Autarcho

Run a worker

Contribute compute to the Autarcho decentralized inference network. Workers serve GGUF text models and earn USDC on Solana mainnet for verified work. No account, invite, or gateway-side allowlist step is required.

Requirements

x86_64 Linux host
Docker Engine with Compose v2, plus curl and jq for the installer
16 GB RAM baseline, 20+ GB free disk for the model cache
Outbound TCP 443 and TCP 4001 only — no inbound ports, no public IP needed
GPU workers additionally: NVIDIA driver + nvidia-container-toolkit

Quickstart (CPU)

mkdir -p autarcho-worker && cd autarcho-worker
curl -fsSLO https://autarcho.com/workers/docker-compose.yml
curl -fsSLO https://autarcho.com/workers/docker-compose.gpu.yml
curl -fsSLO https://autarcho.com/workers/install.sh
chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh --wallet <SOLANA_PUBKEY>
docker compose pull
docker compose up -d
docker compose logs -f node

Public gateway: https://api.autarcho.com. Current release: 0.1.0. The installer displays the EULA and records your acceptance in .env; unattended installs can pass --accept-eula.

GPU workers

Pass the compute capability for your NVIDIA GPU. The 0.1.0 public set includes the CPU image and the CUDA 75 image; the matrix below lists the full set. Install with --gpu --compute-cap 75, then start with both compose files layered:

./install.sh --wallet <SOLANA_PUBKEY> --gpu --compute-cap 75
docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.gpu.yml up -d

Compute cap	Architecture	Typical GPUs	Image tag	Published
`75`	Turing	GTX 16xx, RTX 20xx	`ghcr.io/czeti/node:0.1.0-cuda75`	yes
`80`	Ampere	A100	`ghcr.io/czeti/node:0.1.0-cuda80`	no
`86`	Ampere	RTX 30xx	`ghcr.io/czeti/node:0.1.0-cuda86`	no
`89`	Ada	RTX 40xx	`ghcr.io/czeti/node:0.1.0-cuda89`	no
`90`	Hopper	H100	`ghcr.io/czeti/node:0.1.0-cuda90`	no

The table shows which tags are in the 0.1.0 public set. Check your GPU with nvidia-smi --query-gpu=compute_cap --format=csv,noheader. If your GPU's tag is not in the set, or the NVIDIA stack is not working on the host, run the CPU image; CPU workers are fully supported.

Payouts

Verified work is paid in USDC on Solana mainnet to the wallet configured via WORKER_SOLANA_WALLET. The current split is 80% worker / 20% treasury; new worker token accounts may be subject to a 2 USDC minimum payout threshold, with smaller balances carried into the next batch. Payouts depend on verified work and network configuration; there is no fixed payout schedule. You are responsible for your wallet, keys, taxes, and legal obligations.

Files

README.md — full operator guide, troubleshooting, backups
EULA.md — licence, acceptable use, sanctions, and data terms
install.sh — installer
docker-compose.yml — worker stack
docker-compose.gpu.yml — GPU override
worker.env.example — annotated configuration template

Keep TAG=0.1.0 pinned — never latest. Update with docker compose pull && docker compose up -d. Back up the worker data volume: it holds the libp2p identity, and losing it changes your worker's PeerId.