An AWS outage has exposed the centralization wound of Web3.
NodeHub completed white-list internal testing today, officially starting open testing. A timely topic arose, so I will elaborate.
A large-scale AWS outage in April 2025 caused multiple Web3 project nodes to fail and mainnets to suspend operations, prompting industry reflection:
"Has Web3 really decentralized?"
In fact, many Web3 projects heavily rely on centralized cloud service providers such as AWS, GCP, and Azure, from RPC nodes, validator nodes, storage nodes, to front-end services.
When these infrastructures go down, the so-called 'decentralized' upper-level ecology collapses as well.
This is the centralization paradox of Web3.
Why have projects like ICP, Akash failed?
Web3 has never lacked idealists. Projects like ICP, Akash, Ankr, Fluence once raised the banner of 'decentralized cloud', hoping to replace AWS and establish an on-chain infrastructure system.
But the path they took has mostly been verified by reality as 'not viable'.
Project vision faces issues: ICP's high cost of running the entire internet on-chain, high development threshold, and failed cold starts in the ecosystem; Akash's centralized computing power bidding market with inconsistent node resource quality and complex user experience; Ankr's centralized node service platform with actual node concentration and lack of user participation; Fluence's decentralized WASM service network with a closed ecosystem, making it difficult to start a developer network.
Their common issue is:
Ignoring the real needs and habits of developers;
Want to recreate the complex system of AWS from scratch;
Hasn't solved the most critical issue: who will provide computing power, on what basis to participate, and how to incentivize?
Node-X's realistic choice: not to recreate AWS, but to connect 10,000 'small AWS'.
Node-X's path is completely different.
We do not believe that recreating a super cloud is realistic. We believe that connecting global edge nodes, VPS, idle servers, and small clusters to form an autonomous collaborative network is the truly feasible decentralized computing power revolution.
Node-X is more like Pinduoduo—not a giant center, but organizing, activating, and valuing dispersed resources.
We are not 'recreating the cloud', but rather 'decentralized computing power circulation infrastructure'. This is not only infrastructure but also a foundational network that can run various Web3 nodes, AI Agents, modular blockchains, and validator nodes.
NodeHub: The central system connecting computing power, tasks, and project teams.
NodeHub is the core platform of Node-X, essentially a decentralized node collaboration coordination system.
We build NodeHub from three levels:
1. Computing power side connection:
Access various devices: VPS, home broadband hosts, edge devices, small data centers;
Supports multiple systems (Ubuntu, Windows), with future expansion to Android, NAS (developing support for more systems);
Install the client to go online, no public IP, no complicated configuration required.
2. Task side scheduling:
Project teams submit node deployment tasks through open APIs;
Users choose to execute scripts and deploy required project nodes with one click;
The backend automatically matches resources with tasks through algorithms to improve distribution efficiency.
3. Collaboration and transparent incentives:
The behavior of each device (online duration, resource quality, task completion) will be recorded and mapped as on-chain weight;
Weights can participate in PoRW block generation to earn token rewards;
Project teams can customize task logic through NodeHub to achieve demand distribution.
NodeHub is not a centralized cloud platform, but a scalable, on-chain resource mapping network. It allows every piece of computing power in the Web3 world to truly participate in network consensus and incentive mechanisms.
NodeHub whitelist phase: Massive computing power has been accessed.
Today, NodeHub completed the internal test of the whitelist phase, officially entering the developmental testing.
Our early testers have contributed:
6634 core CPUs
12891 GB of memory
537 TB of storage space
This marks the rapid formation of the Node-X decentralized computing power collaboration network.
No need for a whitelist, join:
https://hub.node-x.xyz/
PoRW incentive logic flowchart
This flowchart shows the complete process from user device access, task execution, behavior data on-chain, to mapping weight, PoRW block generation, and token incentive distribution.
Every computing resource, every participation action, will ultimately form a closed loop with on-chain rewards.
Why do Web3 project teams and developers really need Node-X?
Many people think Node-X only serves ordinary users, but in fact, we are also the infrastructure backend and DevOps strategic partner for project teams.
