Acurast Launches ‘Staked Compute’ to Challenge Cloud Giants with Decentralized Smartphone Network

Acurast is disrupting the decentralized compute space with its innovative 'Staked Compute' model, leveraging a network of 119,000+ smartphones to challenge centralized cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. The platform addresses critical DePIN challenges by combining smartphone Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) with a stake-based reliability mechanism.

The protocol transforms ubiquitous smartphone hardware into enterprise-grade infrastructure. Each participating device undergoes TEE-based integrity attestation and performance benchmarking before committing capacity for specific epochs. Providers earn rewards for meeting commitments or face proportional penalties for failures—creating a self-regulating ecosystem without data centers or intermediaries.

"Smartphones ship with world-class secure hardware that's everywhere," notes Acurast's team. The staking mechanism turns this latent potential into verifiable reliability, allowing providers to monetize unused capacity while guaranteeing performance—a breakthrough for decentralized physical infrastructure networks.