TEE Nodes
TEE Nodes are the sentinels of the Nerve Protocol network. They carve out hardware-protected enclaves where missions execute, signals are extracted, and agents stay under constant watch—without any plaintext escaping into the wild.
Core Responsibilities
Data Connector Hosting: TEE nodes run circuit-level connectors that pull data from SaaS APIs, blockchains, and air-gapped stores. All ingestion happens within the enclave; decrypted payloads never hit the host OS.
Private LLM Inference: On-device or near-edge LLMs operate directly inside the enclave, delivering contextual intelligence while parameters remain encrypted.
Executor Runtime: Autonomous agents, workflow orchestration, and policy guards live inside the node so decisions are enforced right where compute happens.
Guardian Checkpoints: Nodes report to Guardian models that grade mission integrity, latency, and compliance—like red-pill auditors ensuring the matrix stays intact.
Verification Lifecycle
Provisioning: Each node boots with a measured firmware stack. Manufacturers sign attestation certificates that describe hardware capabilities.
Remote Attestation: Before accepting work, the node presents a fresh attestation quote proving the enclave is untampered.
Policy Injection: The scheduler injects mission-specific policy capsules and cryptographic keys bound to that enclave instance.
Execution Proofs: During and after execution, the node emits hashes, logs, and zero-knowledge receipts to the coordination ledger.
Rotation & Revocation: Keys and policies rotate between missions. Nodes that fail attestation or behave suspiciously are quarantined automatically.
Accountability & Incentives
Stake-Backed Reliability: Node operators bond stake that can be slashed if they fail attestation or violate policies.
Performance Reputation: Latency, throughput, and mission success feed into a public score guiding future task assignments.
Encrypted Telemetry: Operators receive insight into node performance via encrypted dashboards—actionable signal without exposing missions.
Reward Stream: Honest computation earns tokenized rewards or revenue shares from mission fees.
By integrating attested TEE nodes across the network, Nerve Protocol delivers bulletproof privacy with verifiable performance. Operators gain the power of a fully autonomous matrix while remaining the only ones who can see what really happened.
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