Supported Devices

Powering Decentralized AI with Proven Hardware

Skyops is built to harness the full potential of distributed GPU infrastructure — connecting a wide spectrum of high-performance devices across the globe into a unified, compute-ready grid. From local rigs to enterprise setups, our protocol standardizes, benchmarks and rewards compatible hardware.

✅ Minimum Node Requirements

To join the Skyops network as a provider:

• GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3060 or higher (12GB+ VRAM recommended)

• RAM: Minimum 12GB system memory

• OS: Ubuntu 20.04+ or Debian-based distro

• Internet: ≥100 Mbps stable uplink

• Driver Support: NVIDIA driver with CUDA 11.7+

Note: Lower-tier GPUs can still earn for lightweight jobs (inference, rendering, preprocessing).

⚙️ Recommended Hardware Tiers

🟢 Entry-Level Nodes

• RTX 3060 / 3070 / 4060

• Ideal for: inference jobs, WebGPU mining, small diffusion models

🔵 Performance Nodes

• RTX 3080 / 3090 / 4080 / 4090

• Ideal for: LLM fine-tuning, video generation, high-throughput rendering

🔴 Pro-Class & Enterprise

• A5000 / A6000 / A100 / H100

• Ideal for: multi-user workloads, AI clustering, heavy tensor ops, compute delegation

🔗 Multi-GPU & HPC Interconnects

For high-throughput, multi-GPU nodes, Skyops supports hardware with:

• NVLink / NVSwitch — for unified memory pools and low-latency model parallelism

• PCIe Gen 4+ — maximizing data transfer between CPU and GPU in batch pipelines

• SmartNICs & RDMA — for ultra-low latency, high-speed node-to-node streaming

❄️ Cooling, Power & Stability

• Thermal Optimization Recommended setups include adequate liquid or airflow cooling, especially for RTX 3090-class cards and above.

• Redundant Power (Optional) While not required, use of UPS and backup systems is advised for enterprise-class contributors running 24/7 nodes.

• Uptime Bonuses Stable nodes with >95% uptime qualify for boosted rewards and priority task routing.

🔍 Node Diagnostics & Monitoring

Skyops CLI and dashboard tools provide:

• Real-time temperature tracking

• Task success rate analytics

• Resource usage logs

• Hardware validation metrics

These tools ensure transparency for both providers and users, enhancing network reliability and rewarding high-performance contributors.

Skyops doesn’t run a centralized farm. We enable thousands of independent contributors to become part of a decentralized compute layer — and it all starts with the right hardware.

Got the gear? Plug in and power the grid.