Benchmarkers

Benchmarkers are players in TIG who continuously select algorithms to compute solutions for challenges and submit them to TIG to earn rewards.

If you’re interested in becoming a Benchmarker, Check Getting started with Benchmarking.

Overview

Benchmarkers work in discrete units called benchmarks. Each benchmark targets a specific challenge. At a high level, a benchmark is comprised of two main phases

• Proof of Work: This comprises of a Benchmarker precommitting to a benchmark, carrying out the proof of work, and gathering the proofs of this work. After this stage, the benchmark is in the system and the Benchmarker no longer has to do anything with it.

• Validation: Here, the protocol verifies the benchmark to make sure if it is eligible to earn rewards via TIGs Pareto Frontier mechanism.

Strategic Balancing

Success as a Benchmarker requires strategic balance. Benchmarkers must carefully distribute their computational resources (proof of work) across different challenges to optimize their rewards. This balancing act is fundamental to TIG’s Optimizable Proof of Work (OPoW) mechanism, where rewards are maximized by maintaining equilibrium across multiple challenges rather than focusing on just one.