been ignoring MIRA for weeks. finally mapped the node economics. and honestly? centralization question isn't where most people are looking 🤭
everyone asks "is verification decentralized?" wrong question. better one: who can actually afford to run a node.
what bugs me:
to verify, you stake Mira and run AI inference. sounds open. but LLM inference needs GPU hardware, uptime, enough stake to survive slashing. that quietly filters out small operators before the first vote is cast.
decentralized in structure. concentrated in practice.
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#Tokenomics angle nobody discusses:
99% of Mira is in top 10 wallets. on-chain reality, not rumor. unlock pressure coming as tranches open.
but deeper issue isn't the unlock. it's demand mechaincs. every verifier stakes
$MIRA . honest nodes earn fees. slashed nodes lose stake. demand is supposed to grow with verification volume.
Klok copilot processes billions of tokens daily. real usage. but calling that "proof of demand" requires one unchallenged assumption: volume translates to staking demand, not just API calls bypassing the token entirely.
if verification stays off-chain for cost reasons, Mira demand stays theoretical.
my concern though:
slash mechanic sounds like security. might be centralization accelerator.
mechanism: nodes consistently disagreeing with consensus get slashed. supermajority threshold is 2/3. if large well-resourced nodes dominate early rounds, smaller nodes face a choice — align or risk slash. independent verification becomes economically irrational.
no collusion needed. incentives do it automaticaly.
what they get right:
breaking AI output into atomic factual claims is genuinely smart. most fact-checking evaluates holistic outputs, lets subjective framing slip through. Mira forces granularity — each claim stands or falls independently.
diverse LLMs across nodes, different training data, different model families. real defense against coordinated hallucination. one model lying gets outvoted. cryptographic proof on Base adds auditability centralized alternatives cant match. KGeN and Phala aren't vaporware. Chainlink comparison has merit — economic staking for data integrity is proven. applying it to AI truth is logical next step.
what worries me:
96% accuracy claim. who measures it? Mira does. who audits the auditors?
positive reading: remarkable at scale. negative reading: 4% error compunding across complex outputs, self-reported without independent audit is marketing until proven otherwise.
liability gap too. verified output that's still wrong creates false confidence. user trusts the label. output is wrong. on-chain proof doesn't fix that.
honestly don't know if this becomes Chainlink of AI truth or well-engineered infrastructure waiting for demand that arrives too slow for the unlock schedule.
watching node count and whether Klok drives real Mira staking volume.
what's your take - decentralized security or centralization by incentive design?? 🤔
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