Learn
The protocol, explained properly
Fewer, stronger guides — each with a distinct job. Start with fundamentals, go deeper where needed, use reference material for lookup.
Fundamentals
Start with these four
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Marketplace fundamentals
How the VirtEngine marketplace works
How VirtEngine's Waldur-connected marketplace works: multi-service catalogue, three acquisition paths (direct, bid, selector), leases, usage reporting and settlement.
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Service models
IaaS vs PaaS vs SaaS on VirtEngine
How IaaS, PaaS and SaaS differ on VirtEngine: who manages the stack, what is metered, and why the protocol is a rail beneath all three — not a layer above them.
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Identity layer
What is VEID (Verifiable Electronic Identity)?
VEID explained: VirtEngine's privacy-preserving identity layer with on-device capture, liveness, hardware attestation, validator scoring and ZK proofs.
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Payments architecture
Escrow & Settlement Explained: No Invoices
How VirtEngine replaces invoicing: escrow accounts, hourly usage records, 24-hour dispute window, anomaly detection and automatic payout.
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Marketplace
Buying modes, listings, vocabulary
- Acquisition Direct order, open bid or selector? Direct order, open bid and selector matching explained: how each acquisition path resolves on-chain, what it is best for, and what stays the same.
- Catalogue Anatomy of a marketplace listing Read a VirtEngine marketplace listing field by field: provider, category, offering, plan, components, limits, attributes, region, backend, price and identifiers.
- Reference Marketplace glossary VirtEngine marketplace glossary: provider, tenant, offering, plan, component, order, bid, selector, lease, escrow, usage record, settlement, Waldur, HomePort and more.
Infrastructure
HPC and confidential computing
- Supercomputing HPC on VirtEngine: SLURM Jobs On-Chain HPC on VirtEngine: the x/hpc job model, SLURM, MOAB and Open OnDemand adapters, job lifecycle and settlement for batch supercomputing work.
- Security architecture Confidential Computing: Enclaves & Proof Confidential computing on VirtEngine: enclave attestation on-chain, encrypted payloads and attested placement. Run sensitive workloads verifiably.
Economics & governance
Money, risk, and control
- Economics VirtEngine Tokenomics: Supply & Rewards VirtEngine tokenomics 2026: identity-led issuance from zero supply, conservative staking rewards and governance-controlled parameters.
- Staking risk Understanding slashing on VirtEngine What gets a VirtEngine validator slashed, how slashing affects delegators, the 21-day unbonding period, and how to evaluate validator risk before delegating.
- Economics Provider Economics: Revenue & Pricing The revenue model for VirtEngine providers: listing and bid pricing, escrow-backed leases, full agreed provider payouts, low chain fees, plus how benchmarks and audits lift prices.
- Governance Governance: Voting, Upgrades & Control VirtEngine governance guide: bonded-stake voting, issuance and fee parameters, roles and config, plus Foundation stewardship. Learn who controls what.
Network
Status and roadmap
Reference material
When you need the exact details
Looking up a single term? The definitions hub covers cloud and marketplace vocabulary - IaaS, PaaS, AI inference, private and hybrid cloud - each with the section that matters here: how it is listed, metered and settled on an open market. For listing and order vocabulary, the marketplace glossary defines the objects themselves. The guides link into the module reference — one page per on-chain module — and outward to docs.virtengine.com for message-level documentation. The marketplace hub covers the service catalogue and buying paths, and questions the guides don't answer may already be in the FAQ.