1. Node deployment is complicated, slowing down development pace.
Web3 projects need to deploy a large number of nodes when launching testnet/mainnet;
Manual configuration is cumbersome and error-prone, leaving the team exhausted from operations and maintenance;
Node performance is unstable, affecting overall testing and launch pace.
Node-X resolves: Provides one-click deployment, batch automation, performance monitoring, and intelligent recommendations, greatly accelerating project deployment.
2. Node incentives are difficult, and community expansion is slow.
Building a reward system on your own is costly, and airdrops are inefficient;
Community users will not deploy nodes, leading to a low conversion rate.
Node-X resolves: Participate in block generation through on-chain behavior points + weight mapping, constructing a 'plug-and-earn' node operation model.
3. Projects lack DevOps capabilities, unable to maintain long-term.
Many Web3 teams lack professional operations and maintenance;
Frequent node disconnections lead to low community trust.
Node-X resolves: Provides NodeHub intelligent operation and maintenance system, supports real-time monitoring, remote operation and maintenance, and automatic alerts, allowing developers to focus on business.
4. Community user thresholds are high, growth is hitting a bottleneck.
Users will not deploy nodes, leading to a low conversion rate;
Scripts are complicated and require developer assistance.
Node-X resolves: Graphical command platform + script creator community, allowing users to complete deployment with one click like puzzle pieces, enabling everyone to participate.
What wealth effects have we created? How to participate?
Node-X is a decentralized infrastructure platform that everyone can participate in, sharing real profits.
🌍 Multi-role earning opportunities
Users: Access device operating nodes to participate in PoRW rewards.
Creators: By writing one-click deployment scripts used by others, they can receive incentives; future support for script modularization and NFTization will be available.
Project teams: No need to deploy their own node network, can quickly gain distributed verification capabilities using NodeHub.
🔁 C2C computing power market is about to launch.
We are also building the second phase core of NodeHub: C2C decentralized computing power market.
Users can rent idle computing power to other users or projects;
Projects can directly procure specific types (GPU/CPU/storage) of node resources as needed;
All transactions will be secured through on-chain records and credit assessment systems.
Node-X will expand from task distribution to resource trading, truly creating a freely circulating computing power market on-chain.
✅ How to participate in Node-X
Access
node-x.xyz
, register a NodeHub account;
Install the client and connect your VPS or edge device;
Select a task to deploy, complete incentive actions;
Become a command creator, sharing tools and deployment capabilities;
Project teams can apply for API access through the official website.
The value of Node-X is not driven by 'hardware monopoly', but by establishing a real benefit network through 'community collaboration + behavior mapping'.
Why can we achieve what others cannot?
Modules like ICP and other projects Node-X architecture model rebuilds the entire chain computing platform based on existing edge devices to build a collaborative network with high access thresholds + certified hardware; VPS/home broadband can connect, one-click configuration incentive mechanism inflation tokens + staking mining behavior mapping + PoRW block reward mechanism cost structure on-chain high-cost operation extreme compression, allowing nodes to run for just a few dollars; community participation developer thresholds are high; open script ecology encourages command creators to monetize.
Node-X is no longer a concept, we are implementing it:
✅ Connected over 3000 servers;
✅ Supported node deployment for projects like 0G, Elixir, Nillion;
✅ PoRW public chain is about to launch the testnet;
✅ Command community is growing rapidly, and the developer ecosystem is taking shape.
Conclusion: Web3 infrastructure can no longer rely on centralization to continue running.
We believe in the future:
Decentralization is not a slogan but a transformation in computing power structure;
Every piece of edge resource should be activated and given value;
Node economics should allow everyone to participate, earn, and grow.
Node-X is reconstructing this new network.
We do not challenge AWS; we connect every small node that can replace AWS. We are not the next ICP; we are fulfilling the realistic tasks it failed to accomplish.
🚀 Join Node-X:
node-x.xyz
Build infra. Not utopia.
Access NodeHub | Become a command creator | Start your computing power earning journey.