Explain
GRID & MESH
in plain English
No whitepaper required. This page is the simple picture: what the network is, how you earn, and how you open sites on the mesh.
01 · The big idea
A supercomputer
made of everyone
Today, giant computers live in a few buildings. GRID flips that: machines everywhere — home GPUs, small racks, datacenters — connect and do useful work together.
Not puzzle mining that only burns power. Real jobs: render, transform, run allowlisted containers. Prove you did the work. Get paid in GRID.
02 · Two names
GRID is the network.
MESH is the browser.
Easy to mix up. Keep this pair in your head:
The network
GRID
- ▸Planetary compute fabric
- ▸Useful mining · real jobs
- ▸Earn GRID · Bitcoin TSL
- ▸CLI: grid host / grid mine
The browser
MESH
- ▸Opens grid:// sites
- ▸Type a realm — no https by default
- ▸x → grid://x.grid
- ▸Human front door to the mesh
03 · Three layers
Work · GRID · Bitcoin
Work
Hosts run useful jobs. Miners do Proof-of-Resource security work. Both prove contribution.
GRID
The utility token that meters compute and rewards verified work. It is not equity and not a claim on Bitcoin.
Bitcoin · TSL
Transact Security Layer. High-value settlement and cash-out path. GRID meters work; Bitcoin secures value.
04 · How it moves
From machine
to money path
Five steps. No jargon required.
Hosts earn more for useful container work. Miners earn slower for security PoR. Same network — different tracks.
05 · The pieces
Words you'll see
on the site & CLI
Node
Your machine on the fabric. You choose when it runs.
Realm
A mesh address — what the web calls a domain. garage → grid://garage.grid.
Compute
Capacity you host on a realm — the work unit behind the name.
Host
Pull useful container jobs. Isolated. Higher earn path.
Mine
Proof-of-Resource security work. Slower earn, keeps the mesh honest.
MESH
The browser. Type a realm. Open grid:// addresses on the mesh.
Ember
The full stack for one realm: host + mine + compute + paid registry.
Registry
Public list of peers & realms — paid activation ($5 → $Caraveo). Never raw IPs.
06 · Realms
Type a name.
Default scheme is grid://
On the web you type domains. On MESH you type realms. No extension required.
A realm is the mesh address for a compute you (or someone) published — the GRID name for what the web calls a domain.
Realm
x
or garage · home · …
MESH normalizes
→
default scheme grid://
Address
grid://x.grid
that realm on the mesh
// realm equivalence
x ≡ x.grid ≡ grid://x.grid/
// web domain → mesh realm
example.com ≈ realm x → grid://x.grid
// same idea as the CLI
grid launch garage ↔ realm garage in MESH
07 · Ember
The full stack
for one realm
An ember is host + mine + compute + paid registry for a single address like grid://fire.grid. Registry activation is Cash App $5 → $Caraveo — prevents abuse, funds review employment. Donations accepted.
// CLI
grid ember fire
grid register fire # pay $Caraveo
grid ember fire --start
Next
Ready when you are
Install the node, light an ember, or activate a public name on the registry. The mesh only grows when machines join.