Proposal: Blockworks Research | Akash Network

TLDR: Blockworks proposes a 12  month partnership with Akash Network to build and maintain a dedicated analytics dashboard on Blockworks media platform and the Blockworks Research Platform. The dashboard would become the authoritative source for Akash’s financial and operational metrics, giving institutional investors, media, and the wider crypto community a clear view of the network’s performance. Dashboards are normally paywalled behind the Blockworks Research platform, but partners who underwrite their build can choose to place them in front of the paywall on Blockworks primary media site, extending visibility from our institutional subscriber base to the entire industry, leveraging Blockworks distribution channels to surface network fundamentals at scale.

Budget Requested: $95,000 USD (payable in AKT) for a 12-month partnership. Tokens are fully unlocked at the time of payment—not subject to any vesting, lockups, or cliffs.

What Blockworks Will Do: Build a Dedicated Akash Dashboard - Blockworks will create and host a fully custom dashboard featuring real-time data on: (example metrics, non-exhaustive):

• Validator-level and global network insights
• Compute capacity (GPU/CPU/Memory/Storage availability and utilization)
• Active providers and their performance
• Staking flows and token economics (e.g. circulating supply, incentives, revenue)
• Demand trends for decentralized compute
• Protocol revenue, incentives paid, validator earnings
• Token health: staking rate, vesting, treasury size, off-chain liquidity
• Total CPU, memory, and storage capacity + utilization rates
• Active jobs and provider counts by region

This is a non-exhaustive list of metrics. Blockworks Research Team will work closely with Akash Team to iterate and expand upon metrics throughout the life-cycle of the engagement, ensuring the dashboard is granularly tailored to the Network and evolves over time.

Why This Matters (Strategic Value to Akash) *Visibility to Capital: Institutional investors, funds, and analysts use Blockworks as a key source of information when evaluating crypto infrastructure investments. *Narrative Ownership: In a rapidly evolving AI compute market, this dashboard gives Akash control over how its growth and economics are presented. *Market Confidence: Transparent, real-time data on utilization and revenue builds confidence among providers, validators, and potential enterprise users. *Benchmarking: By showcasing metrics like GPU utilization, staking flows, and revenue on a reputable, comparative platform, Akash can be benchmarked against competitors.

By aligning with other leading networks covered by Blockworks Analytics, Akash will position itself among a select cohort of teams setting the standard for investor transparency. This partnership signals to the market that Akash is proactively committed to clear, data-driven reporting on network fundamentals - through a trusted, independent third party - helping push the broader industry toward higher transparency and accountability.

Timeline Launch: H2 2025. Specific launch date to be agreed upon with the Akash team. Active Campaign Duration: 12 Months Ongoing Maintenance and Distribution: Full 12 month cycle