Pearl

Pearl is a Layer-1 blockchain that adopts a Proof of Useful Work (PoUW) mechanism, binding mining operations to GPU-native matrix multiplication. It allows miners to validate blocks while training or inferring AI models, earning both block rewards and inference fees from the same compute. The protocol perturbs inputs with noise matrices and generates verifiable proofs, ensuring computation is genuine and non-cheatable. Its core value lies in turning AI compute from a pure cost into a liquid asset, and providing auditable, verifiable computation traces for AI systems.