https://token.buddy.works/
This is part two in my article series about Buddy, an ecosystem for decentralized development automation. In the first article, I gave an introduction to the company and described their DevOps marketplace in more detail. In this article, I will further describe the private automation GRID and shared automation GRID.
The GRID is a network of instances and the user can choose to run the Buddy instances either using a private cloud, their own infrastructure, or IaaS. Since business enterprises cannot rely on distributed computer resources, Buddy creates the decentralized aspect of the platform on top of infrastructure that is well trusted. Buddy can make use of providers such as Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services, and others.
The shared automation GRID is for when trusted infrastructure is not required. This allows home users to provide computing resources for people who need them. A compute unit will need to meet minimum specifications of 2 vCPUs, 4GB SSD storage, and 2GB RAM in order to participate. Storage is needed only for task performing and once compete, the storage is no longer needed and results are transferred to the person who made the request. One example of how people may use the private vs shared GRID is that the private GRID may be used for building of applications, and the shared GRID may be used to perform tests against it. There are also many other possibilities for the shared GRID. The reward for sharing computing resources is paid in Buddy tokens once the task is finished. A requester may set a desired amount they are willing to pay. Suppliers can also set the minimum price they are willing to accept. As a safety measure, only actions that are available in the DevOps marketplace may be used for the shared GRID. These actions are open source and reviewed by curators of the marketplace.
Please see the site links below for additional info about Buddy, and don't forget to check out my next article in this series about Buddy.
Whitepaper: https://files.buddy.works/ico/BuddyWhitepaper.pdf
Announcements: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3798597
My bitcointalk profile link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1420457
