Overview

ZeroSignal is a privacy-preserving AI inference network. No email, no password, no subscription — your passkey is your account, and a balance only you control pays for each message. 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.

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 you're limited to what your own hardware can run. ZeroSignal sits in between: you get big, fast models running on other people's GPUs, while your messages stay encrypted so no one on the network can read them. Cloud-sized models, local-grade privacy. 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. That passkey + wallet is your account: there's nothing to register and nothing to hand over.

Add funds

Buy with a card, or transfer crypto from many major chains. 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. No subscription, no card on file, no monthly commitment.

Who sees what

Every request is split between two parties, so no single one ever 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 — verifiable by anyone, tied to no one. The full story is in Privacy & security.

Why there's no account

An email, a phone number, a card on file — each one is a record of you. ZeroSignal asks for none of them:

• Nothing to sign up for. A passkey requires zero personally identifiable information.
• Nothing to leak. Your wallet keys are derived locally and never sent anywhere.
• Nothing to log. Conversations live encrypted on your device — there are no server-side copies.
• Nothing held hostage. Your balance lives 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.