Cortex AI on Blockchain TestNet Tutorial — Calling AI on Block Explorer!?

This article is part of the series on “Cortex AI on Blockchain TestNet Tutorial. This series provides an overview and walkthroughs on features of our TestNet.

We have released our TestNet on September 28th and now it’s time to dive in on how the Cortex block explorer,Cerebro, works and take a look at the basic structure, and find out more about Cortex’s unique AI Contract feature.

Unlike other blockchain explorers, the Cerebro is Cortex’s block explorer that contains basic information like other blockchain explorers, but also interaction with AI and data.

First, Cerebro provides the most basic block information query, transaction query, address balance query, and other functions. In addition, you can also view tokens issued based on the Cortex chain, which is named CEC token, standing for Cortex Eco-Coin.

Second, Cerebro implements AI model and data upload. It has a simple AI smart contract that allows users to select a model and data to make an inference. The purpose of this simple contract is to let users and developers see how AI smart contracts work. The full nodes supporting the blockchain would run AI model for inference. The information on the specific inference process can be seen in the log file.

This tutorial walks through all the steps needed to get started with Cerebro. We will split the article into several functional sections with video demonstrations.

Home Page

All the main information is displayed on the home page. From top to bottom includes six subjects:

Available AIs: The number of AI models available on the chain

Current Height: The current block height

Total Txs: The total number of transactions on the blockchain

Node Number: The number of nodes in the Cortex Test Net

Hash Rate: The entire network’s hash power of the Cortex Test Net

Difficulty: The Cortex Test network difficulty

Below the main section is the block and transaction information section.

Blocks: Include 10 most recent blocks with the time of block generated, the miner of the block, and the number of transactions included in the block,

Transactions: Include 10 most recent transactions with the transaction number, the addresses of both from and to parties, and the trading time.

Finally at the end of the page is our official communities and the contact email.

Blockchain Page

From the drop-down menu, this section contains 6 parts:

Block Summary: An overview of the block information with basic information on the blockchain network, like current block, block time, endorphin limit, etc.

All Blocks: All block information that displays all historical blocks of the entire network;

Uncle Blocks: The page that displays of all the uncle blocks in the network;

Pending Txs: All unpackaged transaction information of the network to be confirmed or packed;

All Txs: The current transaction information of all the networks, that have been confirmed and packaged into the block;

Top Miners: The ranking of the hashpower of all miners in the network.

CEC Token Page

Cortex is backward compatible with Ethereum’s smart contracts, users can issue tokens on Cortex. However, the difference comes in that Cortex’s smart contract can contain or call AI models. We currently named our technical standard for AI smart contract for issuing token as CEC token, which stands for Cortex Eco-Coin.

Cerebro can view the contract’s address, the name of the contract, the accuracy of the token, the number of transactions, the hex code of the contract, etc.

AI Contract Page

AI Smart Contract is the most crucial part of Cortex, it is what set Cortex apart from other public blockchains. Processes such as AI model upload, data upload, and AI model inference can be implemented in this function section.

Upload: This page allows users to upload input data for a certain model or upload model data to make an inference.

Inference: This page allows users to call an AI model which can infer certain data on the chain.

Model: The number of AI models available on the chain with information like model address and author, etc.

Data: The data information that is uploaded to the chain with information like block #, data address, time, etc.

To follow along, please download necessary tool through our GitHub.

That’s a wrap for Cerebro block explorer tutorial. If you have any questions regarding the TestNet, you are more than welcome to contact us through this email.

In the upcoming weeks, we will release tutorials on full node and mining, and continue to explore more highlights and innovations on the Cortex AI on Blockchain Ecosystem. Stay tuned!

About Cortex

Cortex is the first ever blockchain technology that allows the execution of AI algorithms on the blockchain. Cortex provides an AI platform and stack for developers to upload their models on the blockchain that can be integrated with the smart contract. TestNet for mining and AI smart contract is out, Click here to learn more!

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