Greetings, OORT Fam!

Welcome to OORT Insider – your biweekly gateway into the world of decentralized AI and our ever-evolving ecosystem.

The past two weeks have been as exciting as ever. OORT DataHub datasets are gaining traction on Kaggle and even caught the attention of Cointelegraph. Meanwhile, the OORT team continues to push forward—building powerful products and championing the future of decentralized AI around the world. Dive into this issue for all the latest updates and milestones.

Headline Highlight

• Cointelegraph spotlights OORT DataHub as our decentralized AI datasets climb to the front page of Kaggle Google. Read the full story. 

Product Developments

1. DataHub

   • OORT App v2.5.1 was live — featuring support for Newbit Tasks with exclusive rewards, along with enhanced encryption to prevent potential scripting abuse.

   • Join OORT DataHub and complete the Newbie tasks for 750 EP each. 

   • Starting with the new leaderboard after May 15, referral points will be awarded once an invitee completes any normal task and passes verification, until we have better solutions to prevent abuse. 

   • Our tools dataset on Kaggle has already been downloaded 152 times — powering 150+ AI projects and growing!

2. Deimos II

   • Deimos II with LLMs is performing incredibly in the lab! The presale is just around the corner—stay tuned!

Ecosystem Updates

1. Testnets

   • OORT Testnets (Huygens & Ascraeus) officially closed on April 30, 2025.

2. Token Conversion & Burn

   • A total of 74,628.10627 locked CCNA tokens have been unlocked and converted to OORT. These were successfully distributed to DEN miners as part of the post-testnet transition.

   • A total of 1,471,606.0564 OORT was burned. This represents penalties for CCN/CCNA miners based on testnet activity.

3. HumanAIx

   • Join Mike Robinson, OORT Foundation Chairman, to dive into the vision and momentum behind HumanAIx.

Community Buzz

1. Campaigns

   • Join the “Stake to Earn More” campaign, level up your DataHub, and unlock up to 105× the standard rewards!

   • There are ongoing campaigns in our Telegram group. Join to win exclusive OORT merch to $OORT airdrops.

2. This deepfake video of our team is impressively well done — A masterpiece from the OORT community!

Social Media Highlights

• OORT is expanding into the Latin America market with new team members from Colombia and Argentina joining the regional team. 

• From teaching in academia to big-stage moments, here’s a peek behind the scenes at how we’re bringing DeAI to the world.

OORT in the Spotlight

• Markose, OORT MENA Lead, has been named one of the Top 100 Most Influential Voices in Fintech on LinkedIn (UAE), according to Favikon.

• Watch Markose introduce OORT in this featured clip from the Dubai AI & Web3 Innovation Summit.

• Crypto has a centralization problem — and it’s cloud-shaped. Dr. Max Li breaks it down with CCN on why decentralized cloud infrastructure needs to go mainstream to mitigate single point of failure risks.

Content Highlights

• Check out Dr. Max Li's latest Forbes article explores the rise of decentralized data collection and what to look for when choosing a provider—plus 5 leading platforms.

Thank you for staying connected with OORT!

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We’re thrilled about what’s to come and can’t wait to share more updates with you soon.