The Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) Alliance has launched the public DevNet of ASI:Chain, opening early access to developers building autonomous AI systems on a Layer-1 blockDAG network tailored for AI-native decentralized applications.
The alliance said ASI:Chain is designed to address key challenges arising from the rapid growth of the AI sector, including limited compute infrastructure, centralization-driven security risks, and concerns around data sovereignty. While blockchain has been positioned as a solution to some of these issues, most legacy networks were built for token transfers and basic smart contracts rather than the high-performance coordination and reasoning demands of autonomous agents.
ASI:Chain integrates a blockDAG architecture with MeTTa, a programming language developed under the Hyperon AGI framework by SingularityNET and ASI CEO Dr. Ben Goertzel. MeTTa enables on-chain implementation of advanced reasoning and agentic logic. These contracts are largely compiled into Rholang — a language designed for concurrency and distributed systems — ensuring coordinated execution of autonomous agents at scale.
MeTTa contracts also compile into large-scale graph operations executed via MORK, the MeTTa Optimal Reduction Kernel, which the alliance describes as a highly efficient in-RAM graph database technology.
The platform uses a sharded architecture that allows different shards to operate with customized consensus mechanisms depending on workload. According to Dr. Goertzel, this approach aims to solve the blockchain “trilemma” by hardwiring decentralization and security into the base infrastructure while achieving scalability through workload-specific shards.
The DevNet launch comes as enterprise adoption of agentic AI accelerates. Gartner forecasts that one-third of enterprise software will incorporate agentic systems within the next 36 months. The alliance noted that current blockchain networks do not meet these technical requirements, creating an opportunity for ASI:Chain’s tailored infrastructure.
During the DevNet phase, developers can deploy applications in a live environment, validate the blockDAG consensus, and stress-test the system under real workloads. The ASI team will use this period to collect feedback ahead of a future testnet launch.
To support early adopters, the alliance has released documentation, opened its GitHub repository, and provided a block explorer, test-token faucet, developer portal, and tools for validator setup and shard configuration. Developers and node operators can join DevNet through the ASI:Chain portal.
About the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance
The ASI Alliance is a collaboration between Fetch.ai, SingularityNET and CUDOS. Positioned as one of the largest open-source entities in decentralized AI research and development, the alliance aims to accelerate progress toward decentralized Artificial General Intelligence and Artificial Superintelligence.
