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Onicai sets out 21 day roadmap ahead of SNS submission

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Onicai sets out 21 day roadmap ahead of SNS submission

Onicai has outlined a 21 day roadmap leading to its planned SNS proposal submission on 29 August, setting out a series of community events, feedback periods and funding milestones before the proposal reaches the Network Nervous System voting stage.

The roadmap begins with the mAIner Sale, which ran from 8 to 9 August, offering 10 new mAIners through a 48 hour reverse auction. The project said 90 per cent of each purchase price would be allocated to the mAIner’s cycle balance, while a Bonus Cycles campaign began immediately and will continue until 28 August.

The bonus programme uses a declining schedule of additional cycle allocations, with the highest rewards available to earlier participants.

The next scheduled milestone is the funnAI Bonfire on 10 August, which the team describes as the beginning of the next phase of the roadmap while the Bonus Cycles campaign remains active through to the end of the month.

Community consultation is scheduled to begin on 14 August, when the proposed SNS parameters will be published in the onicai OpenChat community forum. The feedback period is intended to give community members an opportunity to review the proposal, discuss the parameters and provide input before the submission process continues.

A second consultation period is planned for 21 August, when the SNS parameters and a formal announcement are expected to be published on the DFINITY forum for broader ICP community feedback.

The final milestone in the current roadmap is the planned SNS proposal submission on 29 August. If submitted, the proposal would enter the NNS voting process, which determines whether the SNS launch can proceed.

onicai noted that the SNS launch is not automatic and remains dependent on approval through the NNS vote and the subsequent SNS sale process.

The roadmap comes about 14 months after the launch of the onicai funnAI Protocol and sets out the project’s intended path towards community governance. The timeline reflects a phased approach, with fundraising, community consultation and governance review scheduled before any formal transition to an SNS structure.

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Can Toko Replace the SNS?

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Can Toko Replace the SNS?

Toko is emerging as a project that aims to expand what decentralised applications can do on the Internet Computer, with its supporters arguing that it could build on the foundations laid by the Service Nervous System rather than replace them outright.

The Service Nervous System, or SNS, introduced a standard framework for community ownership on the Internet Computer. It allowed applications to transition from founder control to governance by token holders, with staking, proposals, treasury management and on chain control of the application built into a common architecture.

That framework remains an important part of the Internet Computer ecosystem because it gives projects a recognised governance structure and a consistent set of components approved through the Network Nervous System process. At the same time, developers have increasingly debated whether the SNS model is designed primarily for governing individual applications rather than supporting more complex on chain economies.

Toko’s proposition is broader. The project focuses on programmable assets, embedded data infrastructure and orchestration tools that are intended to support large scale economic applications running directly on chain.

At the centre of the architecture is icyDB, an embedded SQL database that operates inside a canister. The project says this allows applications to maintain structured, queryable state where computation and data remain together on the Internet Computer, reducing dependence on conventional cloud databases for core application logic.

Alongside icyDB is Canic, an orchestration layer that is intended to help applications scale across large numbers of canisters distributed across Internet Computer subnets. The aim is to give developers a framework for deployment, scaling and lifecycle management without requiring each team to build those systems independently.

Toko also introduces a programmable asset model in which tokens and NFTs can carry state, permissions, behavioural rules and relationships with other assets and systems. Rather than functioning only as ledger balances or static digital objects, assets can evolve over time according to predefined logic.

Supporters argue that this changes the focus from governing an application to governing the assets, communities and economic systems that exist within it. A game, for example, may contain multiple asset classes, competitions and communities, each with different governance requirements. A tokenised real world asset may involve separate custodial arrangements, redemption rules and stakeholders.

One of the ideas discussed by the project is governance at the level of individual tokens, NFTs or collections. That would allow governance structures to be applied to specific assets or communities instead of requiring every decision to be handled through a single project wide DAO.

Migration from existing SNS projects remains one of the more challenging questions. Existing SNS ledgers already use ICRC standards for fungible tokens, and any transition would need to preserve balances, ownership, treasuries, staking positions, dissolve delays, voting rights and proposal history.

Developers involved in the discussion have suggested that a credible migration process would require governance approval, deterministic state snapshots, verifiable proofs of preserved balances and locks, protection against double spending and permanent access to historical transaction and governance records.

