Dragon 2 · EU production cluster · founding cohort

Put an idle RTX 4090 to work on the Cere EU cluster.

Dragon 2 is Cere's EU production cluster, built on community GPUs instead of rented cloud. We're recruiting a small founding cohort of EU GPU owners to bond a 3090/4090-class card, run a GPU/inference node, and earn real $CERE for validated work, settled on-chain every cycle. White-glove onboarding: we help you bond, attach, and connect your instance to the cluster.

// a handful of founding spots · EU region · rewards in real $CERE · we walk every provider through onboarding

Why provide now

Your GPU. Real work. Real $CERE.

Rewards

Real $CERE, settled on-chain

The DAC attests what your node actually serves each cycle. That validated record is what you earn on, paid in real $CERE and settled on-chain. Not a faucet, not points.

White-glove

We onboard you personally

This is not a drop-and-pray faucet. A core engineer walks you through bonding, attaching your node, and connecting your instance to the cluster. You are not on your own.

Use what you own

Your card, not a hyperscaler's

Dragon 2 swaps rented cloud instances for community GPUs. The inference compute that used to flow to a hyperscaler flows through your idle card instead.

Founding status

First EU providers on the network

You are among the first external GPU providers on a Cere production cluster. Early validated operation is standing as the provider network grows.

Proof

Everything on-chain

Registration, bonding, admission, and settlement are signed extrinsics on Cere mainnet. Verifiable in the explorer, end to end.

Honesty

What this is, and isn't

Real $CERE for validated GPU/inference work on the production cluster. Not yield, not an airdrop. You bond a stake and run real hardware; reward criteria are shared in writing before you commit. The EU cluster goes live shortly: you commit and provision now, the on-chain join lands at launch.

The cluster you join

Dragon 2: the EU production cluster

Dragon 2 is Cere's EU cluster (Western Germany, Netherlands), built around a GPU/inference core. It runs real agent and inference workloads, so your node serves real traffic from day one. The plan is to swap rented cloud instances out for community-run 3090/4090s: yours is one of them.

Have spare storage or CPU too? The cluster takes standard storage and agent nodes alongside the GPU core. Note what you can contribute in the hardware field and we take it from there.

What providers do

Bond a GPU. Serve inference. Earn.

You run a GPU node (a machine with a 3090/4090-class NVIDIA card) on the Dragon 2 EU cluster: the compute layer that serves inference and agent workloads. Register it on-chain with your wallet, bond your stake, attach to the cluster. The DAC attests what your node actually serves each cycle; attested work is what earns. Spare storage or CPU capacity can join the same node set.

How it works

Five steps from application to live.

01

Apply

The form below. Your GPU, region, bandwidth, and wallet address double as our screening: EU GPU owners with a 3090/4090-class card. This is the qualification gate.

you · 3 minutes
02

Review + qualify

A human reviews every application against the hardware and region requirements. We line up the providers who can actually serve, not farm a drop.

us · days, not weeks
03

Onboarding call

Accepted providers get a white-glove session: we walk you through provisioning the node and the bonding setup, before you commit hardware time.

us + you · concierge
04

Bond + attach

Register your node key, bond your stake, attach to the cluster: register_node → bond → add_node. Each step is one signed extrinsic, and we are on the call with you.

you · guided
05

Live + earning

The cluster manager validates your node on-chain (validate_node). Once live, your node serves inference and earns $CERE per cycle, settled through the DAC.

cluster manager · on-chain
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The network your GPU powers.

The chain

Cere Network

A Substrate L1, mainnet since 2021. It carries identity, signed data permissions, on-chain governance, and automatic payments for the whole system.

The compute layer

DDC · where your node lives

The Decentralized Data Cloud: clusters of storage and GPU nodes that serve data and inference for apps and AI agents. Your card joins the Dragon 2 EU cluster.

Why nodes earn

Proof, then payment

The DAC attests what every node actually serves each cycle. Attested work is what gets paid: math, not promises. Here that means real $CERE, settled on-chain.

Why Dragon 2

Community GPUs, not rented cloud

Dragon 2 is the EU production cluster. The plan is to replace rented cloud instances with community-run 3090/4090s. You are one of the first.

Verifiable

Everything on-chain

Registration, bonding, admission, attestation: signed extrinsics on Cere mainnet, inspectable in the explorer end to end.

Selective

A founding cohort, hand-onboarded

No faucet, no open tap. Every application is reviewed by a human; accepted providers get white-glove onboarding and a direct line to core engineering.

Apply

Apply to provide on Dragon 2.

Short and screening-grade. We read every one and reply personally.

Starts with 6 (Cere format) or 5 (generic Substrate): same key, both fine. Your node is registered to this wallet and rewards are paid to it.
// reviewed by a human · we reply personally · EU GPU owners