Discovery
Nostr
Signed listings, no directory server.
Decentralized · Lightning-native · Open
AI inference on a network nobody owns.
Run open models on independent GPUs, paid by the token over Lightning — straight from your own wallet.
No account
No custody
Any Lightning wallet
What SAIL is
A marketplace for AI compute that no single party runs.
Independent operators run open models on their own GPUs and list them on an open network. You connect a wallet, pick one, and pay per token as the answer streams. There is no SAIL server in the middle holding your money or your account — because there is no account.
Reach
Tor
Hosts answer over onion services.
Payment
Lightning
Per token, from any wallet you hold.
Custody
None
The network never holds a balance.
How it works
Four legs of the course.
Every request follows the same path — and you stay in control of your funds the whole way.
LEG 01
Discover
Your client finds hosts through signed listings published on Nostr relays. No central directory to seize or censor.
LEG 02
Connect
It reaches the chosen host over Tor. No IP exposed on either side, no gatekeeper deciding who may connect.
LEG 03
Pay
Your wallet pays the host directly over Lightning — metered per token as it streams, or a single invoice you settle from any wallet. Pay only for what you asked for.
LEG 04
Stream
Tokens arrive as you pay. The sats go wallet-to-host — SAIL is never in the payment path.
For users
Use AI, pay in sats.
No sign-up, no card, no subscription. Bring any Lightning wallet.
- Get the app. — Desktop app with Tor bundled in. Linux today; macOS and Windows next.
- Connect a wallet. — Paste a Nostr Wallet Connect string for automatic pay-as-you-go, or just pay a Lightning invoice from any wallet. Either way, the app never touches your funds.
- Pick a host. — See the model, the price per token, and the host's reputation before you choose.
- Prompt and pay. — Tokens stream back; sats go straight to the host. That's it.
For hosts
Put your GPU to work.
Run open models on hardware you already own and earn sats per token. One script, a browser wizard, done.
- Run the install script. — Download it, read it, run it. It sets up the GPU, model, Tor, and daemon, then opens a setup wizard.
- Finish in the wizard. — Pick your model and price, choose a payout (self-custodial phoenixd by default, or your own LND, or a wallet over NWC), go live.
- Get discovered. — Your listing publishes over Nostr; clients reach you over Tor. No central gateway.
- Earn — and hold your keys. — Manage everything from a local dashboard: balance, receive, withdraw, close, seed backup. No Lightning commands.
What it stands on
Built so no one — including us — is a single point of failure.
Non-custodial by design
You connect a wallet and pay hosts directly. SAIL holds no balances and runs no deposits — there is nothing to freeze, lose, or run off with.
Open-core
The protocol and the reference client are open and forkable. If you don't like how we run it, run your own. No lock-in, no permission needed.
Censorship-resistant
Discovery lives on Nostr, reachability on Tor. There is no central server to subpoena, seize, or switch off.
No account, no KYC
There's nothing to sign up for. You don't have an identity here — just a wallet and a prompt.
Straight answers
Questions worth asking.
Is my money held anywhere? +
No. You pay each host directly from your own wallet over Lightning. The app and the network never hold a balance, never take a deposit, and are never in the payment path. Your sats go wallet-to-host.
Can the host see my prompt? +
Yes — assume it can. The host runs the model on its own hardware, so the prompt and response pass through that machine in the clear. Don't send anything you wouldn't want the host to read. Confidential inference, where the host can't read your data, is a goal we're working toward — not a promise we make today. We'd rather tell you the truth than sell you a guarantee we can't keep.
What wallets work? +
Any Lightning wallet works. Wallets that speak Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC) — Alby, Coinos, Zeus, Primal — pay automatically, metered per token as you go. With any other wallet — Phoenix, BlueWallet, Strike, your own node — you pay a single Lightning invoice for the request via QR or copy-paste. Either way you pay the host directly; the app never holds your funds.
What models can I run? +
Open-weight models that hosts choose to serve, from a curated set. Hosts run text models today. The curation exists to keep purpose-built-for-harm models off the verified network — it isn't a content filter on your prompts.
If nobody runs it, who keeps it honest? +
Your client tracks each host's reliability and ranks accordingly, dropping ones that fail you. A signed verified-host list is planned, to let you optionally restrict yourself to vetted operators. The network stays permissionless — anyone can run a host — but you decide whose compute you trust.
Is this finished? +
No — SAIL is an early beta. Expect rough edges, and keep the sats small while you kick the tires. We'll be honest about what works and what doesn't as it grows.
Set your course
Pay sats for AI. Hold your own keys.
Download the desktop app, connect a wallet, and run your first prompt on a network nobody can switch off.
AppImage & .deb on the releases page · macOS & Windows in progress