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Pearl is a Layer-1 blockchain that replaces hash-based proof-of-work with large-scale matrix multiplication, the core operation behind AI training and inference, so that GPUs securing the network simultaneously perform useful AI computation. Developed by Pearl Research Labs, the network retains Bitcoin's UTXO model and longest-chain consensus while its native asset, PRL, is mined as a by-product of verified GPU workloads.
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- Pearl Connect launched in Beta, integrating a crypto wallet and on-chain trading capabilities into coding agents, allowing them to trade on prediction markets and access Olas Marketplace agents within a single session. This expanded Pearl's agent lineup beyond autonomous agents into real-time collaborative tooling. (July 28, 2026) 2
- Pearl Mini was sunset after Google's Chrome Web Store policy update prohibited prediction market extensions enabling real-money transactions, removing the extension at the end of July while prediction market work continued in the Pearl desktop app. (July 7, 2026) 4
- Olas Q2 2026 roundup highlighted that Olas AI agents surpassed 18.2 million lifetime transactions, the launch of the Olas Marketplace Protocol Fee (a 15% fee on agent-to-agent payments with collected OLAS burned), and the consolidation of agents onto Pearl, which also shipped its first AI-built feature. (July 1, 2026) 5
- Solayer launched the mainnet of Margin Trade, a Solana-native perpetual trading platform that became the first to offer a liquid, leveraged perpetual market for Pearl Research ($PRL), supporting up to 3x leverage positions. (June 9, 2026) 6
- Pearl Mini was introduced as a browser extension providing AI-powered predictions for Polymarket markets, offering "Quick," "Deep," or "Super" levels of analysis with AI-generated likelihood scores, integrating Privy for wallet setup and Tempo for USDC micropayments. (May 21, 2026) 3
- Together AI integrated Pearl, offering a 25%+ discount on its Gemma-4-31B-it-Pearl inference endpoint, subsidized by expected PRL emissions. This marked a significant commercial validation of Pearl's Proof-of-Useful-Work model. (May 2026) 1
- Pearl's Proof-of-Useful-Work design was detailed, describing a Bitcoin-style Layer-1 blockchain that replaces SHA-256 hashing with matrix multiplication, with a fixed supply of 2.1 billion PRL tokens, 194-second target block times, and a smooth polynomial emission decay curve. (June 10, 2026) 1
About & Links
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Pearl is a Layer-1 blockchain that replaces hash-based proof-of-work with large-scale matrix multiplication, the core operation behind AI training and inference, so that GPUs securing the network simultaneously perform useful AI computation. Developed by Pearl Research Labs, the network retains Bitcoin's UTXO model and longest-chain consensus while its native asset, PRL, is mined as a by-product of verified GPU workloads.
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Pearl Profile
Pearl was developed by Pearl Research Labs, co-founded by complexity theorist Omri Weinstein (Princeton PhD, affiliated with the Hebrew University, previously at NVIDIA and Vast Data). The project's whitepaper, published in April 2025, proposed a proof-of-useful-work (PoUW) consensus mechanism, implemented as cuPOW, in which miners produce valid blocks by generating verifiable proofs of matrix multiplications, wrapped in zk-SNARKs for cheap on-chain verification. The base layer is forked from Bitcoin's btcd codebase, retaining the UTXO model and longest-chain rule, with a fixed maximum supply of 2.1 billion PRL and a target block time of roughly 194 seconds. Emissions follow a polynomial decay curve rather than Bitcoin-style halvings.
Key events in the project's history include:
- April 2025: The Pearl whitepaper is published.
- April 27, 2026: Pearl mainnet launches.
- May 15, 2026: AI cloud provider Together AI announces an exclusive partnership, launching a discounted inference endpoint tied to the network. PRL's price and GPU mining profitability spike in the following weeks before declining as network difficulty rises.
- June 2026: PRL begins trading on centralized exchanges, including CoinEx, BigONE, and SafeTrade.
- July 2026: Pearl Research Labs joins the NVIDIA Inception program, building an accelerated inference platform targeting Hopper and Blackwell GPUs.