# Supermini: a home GPU node that earns tokens when idle

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2020-06-22
- **Theme:** Local Compute — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/local-compute/
- **Source:** The Akashian Challenge Phase 1 Livestream (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:43:06 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3JjJldfU3o&t=2586s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/local-compute/2020-06-22-supermini-a-home-gpu-node-that-earns-tokens-when-i-yb7q/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Supermini: a home GPU node that earns tokens when idle," The Akashian Challenge Phase 1 Livestream (Akash Network), 22 Jun 2020, 00:43:06. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3JjJldfU3o&t=2586s

## Quote — verbatim

> Super mini is a mini supercomputer... it is a node on the Akash network... validators' expectation is that the nodes are in a data center, whereas super mini is supposed to be for your home... The cool thing is when you're not using the super mini, because it's a node on the network, it earns Akash tokens. So when you want to scale up beyond just using one super mini, you can use those tokens and pay for it.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Answering "how does the Supermini play into Akash?" — 2020-era articulation of home hardware earning income on a compute marketplace; 300 units sold out in two weeks.