Another area receiving attention is ledger archiving. A system that supports large scale economic activity would need a distributed archive capable of preserving transaction history in a verifiable and efficiently indexed form. Toko’s database and orchestration layers are presented as potential building blocks for that type of archive infrastructure.

The debate ultimately centres on whether governance alone is sufficient for the next phase of decentralised application development on the Internet Computer. The SNS established a standard model for community ownership, while Toko is attempting to extend that model into programmable assets, richer application state and large scale on chain economic systems.

Whether Toko becomes a widely adopted layer within the Internet Computer ecosystem will depend on technical execution, security, compatibility with existing standards and community trust. For now, the project is drawing attention because it is being framed as a continuation of the SNS story rather than a clean break from it.

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DOM Protocol expands wallet with encrypted messaging, portfolio tools and new games

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DOM Protocol expands wallet with encrypted messaging, portfolio tools and new games

DOM Protocol has released a broad wallet update that adds encrypted messaging, portfolio tracking, utility tools and new on chain games, bringing communication, market tools and gaming features together within a single interface.

The update introduces a new Communication section that includes Messages and Siignal. Messages uses the Internet Computer’s vetKeys threshold encryption technology to provide end to end encrypted direct messaging between users.

According to the project, messages are encrypted to the recipient’s identity, meaning the canister that stores and transmits them cannot read their contents. Users send messages using a certificate handle, with no separate key exchange, password or QR code required.

Each message is encrypted for both the recipient and the sender, allowing users to access their own sent messages across devices when signed in with the same identity.

DOM Protocol says messages are temporary by design. Conversations are stored for seven days before being automatically deleted by the canister, with storage space reclaimed during scheduled clean up. If storage approaches its limit, older messages are removed first.

The wallet update also introduces several utility tools. DNA provides daily news and analysis from LedgerLife within the wallet, while Converter offers built in conversion tools for currencies and digital assets. Crypto Invoicing allows users to generate and manage invoices for digital asset payments directly from the wallet interface.

A new My Portfolio section enables users to track holdings across multiple digital assets, including DOM, with live pricing and total portfolio values displayed in the user’s selected currency.

The update includes Net Emission, a dashboard that tracks DOM and ICP issuance against token burns over a 24 hour period, presenting whether the network is operating in an inflationary or deflationary state.

Another addition is Ask the Machine, a built in guide that explains wallet features and directs users to the relevant section of the interface.

Gaming has also been expanded. The headline addition is The Jar of DOM, a fully on chain communal game that settles in ICP.

Players contribute ICP to a communal pool, and when the pool reaches a target amount, it is distributed among participants according to their weight. Weight is calculated from the amount of ICP staked multiplied by a user’s multiplier.

The multiplier increases by burning DOM tokens, with each 25 DOM burned adding 0.25x, up to a maximum of 4x. Burned tokens are permanently removed from circulation.

The game includes a 2 per cent buyback and burn mechanism funded from each completed round, while participants earn Pilot Score and the highest weighted participant in a round receives a Champion designation on their certificate. Rounds progress through increasing pool sizes, beginning with smaller ICP targets before moving to larger pools.

DOM Protocol has also added The Oracle, a prediction based game within the wallet, while Coin Flip has been moved to the mobile wallet interface, making the game available directly on mobile devices.

The update reflects a broader shift in the wallet’s direction, combining encrypted communication, market tracking, utility services and gaming features within a single on chain application. Adoption will ultimately depend on user participation and how these tools are used within the wider Internet Computer network.

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Neutron opens hackathon registrations for browser based AI agent operating system on ICP

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Neutron opens hackathon registrations for browser based AI agent operating system on ICP

Neutron has opened registrations for its hackathon as the project develops a browser based agent operating system on the Internet Computer that gives users direct control over the apps and data available to AI agents.

The platform is designed around a user sovereign model where developers build applications and users choose which ones to install. Those applications can expose tools that an AI agent can access to complete tasks across multiple apps within a browser tab.

Neutron says users can instruct an agent to perform actions such as checking email, monitoring social networks, retrieving information from a files application and responding to questions using that personal knowledge base. The agent operates within a sandboxed environment where the user controls both the available applications and the context provided to the AI.

Unlike conventional desktop software, Neutron runs entirely in the browser on the Internet Computer network. Users do not install software on their local machine, and applications remain isolated within the browser environment.

