Cudos

What is Cudos

Cudo’s Solution

Cudo provides scalable compute solutions, and has identified two very clear opportunities: to provide secure layer 2 computing capabilities to blockchains, and to improve the offerings on cloud services. However, joining the dots Cudo has envisioned a step further: connecting the two, providing for the first time a novel layer 3 to blockchain networks, in order to allow them to run any kind of compute jobs, by seamlessly integrating its cloud solution to the blockchain one.

CUDOS Network

The CUDOS network provides a layer 2 to various blockchains, in order to solve the current scalability issues. The CUDOS network comprises a set of smart contracts that act as compute oracles, connecting blockchains to secure external sources in a decentralised way. By allowing smart contracts to request offchain computation, CUDOS offers a Turing-complete solution which can run code in any language, such as Python, Go or C++.

How It Works

The connection to the outside world is done via the CUDOS Validator Nodes (CVNs), which are one of the main pillars of the CUDOS network. Blockchain developers are able to choose through the CUDOS smart contracts the level of decentralisation that they want, by selecting how many CVNs should receive and run the desired code. This gives the power and freedom to developers to choose and select the most appropriate settings and configuration for each job.

Once each CVN has run the job, they all share the result and run the validation and consensus piece. Consensus in the CUDOS network can run either on-chain or off-chain, to further reduce the network’s transaction costs, at the will of the developer requesting the work. This system gives the control back to developers, not only allowing them to choose the level of decentralisation they want, but also controlling the cost for the overall request.