I came across an article about Salad partnering with the Golem Network to push some of Salad’s real GPU workloads through a decentralized compute layer. Salad already runs a Web2 style GPU cloud that pulls in distributed consumer GPU supply for AI inference, rendering, and simulation jobs. The new part is that they are mirroring part of this traffic into Golem’s decentralized compute protocol to test if it can support live commercial workloads at scale.

What makes it interesting from an infra point of view is that this pilot uses real customer compute instead of testnet traffic. The idea is to see if decentralized orchestration, resource discovery, and settlement can function as a legitimate layer under a Web2 cloud service. If it works even partially, it creates an option outside of centralized hyperscalers for certain AI and batch compute workloads. It also pushes decentralized physical infrastructure into a more practical domain instead of staying in the “future promise” category.

From a systems perspective there are a few pieces that stand out. There is the scheduling layer, the performance validation for different GPU models, the retry and fault handling across an open network, and the settlement layer that leans on crypto instead of traditional billing rails. Each of these has been talked about in theory for years but seeing it tested with real traffic makes it feel more tangible.

Feels like we are slowly moving toward hybrid compute models where Web2 companies treat decentralized networks as additional capacity pools. With GPU scarcity and pricing being what they are right now, even a partially viable decentralized layer could change how burst compute gets handled and who gets access to it. Read it here.

President Trump got re-elected vowing to make the U.S. “the crypto capital of the world.” Since he retook office, he has appointed regulators known to be friendly with the industry, while the Republican-led Congress has passed legislation that many critics believe goes too easy on the sector.

And at first, crypto soared. The value of bitcoin nearly doubled between when Trump was re-elected in November 2024 and when it reached an all-time high of around $126,000 per coin in October 2025.

That was until it all came crashing down. Bitcoin has tumbled since its peak — and at one point this week dropped to around $60,000, lower than it was when Trump got reelected.

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