⦁ Golem is a global, open sourced, decentralized supercomputer that anyone can access. It's made up of the combined power of users’ machines, from personal laptops to entire datacenters.
Anyone will be able to use Golem to compute (almost) any program one can think of, from rendering to research to running websites, in a completely decentralized & inexpensive way.
Golem is doing this by providing/renting large amounts of CPU at a cheap cost. Users rent out CPU and get back golem tokens. The aim of Golem is to do large mathematical computations and process images for motion pictures quicker, do scientific analyses and simulations, run fully decentralized cryptocurrency mining pools. Developers can deploy their own integration on Golem and implement an appropriate monetization mechanism. Developers can create and distribute software on the Golem Network's Application Registry (kind of like an app store), and use the Transaction Framework to choose whatever remuneration model they desire to make a profit (or not) from their software.
A reputation system enforces desired behavior of nodes in a decentralized environment, without relying on any supervising institution. This allows nodes to attribute a reputation rank to their peers. A node's rank is lowered in case of inappropriate behavior and is increased after successful computation.
Golem’s roadmap includes 4 different stages of it – Brass Golem, Clay Golem, Stone Golem and Iron Golem.