Launching DevNet6 – CognitiveLevel, Final Pillars & Testnet Strategy

DevNet6 is launching with Cortensor’s first full-stack deployment, marking the shift from modular experimentation to cohesive protocol validation. It brings together adaptive miner coordination, enforced payments, dual testnets, and the infrastructure to scale into a permissionless execution layer.

CognitiveLevel: Adaptive Intelligence Layer

Status: Launching with DevNet6 Purpose: Dynamically classify miner nodes based on:

  • Historical performance

  • Token throughput

  • Inference quality (ack → precommit → commit)

Enables:

  • Tiered prompt complexity and task allocation by node capability

  • Hardware-aware job routing (from Raspberry Pi → H100)

  • Support for future multi-model deployment

Significance: Moves Cortensor beyond “one-model-fits-all” toward adaptive, scalable AI coordination across a heterogeneous, decentralized network.

DevNet6 Objectives: Full-Stack Validation & Hardening

Core priorities for DevNet6:

  • Validate prompt compatibility across Cognitive Levels

  • Refine task scoring logic (ack → precommit → commit weighting)

  • Enforce SessionPayment credit and payout mechanics

  • Iterate miner/oracle sync to keep CognitiveLevel accurate

  • Improve UI/dashboard for session funding and payment visibility

  • Begin validator set planning for oracle rotation

  • Explore practical privacy integrations:

    • Session-based authentication

    • Diffie-Hellman key exchange

    • Optional Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) support

Dual-Testnet Rollout (Post-DevNet6)

1. Arbitrum Sepolia Testnet

  • Stable environment for app developers

  • Used for validating session workflows

  • Primary testnet for public onboarding and dApp integration

2. Experimental L3 Rollup

A dedicated rollup for modeling Cortensor’s gas/token economy using a staged rollout:

Phase 1: ETH-as-Gas (DevNet6 & Testnet Phase)

  • Default gas token during testing

  • Enables rapid iteration with familiar infra

  • No need for COR token faucet mechanics

Phase 2: COR-as-Gas (Post-Mainnet Upgrade)

  • Enables COR to become true fuel for computation

  • Creates circular economic flow between users, miners, and governance

  • Provides deflationary pressure via gas usage

  • Activated via rollup config without contract redeploys

DevNet6 tests infrastructure. Testnet validates coordination. Mainnet unlocks economic flywheel.

Model Support Roadmap

Hardware-aware classification enables multi-model routing starting in DevNet6.

Initial Model Targets:

  • DeepSeek

  • Qwen

  • Other open-weight LLMs under review

Next Steps:

  • Prompt tuning and miner benchmarking

  • Integration at task level

  • Gradual scaling across network

Hackathons, Tooling & Ecosystem Growth

DevNet6 begins a continuous cycle of internal and external hackathons to mature the ecosystem:

Internal Hackathons

  • Target early tooling, dashboards, bots, SDK flows

  • Drive improvements in observability, job tracing, and session quality

External Hackathons (Post or During DevNet6)

  • Will expand as E2E stack stabilizes

  • Focus on agent apps, frontends, wallets, and composable use cases

  • Rewards and grants tied to long-term utility

Community Tools & Collaboration:

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What Comes After DevNet6

DevNet7

  • Final internal environment

  • Dataset expansion, coordination under pressure, and validator refinement

Public Testnet

  • Used to evaluate live network behavior and validator performance

  • Will guide validator set selection and final mainnet adjustments

Mainnet Launch

  • Will follow successful public Testnet

  • COR-as-Gas and full token utility enabled

  • Validator set, reward logic, and governance modules activated

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