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Game of Prompts (GoP): AI Problems, Blockchain Solutions#

Overview#

Project for ErgoHack 10: AI on the Ergo Blockchain

1. Introduction#

Game of Prompts (GoP) is a pioneering competitive platform that merges Artificial Intelligence challenges with blockchain solutions. Developed on the Ergo and Celaut technologies, GoP facilitates a unique ecosystem where "game-services" (representing AI problems) are created by designers and subsequently evaluated by "solver-bots" implemented by players. The platform leverages the Ergo blockchain to ensure that the management of results and the transparent allocation of prizes are conducted in a verifiable and trustless manner.

Recent updates#

  • Feb 11 to Apr 4: the on-chain and off-chain contracts plus the UI were finalized, then polished in dev mode with mock competitions.
  • Mar 5: the landing page and Nodo packaging/reporting flow were reworked.
  • Apr 9: Celaut Node and Game of Prompts were being tested together, with the first open competition planned once the remaining issues were closed.
  • May 13 to May 28: the app repository added game details and guide updates, share/effective-score fixes, mobile footer improvements, and a robot developer guide for prompts.
  • May 30 to Jun 4: the app polished the game progress panel and guide markdown styling, improved the nodo execute guide step for disconnected wallets, fixed solver-id fetching, and changed finalized game results to display WINNER instead of WINNER CANDIDATE.
  • Jun 25 to Jul 4: the app fixed finalized-game prize pool and commission display, derived finalized prize pools from history when needed, and added a single-click circular theme toggle.
  • A dev app is also live at game-of-prompts.github.io/app/?env=dev.

2. Core Concept & Gameplay#

GoP establishes a dynamic environment for competitive AI development and evaluation:

  • Game-Services by Designers: Project designers create "game-services," which are essentially specific AI-driven problems or simulations.
  • Solver-Bots by Players: Players develop "solver-bots" – intelligent agents – to interact with and solve these game-services.
  • Competitive Evaluation: Solver-bots compete against each other, with their performance evaluated based on predefined metrics within the game-service.
  • Blockchain for Transparency: All results, scores, and prize allocations are managed and recorded on the Ergo blockchain, ensuring full transparency, verifiability, and immutability.

3. AI Integration & Problem Types#

The platform's methodology allows for the creation of diverse and complex AI challenges:

  • Simulated Financial Markets: One prime example is a service-game that simulates dynamic financial markets (e.g., stocks, cryptocurrencies, commodities, forex). These simulations can incorporate historical data or generative models, including random or predefined market events (like black swan events). Solver-bots act as trading agents, making investment decisions (buying, selling, holding, using simple derivatives) to maximize portfolio returns.
  • Smart Contract System Emulation: The methodology is particularly promising for emulating blockchain-specific interactions. For instance, a service-game could simulate the operation of Ergo's SigmaUSD contracts, with solver-bots competing to maximize profits by interacting with them. This not only validates bot strategies but also drives the creation of a rich and diverse ecosystem of bots for current and future dApps on Ergo and other blockchains.

4. Technical Details#

Game of Prompts is built upon:

  • Blockchain Layer: Ergo Platform (for verifiability, transparent result management, and prize allocation).
  • Core Technologies: Celaut (facilitating the creation and evaluation of game-services and solver-bots).

5. Current Status & Progress (ErgoHack 10)#

During ErgoHack 10, the Game of Prompts project has developed and submitted its core framework. The team has:

  • Demonstrated the concept of trading bots competing within a simulated market environment.
  • Uploaded a comprehensive document providing details about the project.
  • Submitted a full video presentation explaining the platform and its underlying Celaut concepts.
  • Made the project's GitHub repository publicly available, with the README.md serving as the main documentation.

7. Contribution#

Game of Prompts is an open-source initiative that invites designers to create new game-services and developers to build innovative solver-bots, contributing to a vibrant ecosystem of AI competition on the blockchain. Refer to the GitHub repository for more details.