn’t here to make friends....No sir.....it’s here to make profits. Innovators who contribute methods to TIG do so knowing that their intellectual property will be managed with ruthless efficiency. The TIG Open Data License promotes collaboration, sure. But the TIG Commercial License is where the real action is. If you want to keep your work proprietary, you pay. Simple as that. This dual approach ensures that everyone gets what they want. Collaboration for those who value it and exclusivity for those who can afford it. This is essential. Without a strong licensing model, TIG would be just another open-source project lost in the noise. But with it, TIG ensures that innovation is rewarded, and that those rewards keep the system running. 💢Value Capture (Securing the bags 💸💰) In TIG, value capture is the foundation. Every method submitted, every challenge solved, every token earned, it all feeds back into the system, ensuring that TIG remains sustainable and profitable. The intellectual property generated within TIG is the real treasure. Through careful management and licensing, TIG ensures that this IP generates revenue. This revenue is what keeps Innovators innovating, Benchmarkers benchmarking, and the entire market humming. 💢Price Discovery (The Final Judge) Price discovery in TIG is the final word. Through the interactions of Innovators and Benchmarkers within the synthetic market, TIG determines the true value of each method. Its all based on hard data Price discovery ensures that resources are allocated efficiently, that Innovators are rewarded fairly, and that the market remains competitive. It’s the mechanism that keeps $TIG honest, ensuring that only the best methods rise to the top, and only the most efficient algorithms get used. In conclusion, the future is here, whether you like it or not.
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RT if you agree: Algorithms will become the most valuable asset class in human history.
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$TIG will be the home of algorithmic innovation
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Ahead of TIG’s 2.0 launch this Sunday Dec 15th, we’re introducing key protocol changes for TIG’s journey in becoming the de facto hub for algorithmic innovation. Let’s begin with ‘Breakthrough Rewards’ 🧵
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We’ve been receiving a lot of messages about the attached email being received by all the speaker applicants to Dev Con 7. DO NOT WORRY We will be handing out cheat-sheets and ‘John Fletcher’ wig and glasses disguises in the Dev Con foyer 🥸 1/2
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In a joint collaboration between TIG Foundation, TIG Labs, and @tigstats, TIG has released its first Quarterly Performance Report. In the first Quadratic Knapsack assessment, TIG’s flagship solver performed virtually on par with the global state of the art—finishing just 0.08 % shy of the absolute optimum. ​ [1/6]
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Algorithms create trillions in value. Yet they've historically been uninvestable. Don't miss @Dr_JohnFletcher at Bleeding Edge Summit revealing how TIG transforms algorithmic innovation into an asset class. Feb 28 @ 2:00 PM MST @EthereumDenver Register: lu.ma/bleedingedge
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The most transformative algorithmic breakthroughs remain undiscovered- likely locked inside of brilliant minds who lack the opportunity to work on them or the incentive to share them. $TIG changes this. $TIG provides a platform for algorithmic methods to be contributed, and be collaborated on. $TIG provides a means for innovators across the globe to be recognised and rewarded for their contributions to solving Science's most pressing challenges. Co-ordination is key. We will accelerate the future.
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