Overview

ZeroSignal is a privacy-preserving AI inference network. Your passkey is your account, and a balance only you control pays for each message, with no subscription. The models are served by independent operators on an open network, and anyone can be one.

There are three ways in: chat in the browser, point the AI tools you already use at the proxy, or put your own hardware on the network as an operator, adding yourself and your nodes at operator.zerosignal.ai.

Why not just use ChatGPT — or run a model at home? Cloud services tie every conversation to your account and your card. Local models are private, but limited to what your own hardware can run. ZeroSignal gives you big, fast models running on other people's GPUs. Your prompt is encrypted to the one node that answers it, and on a confidential node not even that node's operator can read it — see What the operator can see. Try it in about two minutes →

Pick your path

🗨️ For users

Chat privately in the browser, pay per message. Start here if you want to use ZeroSignal.

⌨️ For developers

Point your editor, agent, or own code at an OpenAI-compatible proxy — same account, same network, no API key.

🖥️ For operators

Run inference hardware and sell its output. Start here if you want to serve models.

How it works

Create a passkey

Your device creates a passkey unlocked by your face, fingerprint, or device PIN, and your browser derives the keys to a wallet that only you control. The keys never leave your device.

Add funds

Start on a free trial, pay with a card, or send crypto from another chain or an exchange. Whatever you send lands as dollars (USDC) in your balance, and a couple of dollars covers a lot of chatting.

Chat

Each message pays the operator that serves it, typically a fraction of a cent for a short exchange.

Who sees what

By default, every request is split between two parties, so no single one holds both who you are and what you asked:

The relay and the operator are always different parties. Payments settle on a public chain between pseudonymous addresses. The full story is in Privacy & security.

Why there's no account

ZeroSignal never asks for an email, phone number, or card on file; a passkey needs no personal information — see Passkeys & your account. Conversations are stored encrypted on your device with no server-side copies, and your balance sits in a self-custodial wallet you can withdraw from at any time, with or without us — see Why use crypto?

Dig deeper

Using ZeroSignal

• Passkeys & your account — why there's no email or password.
• Models & operators — the open catalog, live prices, and Auto mode.
• Funding — cards, crypto, and withdrawing any time.
• Pricing — pay-per-message costs and fee breakdowns.
• Privacy & security — end-to-end encryption and what's visible.
• The operator network — who serves the models, and why you don't have to trust them.

Using the proxy

• Quick start — install, fund, and make a first request.
• Connecting AI tools — editors, agents, and your own code.
• Wallet & funding — share the chat app's wallet, add funds, withdraw.
• Running as a service — start on boot, restart on failure.

Running a node

• How the network works — the economics and trust model.
• Quick start — from nothing to a first paid request.
• Staking & economics — what it costs and what it pays.
• The payment flow — how a message becomes an on-chain settlement.

info

Stuck on something? Troubleshooting & FAQ covers the common cases.