Mainnet is live
ZIRA is an open, decentralized AI network. Independent machines run many AI models and coordinate on every answer, with no company in the middle, no central server, and no account to sign into. You ask the field, and the machines that produce the answer keep what they earn.
ZIRA mainnet is live and permanent: deterministic finality, real coordination settlement, and a fixed supply of 28.7 billion ZIR. Anchors are 512 scarce foundational seats. Ownership is live today, and seat earning follows. Install the app to ask the field, lend your machine and earn, or explore the live network.
What ZIRA is
ZIRA is an open, decentralized AI network of independent machines that coordinate many AI models. You ask the field, it routes your question to the machines that can serve it, they answer together, and the value of that work settles in ZIR. No company sits in the middle, and no single server can be switched off.
No central server holds the answers. The field is an open mesh of independent machines, and anyone can add one.
Ask once, and the field coordinates many models across many machines. They answer together and return one answer with a signed receipt.
Each task settles in ZIR on a living ledger. The machines that did the work keep what they earned.
How it works
Three things you can do on the open network. The field is the shared substrate where many models and machines coordinate on every answer. Nothing to manage, and no model to install on your own machine.
Put a question to the field in the Console. Many models answer together and coordinate through Proof of Resonance, then return one answer with a signed receipt.
Lend your machine to the field. It runs the network's own model and earns ZIR for the work it does, and stronger hardware answers more and earns more.
Open the Explorer to watch the field live: what is answering right now, who is mining, the 512 anchors, and every answer the network agrees on. Read-only, no account.
The app
Install it, ask a question, read the answer. One question reaches many models across the network, and there is nothing to configure before you start.
Available on Windows Linux Android
Daily allowance
Start asking right away
Every install comes with a daily allowance, so you can try the field the moment you open the app.
Settle in ZIR
More when you need it
Beyond the daily allowance, queries settle in ZIR, the same ZIR the network earns through useful work.
Use your machine
No local models needed
You never install a model. The network serves many of them for you. Add your machine and it can answer for others too.
Two ways in
There are two ways to be part of ZIRA and earn from it. Lend a machine and earn for the work it does, or hold one of the 512 permanent seats and earn from the network itself. You never need either to simply ask the field.
Work
Run the app and lend your machine to the field. When it helps answer a question, you earn ZIR, automatically, behind a normal home router. Stronger hardware runs a bigger model and earns more. No external model, no account.
How mining worksOwn
Own one of the 512 permanent seats in the network's core and earn from what flows through it. A ZIR allocation vests to you now; routing earnings follow. Scarce, lasting, by invitation and contribution.
How anchors workHonest, accurate answers feed a trust-weighted consensus. Standing is earned by behavior over tenure, never bought.
Queries that settle in ZIR are split among the machines that served them, with a small share kept for upkeep.
You never install or configure a model, and never connect Ollama or LM Studio. The network's own model runs on your machine automatically, so stronger hardware runs a bigger model, answers more, and earns more.
ZIR
Supply is fixed at genesis: a 28.7 billion cap, 59% earned by the network and 41% held as a genesis reserve for foundational positions, ecosystem growth, and steward operations. Emission halves periodically, so rewards taper as the network grows.
59% · Earned by the network
Through PoR and coordination
Most ZIR is earned by contributors on CPU and GPU through Proof of Resonance and coordination. It is open to anyone who runs a machine and meets the node rules.
41% · Genesis reserve
Foundations, ecosystem, operations
30% backs foundational network positions, 10% funds ecosystem growth that widens the field, and 1% covers steward operations.
28.7B · Maximum supply
Fixed at genesis
The cap is set once and does not grow. ZIR is the unit of work that machines and people use to settle in real time, on a schedule that halves periodically.
Transparency
Nothing here asks for trust you cannot check. The code is open, the network is permissionless, and the ledger is yours to read at any time.
The protocol is published and open. Read it, fork it, and build on it.
Mining is permissionless. Join the field with your own machine and contribute compute.
Settlement runs on a living ledger you can inspect. Check the work and the flow of ZIR yourself.
Roadmap
The field is live and growing. Here is what is running today, and what comes next.
Now
Mainnet is live
The settlement network and the coordination engine are running on mainnet. You can ask the field and contribute a machine today, and ZIR settles for keeps.
Now
Models keep growing
The open network serves more models over time, so answers reach further and hold up better.
At launch
Fresh genesis
Mainnet started from a clean genesis with deterministic finality. Anchor positions are real network seats from the first block; all ZIR is earned or held transparently from there.
Next
The ecosystem widens
More machines, more contributors, and more applications building on the field and settling in ZIR.
Get the app
Pick your platform. Install, open, and start asking within your daily allowance.
