The Innovation Game
_{The Network for Algorithmic Breakthroughs}

The Innovation Game (TIG) creates a new economic framework for algorithmic development - one that aligns incentives, rewards contribution, and keeps innovation open.

At its core, TIG uses a novel proof-of-work variant built around computational challenges grounded in scientifically important problems. Innovators submit algorithms that solve these challenges, and benchmarkers are incentivized to adopt the most efficient ones for proof-of-work, creating a manipulation-resistant signal for rewarding the top-performing algorithms.

In this way, TIG democratizes algorithmic innovation, turning contribution into a sustainable economic opportunity, coordinating global intelligence to compete with centralized incumbents.

Challenges

TIG currently has 8 active computational challenges:

Glossary

Important Links

• Getting Started for Innovators
• Getting Started for Benchmarkers
• TIG Documentation
• TIG Whitepaper
• TIG Licensing Explainer
• Code vs Advances
• Voting Guidelines for Token Holders

Repo Contents

Docker Images

TIG Docker images are hosted on GitHub Packages, supporting linux/arm64 and linux/amd64 platforms.

Note: Check tig-benchmarker/.env for the current VERSION (currently 0.0.5).

Dev Images (for Innovators)

Development environment for writing and compiling algorithms:

Slave Images (for Benchmarkers)

Runtime images spun up as part of slave.yml (see benchmarker README):

Master Images (for Benchmarkers)

Spun up as part of master.yml (see benchmarker README):

Useful Scripts

The runtime and dev images include these scripts on PATH:

list_algorithms                              # List available algorithms for the challenge
download_algorithm <algorithm_name_or_id>    # Download an algorithm's source
test_algorithm <algorithm_name> <difficulty>  # Test an algorithm locally

The container automatically sets the CHALLENGE environment variable (e.g. knapsack/runtime sets CHALLENGE=knapsack). Use --testnet to target testnet.

License

See README for individual folders.