Revolutionizing
Drug Discovery
MolecuLayer is a decentralized blockchain protocol enabling a peer-to-peer marketplace for AI-driven drug discovery and biomolecular research with ESMFold v1.
Vision
MolecuLayer transforms drug discovery and biomolecular research by creating a peer-to-peer marketplace for AI-driven computational tasks like protein folding. Starting with Meta AI's ESMFold v1, it operates as a DAO with model-specific tokens, addressing centralized platform limitations such as commercial use restrictions and high costs. With smart contracts for IP-NFT minting and crowd-funding, MolecuLayer ensures secure ownership and incentivizes complex tasks, powered by the MLYR token for governance, staking, and solver rewards.
Architecture
Solvers
GPU operators process protein folding prompts off-chain using ESMFold v1, storing results on IPFS and earning MLYR rewards.
Researchers
Submit amino acid sequences to the MolecuLayer smart contract, deposit tokens, and receive IP-NFTs for result ownership.
Crowd-Funders
Contribute ERC-20 tokens or ETH to incentivize complex tasks, earning pro-rata IP-NFT shares for resulting data.
Tokenomics
The MLYR token, with a fixed supply of 5 million tokens, powers MolecuLayer's governance, staking, and solver rewards, with 1.5 million emitted over ~7 years.
Key Functions
- Governance:MLYR holders vote on protocol upgrades and model integrations.
- Staking:Stakers earn MLYR rewards from GPU Cluster revenue.
- Solver Rewards:Solvers earn MLYR rewards for completed tasks through GPU Clusters.
- GPU Cluster Incentives:5% of MLYR incentivizes GPU Cluster operators to deploy MolecuLayer models.
Token Distribution
IP-NFTs
MolecuLayer leverages IP-NFTs to secure on-chain ownership of computational results, inspired by Molecule Protocol. Upon task validation, smart contracts mint IP-NFTs embedding result metadata and legal agreements, ensuring transparent and transferable ownership. Crowd-funders receive pro-rata shares, democratizing IP rights for protein folding and biomolecular data.
Roadmap
Q3 2025
Testnet launch with ESMFold v1 DAO, IP-NFT minting, and MLYR rewards.
Q1 2026
Mainnet launch with crowd-funding and staking rewards.
Q3 2026
Add AlphaFold 2/3 derivatives and enhance governance.
Q1 2027
Expand to ligand docking and privacy-focused infrastructure.