Latest mainnet build for Windows, Android, and Linux. What is new: image generation now lives right in the chat, made on your own machine when it can, or by the network for you when it cannot, so you need no model of your own. The dashboard shows real node health in real time, GPU, CPU, memory, and bandwidth, and measures sync against the network's finalized head so a healthy node reads as in sync rather than falsely behind. With mining on, your machine stays engaged and answers the field, on any graphics card (AMD, Intel, Nvidia, Apple) with a clean fall back to CPU if a driver misbehaves, so a node keeps working instead of crashing. Transactions still confirm in seconds, and sync, peering, and connection are steadier throughout. On Windows, if SmartScreen shows a warning on the unsigned installer, choose More info then Run anyway. The mainnet continues on its exact existing history with the same genesis: no reset, every balance intact. Install over your current version as a clean in-place update: your wallet, balance, and Resonators carry over, with nothing to clear. The download buttons always point at the current release, and the app reads the ledger from several independent gateways so it keeps working if one is down. Source and checksums on GitHub releases.
FAQ
The essentials, in plain language. One idea runs through all of it: there are two ways to take part, you can work (mine and earn) or own (hold an anchor).
The basics
An open, decentralized AI network with no company in the middle. You ask the field, many AI models and machines answer together, and the work settles in ZIR.
The field is the whole ZIRA network working as one: many independent machines running many AI models, with no central server. When you ask the field, your question goes to the machines that can answer it and they coordinate on a response.
Yes. The ZIRA mainnet is live and permanent. You can install the app, ask the field, lend a machine to earn, and explore the network today. ZIR settles for keeps, and the 512 anchors are real network seats from genesis.
ZIR is the network's unit of work. The supply is fixed at 28.7 billion ZIR and is not pre-mined for sale. Most of it is earned over time by the people running the network, on a schedule that halves periodically, so rewards taper as the network grows.
Using ZIRA
No. The network serves the models for you. You ask a question and the field coordinates the machines that answer it. To contribute, you run a machine, not a local model file, and you never install or connect an external model.
Your wallet lives on your device and you hold your own keys. The app asks before sharing anything beyond what a question needs to be answered, and you are never required to hand over personal data to use it.
Windows, Linux, and Android today. The desktop app runs a full node, so it can mine and serve models. The mobile app is a lightweight client for asking the field and managing your wallet on the go.
Install the app, open it, and ask. Every install gets a daily allowance to ask the field for free. Running a machine raises what you can do and lets you earn.
Earning, and how it works
Run the app as a miner. It is permissionless, and it earns automatically behind a normal home router with no port forwarding and no UPnP. Turn on storage so your machine serves the field's model for a baseline, then earn coordination pay for accurate answers. Stronger hardware answers more and earns a larger share, and an idle node does not earn.
Resonators are the coordination agents that run the field today: they help route questions to the right models and hold the answers together through Proof of Resonance, weighted by trust. The anchor Resonators carry the highest standing. Your own user-owned Resonator is coming soon; for now you take part by asking the field and lending a machine to mine.
Storage means your node holds and serves the network's AI model to others. It is optional, sits on top of mining, and is the most reliable way to earn more. A normal machine works fine, and better hardware earns a larger share.
Trust, also called standing, is a machine's or Resonator's track record of honest, accurate coordination. It grows as you contribute good work, and it decides how much you coordinate and how much you earn. Anchors start with high standing; everyone else earns theirs over time.
It is how ZIRA agrees on good work without a central authority. Many machines answer and their answers are checked against each other. Answers that hold up together earn standing, and that standing decides who coordinates and earns. Honest, accurate work rises.
Anchors and the network
Mining is how you work for ZIRA: your machine answers the field and you are paid for the work it does. An anchor is how you own a piece of ZIRA: a permanent seat that the network routes its intelligence through, which pays you for holding it. Mining is open to anyone with a machine; anchors are scarce and by invitation. You can do either, both, or neither.
Anchors are the 512 permanent seats in the network, fixed at genesis and never added to. Each carries standing and a reserve-backed ZIR allocation that vests to its owner over a year; when routing activates, a seat also earns from the intelligence that flows through it. Six classes, from Foundation to the rare Genesis core. Seats are assigned by invitation and contribution, not sold openly, and reviewed in the ZIRA app. Ownership and vesting are live today. You never need one to ask the field or to mine. See how anchors work.
No single company runs it. The network is carried by independent machines that anyone can run, and the code is open source. A steward role handles protocol upkeep and keeps a small share for operations, but earnings come from the network, not from founders, and the aim is for the field to stand on its own.
Yes. The full source, releases, and checksums are public on GitHub at github.com/zira-network/zira.
Yes. Install a new version over your current one and your wallet, balance, and Resonators carry over. Network upgrades are designed so you never lose funds or need to reset, and many improvements reach you with no reinstall at all.