Overview of Ramo Computer

Ramo Computer (visit ramo.computer) is software that allows anyone – from consumers to enterprise-grade operators – to commit and consume hardware resources on decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePINs) via the Ramo network. The tool acts as an aggregator for the supply (and demand) of DePIN-mitigated cloud services.

DePIN refers to a system where physical infrastructure, such as data storage, computing power, or networking, is operated and coordinated in a decentralized manner using blockchain technology. The approach distributes control and management across a network of participants rather than one central authority and enhances scalability and resilience while reducing costs.

With Ramo Computer, activities like providing and consuming storage on the Filecoin network – which previously required large-scale operations managed by a team of skilled engineers – can now be run on consumer-grade hardware by anyone. This democratizes access to Filecoin and eventually other DePINs.

The community working on Ramo Computer believes that reducing the barriers to participate in decentralized networks as providers is key to catalyzing the transition away from proprietary cloud infrastructure and tooling towards open compute protocols. Ramo Computer is a major milestone in the efforts to reduce complexity of participating and levels the playing field to allow a growing number of open compute protocols to run on a more open, performant, scalable network of infrastructure providers.

Using Ramo Computer

Get started by downloading the Ramo Computer app at ramo.computer. Ramo Computer runs on most laptops but can also be used in a datacenter context to power enterprise-grade hardware. The users' ability to commit resources depends on the resources available in their specific setup. Visit the releases page to download the CLI tool and follow the instructions on how to configure and set it up on your machine. Future releases will include more features such as new commands, a UI and the ability to commit more types of hardware resources (e.g., hard drives for storage, circuits for computational workloads and network bandwidth). The ultimate vision for Ramo Computer is to empower its users to monetize their hardware via a global marketplace of networked resources.

Contributing to Ramo Computer

Anyone can start using Ramo Computer. Comments, feature requests and bug reports are appreciated. Please share your thoughts by filing issues in this repository.