The project currently uses OpenRouter for inference, allowing developers to connect language models to the operating environment. According to the team, future integration with DFINITY’s planned Intelligence Gateway would allow canister based agents to continue running even when a user’s browser tab is closed.

The approach reflects growing interest in AI agents that can coordinate actions across multiple applications rather than operating within a single interface. Questions remain around security, permissions, reliability and how users manage access to personal data, issues that have become increasingly important as agent based AI tools become more capable.

The hackathon is aimed at developers interested in building applications that can interact with AI agents through Neutron’s browser based environment. Registration is available through the project’s website at ntron.net.

The Internet Computer, allows applications to run from canisters hosted on the network, with Neutron positioning those canisters as the foundation for user controlled AI agent environments.

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Mingle Berry Media migrates entire WordPress platform to sovereign cloud

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Mingle Berry Media migrates entire WordPress platform to sovereign cloud

Mingle Berry Media has migrated its WordPress platform to the sovereign cloud on the Internet Computer, with the company saying the move includes the full WordPress backend rather than only the public website.

The migration covers the entire WordPress environment, including the dashboard, posts, pages, comments and media library, which the company says are operating live inside a canister on the Internet Computer network.

The announcement challenges a common view within parts of the web development and decentralised technology communities that a complete WordPress installation could not operate in a one to one form on chain. Mingle Berry Media says users can log in to a fully functional WordPress dashboard and manage content in the same way they would with a conventional hosting setup.

The website, The Healthy Home Economist Guide, has been migrated as part of the project, with the company emphasising that the backend and content management functions are included in the deployment.

The Internet Computer is a decentralised cloud computing network developed by the DFINITY Foundation. It is designed to host websites, applications and services directly on chain, rather than relying on traditional cloud infrastructure.

WordPress remains one of the world’s most widely used content management systems, powering a large share of websites globally. While various blockchain based publishing tools have emerged in recent years, running a complete WordPress environment on chain has generally been considered difficult because of the platform’s database, media and administrative requirements.

Mingle Berry Media has presented the migration as a working demonstration rather than a prototype, with the full dashboard available through the canister based deployment.

The company has shared further details and links related to the migration through its online channels, including material showing the WordPress backend operating within the Internet Computer environment.

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ICP prepares for subnet canister limit increase to 250,000

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ICP prepares for subnet canister limit increase to 250,000

The Internet Computer is preparing for a network upgrade that could raise the maximum number of canisters a subnet can host from 120,000 to 250,000, although the increase has not yet taken effect.

Recent network improvements have given DFINITY engineers greater confidence that subnets can operate efficiently with much larger numbers of canisters. According to DFINITY engineer Stefan Schneider, a subnet hosting about 100,000 canisters can now produce and execute roughly 2.3 blocks per second, close to the maximum throughput supported by the network’s consensus system. Previously, a subnet at that scale struggled to maintain one block per second.

The proposal is aimed at increasing hosting capacity across the network rather than improving the speed or computing power of individual applications. If implemented, each subnet would be able to accommodate more canisters, allowing more applications and services to be hosted before additional subnets are required.

The rollout is being handled in two stages. DFINITY says the first stage requires 36 Network Nervous System proposals, submitted in batches, to reset affected subnets to the replica software’s default canister limit. Those proposals are currently being submitted, but they do not change the capacity limit because the default remains 120,000 canisters.

The actual increase would come in a later replica software release. That future release is expected to include a proposal to raise the default subnet limit from 120,000 to 250,000 canisters. The change would only take effect if the proposal is approved through NNS governance and the updated replica software is deployed across the network.

The distinction is important because some observers have interpreted the current governance proposals as an immediate capacity expansion. DFINITY has clarified that the current proposals are preparation work, while the increase to 250,000 canisters would require a separate software update and governance approval.

Supporting material published by DFINITY points to recent engineering work focused on improving subnet performance under high canister counts. The reported throughput improvements suggest that the network has become more efficient at handling large numbers of canisters without approaching consensus limits.

If approved, the proposal would more than double the canister capacity of a subnet, expanding the amount of application hosting space available across the Internet Computer. The timing of the final increase will depend on the future replica release and the outcome of the governance process.

