Acurast Activates 225,000 Smartphones on Base to Power Confidential On-Chain AI
Base Developers Can Now Build Secure AI Agents and Automate On-Chain Flows Using Decentralized Mobile Compute and Native USDC Payments
Acurast has launched its 227,000-node smartphone-powered compute network on Base. This strategic integration introduces confidential AI inference and decentralized workloads directly into the Base ecosystem, allowing developers to automate complex on-chain flows using secure Large Language Models (LLMs) executed within Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs).
Billions of Phones → Billions of Processors
While Layer 2s like Base have revolutionized transaction scaling, complex AI computations have historically remained trapped in centralized data centers. Acurast shatters this bottleneck by turning everyday smartphones into a global, decentralized compute layer.
With over 227,000 active processors across 140+ countries already getting rewarded $ACU in real-time, Acurast provides Base builders with a robust, verifiable infrastructure that maintains cryptographic proof of execution without sacrificing decentralization or privacy.
Key Features for the Base Ecosystem
- Confidential LLMs & Workloads: Developers can now run private AI inference directly on Acurast’s secure smartphone hardware. By leveraging TEEs, sensitive data remains encrypted and inaccessible even to the node operators.
- Live Base Integration: The Acurast Hub is now live as a Mini App within the Base ecosystem. Users can seamlessly onboard and manage their devices as compute providers using their Base wallet, earning rewards directly on-chain.
- Seamless USDC Payments (Roadmap): Upcoming updates will enable machine-native payments for compute using USDC on Base. This creates a frictionless experience with no bridging required and no need to leave the network.
- The x402 Standard (Coming Soon): Leveraging the Coinbase-pioneered x402 standard, Acurast will enable autonomous AI agents to pay for their own compute in real-time, ushering in a true “pay-per-request” economy for personal agents.
A Foundation for the Agentic Web
Acurast is committed to empowering the Base builder community through a strategic expansion of the Agentic Web. Acurast enables AI agents to securely manage real assets and execute transactions without exposing private information to centralized servers.
“Base is about giving builders the best place to bring new ideas on-chain. Acurast is expanding that surface area by introducing decentralized, confidential compute powered by smartphones… This is the kind of infrastructure that helps move autonomous, real-world applications fully on-chain.” — Jesse Pollak, Creator of Base
Join the Revolution on Base
The future of decentralized applications is autonomous and mobile-powered. By bringing confidential AI capabilities and a 225K smartphone network to Base, Acurast is providing the essential hardware layer for the next generation of secure on-chain agents.
Ready to build or provide compute? Connect your device and explore the ecosystem today via the Acurast Hub.
About Acurast
Acurast has already onboarded 227,000+ smartphones worldwide, making it the most decentralized verifiable compute network available today. With more than 401,000+ compute deployments powering mission-critical workloads, and over 645+ million on-chain transactions processed to date, Acurast is setting a new benchmark for decentralized compute. This scale enables high-security and AI-driven applications to run seamlessly across a global, community-powered network.