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AI investment pushes US business spending to record $1.5 trillion

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AI investment pushes US business spending to record $1.5 trillion

Artificial intelligence is becoming a major force behind business investment in the United States, with spending in AI-related categories climbing sharply during the second quarter of 2026 and reaching a record annualised rate of $1.5 trillion.

Commerce Department data shows private investment in AI-related sectors rose by roughly $300 billion compared with the same period a year earlier, an increase of about 25 per cent. The latest figures mark one of the strongest periods of AI-driven capital spending in recent years and point to continued demand for computing infrastructure and digital technology.

The biggest increase came from investment in computers and peripheral equipment, which has more than doubled over the past two years. Spending on communication equipment, software and data centres also continued to rise, contributing to the overall increase.

Over the past two years, total business investment in AI-related categories has grown by about $500 billion, or 50 per cent. The trend suggests that companies are continuing to allocate large amounts of capital to hardware, networking equipment and computing capacity linked to AI deployment and development.

Economists have increasingly focused on AI investment as a contributor to broader economic activity. Estimates suggest that direct AI investment has accounted for roughly a quarter to a third of recent US GDP growth, making it one of the stronger sources of private-sector expansion.

The composition of the investment surge is particularly notable. While software spending remains substantial, much of the recent acceleration has been concentrated in physical infrastructure such as servers, networking equipment and computing systems. That reflects the growing demand for the hardware required to train and run AI models at scale.

Analysts say the current investment cycle differs from earlier technology booms because it is being driven by a broad range of industries rather than a small group of technology companies. Manufacturers, healthcare providers, financial institutions and other large businesses are investing in AI systems to improve productivity, automate processes and support new digital services.

The strength of AI-related investment has helped offset weaker activity in some other areas of business spending. Corporate investment has remained relatively resilient despite higher borrowing costs and ongoing uncertainty around trade policy and global growth.

Whether the current pace can be sustained remains an open question. Some economists have warned that AI infrastructure spending could moderate if demand slows, financing conditions tighten or companies become more cautious about capital expenditure. Others argue that the build-out of computing capacity is still in its early stages and could continue for several years.

For now, the latest investment figures suggest that AI has become an important driver of US business spending, with companies committing record levels of capital to the technology and the infrastructure that supports it.

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Liquidium promotes SDK to simplify borrowing and lending integration

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Liquidium promotes SDK to simplify borrowing and lending integration

Liquidium is promoting its software development kit (SDK) as a way for developers to add borrowing and lending features to their applications without building a lending protocol from scratch.

The company said developers can integrate the SDK into AI-assisted coding tools such as Codex and Claude by using a simple installation command for the @liquidium/client package. According to the announcement, the SDK is designed to scaffold the borrowing and lending flow, allowing developers to customise the implementation for their own applications.

Liquidium said the SDK supports borrowing, lending, market data and position management across Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDC, USDT and ICP. The company presented the offering as a tool for developers who want to add lending functionality with a reduced amount of infrastructure work.

The company also said wallet applications including Oisy and Plug Wallet have already integrated Liquidium using the SDK. Those integrations suggest that the toolkit is intended for both wallet providers and developers building financial applications on the Internet Computer ecosystem.

Developer tooling has become an increasingly competitive area across blockchain and decentralised finance projects, with many platforms trying to reduce the technical barriers involved in adding financial services to applications. SDKs and AI-assisted development tools are becoming a common part of that strategy, particularly for smaller teams and independent developers.

The announcement did not include technical details about security architecture, supported lending models or deployment requirements. As with any financial infrastructure integration, developers would still need to consider factors such as risk management, compliance obligations and user protections when implementing borrowing and lending features.

Liquidium said the SDK is available now and is intended to help developers begin building lending-enabled applications more quickly.

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Dominic Williams defends ICP’s AI strategy after criticism over on-chain inference

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Dominic Williams defends ICP’s AI strategy after criticism over on-chain inference

Dominic Williams, founder of DFINITY and the Internet Computer Protocol (ICP), has issued a detailed response to criticism from a NEAR supporter who argued that ICP’s current on-chain AI inference is too slow and expensive for practical use.

The exchange centres on a broader debate across decentralised computing networks about whether AI workloads can be run securely on-chain, or whether practical AI applications will continue to rely primarily on off-chain infrastructure.

Williams argued that the criticism focuses too narrowly on the current limitations of fully on-chain AI inference and overlooks what he describes as a wider technical strategy for AI on the Internet Computer network. He acknowledged that mainstream AI inference is not yet practical in its present on-chain form because of cost and performance constraints, while maintaining that the ability to run neural networks directly on-chain remains an important technical achievement.

He claimed that ICP has demonstrated the ability to run neural networks and basic language models directly on the network, and said this reflects a level of computational capability that differs from conventional blockchain architectures. Williams argued that the network is designed to support applications that operate directly on-chain, rather than simply attaching tokens to external services.

A central part of his response focused on what the Internet Computer ecosystem calls the Intelligence Gateway, an upcoming service intended to allow decentralised applications to access multiple AI models through a common interface while paying with the network’s native computational resource, known as cycles. Williams said applications can already use outcalls to connect to external AI providers, and that the gateway is intended to simplify access and add verification capabilities for supported inference workloads.

According to Williams, the verification system would allow applications to confirm that prompts were not altered, that inference was performed using the intended AI model, and that outputs were not modified. He suggested that selective verification could provide additional security without substantially increasing overall costs for many applications.

Williams also outlined plans involving cloud engines and specialised AI nodes designed for enterprises and governments that want sensitive AI workloads to run on hardware under their own control within their own jurisdictions. He argued that this approach could support sovereign AI infrastructure while retaining the security properties associated with decentralised systems.

Another part of his argument concerned what he called “AIware”, a model in which AI agents build, update and operate software directly on the Internet Computer. Williams said the network’s Motoko programming language and orthogonal persistence model are designed to make software development easier for AI agents by reducing complexity and allowing applications to run in persistent memory.

He argued that future software development will increasingly be driven by AI agents and that persistent on-chain applications could allow businesses to operate through AI-assisted workflows with direct access to application data and functionality. Williams presented this as a long-term vision for enterprise software rather than a claim about current mainstream deployment.

The debate reflects a wider divide within the blockchain and decentralised computing sector over the most practical path for AI integration. Many networks are pursuing hybrid models that combine decentralised coordination with off-chain AI infrastructure, while projects such as ICP are attempting to push more computation and application logic directly onto decentralised networks.

Whether ICP’s approach gains broader adoption will depend on performance, cost, developer uptake and enterprise demand as these technologies mature. For now, Williams’ response has shifted the discussion from the narrow question of current on-chain inference speed to a broader argument about how AI applications and enterprise software may be built and verified in decentralised environments.

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Onicai to release 10 new mAIner slots through limited reverse auction

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Onicai to release 10 new mAIner slots through limited reverse auction

Onicai has announced a limited release of 10 new mAIner slots as it prepares for the launch of onicai SNS, with the additional capacity intended to support activity across its AI network and expand participation within the platform.

The project said the release will be kept intentionally small, with the new mAIners allocated through a reverse auction. Under that process, the final price will be determined by community participation rather than a fixed sale price, allowing bidders to influence the outcome of the sale.

According to the announcement, the expansion is aimed at increasing available mAIning capacity ahead of the next phase of the network’s development. The company said the limited number of slots reflects feedback from the community, with the sale designed to add capacity while maintaining a measured rollout.

The announcement places the release in the context of the forthcoming onicai SNS launch, which is expected to introduce a broader framework for community participation and network activity. While details remain limited, the company said the additional mAIners are intended to help prepare the network for future demand.

onicai also confirmed that an AI Task Board is in development. The company said mAIners are expected to provide infrastructure support as agentic AI tasks begin operating across the network, with increased capacity intended to support a larger volume of computational work.

The project described the relationship between network capacity and agentic AI activity as a key part of its next stage of development. As more AI tasks are introduced, the role of mAIners is expected to become increasingly tied to the network’s ability to process and support those workloads.

The announcement did not include a launch date for the AI Task Board or further technical details about how the new mAIner capacity will be integrated. It also did not specify the timetable for the reverse auction or the criteria that will govern participation.

Limited releases of network participation slots are often used by emerging AI and decentralised technology projects to expand infrastructure gradually while testing demand and community engagement. The effectiveness of that approach generally depends on sustained network activity and the practical use of the infrastructure being added.

onicai said further information about the reverse auction, the SNS launch and the AI Task Board will be released in the coming weeks as the project moves closer to its next phase.

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