Autonomous AI Researcher for Blockchain Consensus

ConsensusMind systematically explores novel blockchain consensus mechanisms through autonomous literature review, protocol analysis, and research synthesis. Production-grade Rust implementation with zero compromises.

Core Capabilities

Paper Ingestion

Searches arXiv, downloads PDFs, extracts text, and tracks metadata locally for a reproducible paper corpus.

Semantic Search

Builds a local embedding index and supports semantic search over the paper corpus.

Agent Runner

Runs an end-to-end pipeline (search → download → index → retrieve → summarize) and saves structured JSON reports.

Hypothesis Generation

LLM-driven hypothesis generation with novelty scoring and persistent storage.

Experiments

Runs reproducible simulation sweeps (leader baseline + Raft-style) and saves results under data/experiments.

Paper Outputs

Generates LaTeX research papers and Markdown whitepapers from hypotheses and experiment results.

Production Quality

Zero compiler warnings. Zero dead code. Comprehensive testing. Built for reliability, not prototypes.

Research Focus Areas

  • Byzantine Fault Tolerant consensus protocols
  • Proof-of-X mechanism variants and hybrids
  • Finality guarantees and probabilistic settlement
  • Network partition recovery strategies
  • Scalability vs. decentralization trade-offs
  • Energy efficiency in consensus design
  • Attack vector analysis and mitigation

Research Methodology

  • Systematic literature search via arXiv API
  • Local semantic retrieval over extracted text
  • Reproducible simulations (parameter sweeps + seeds)
  • Structured JSON artifacts (metadata, hypotheses, experiments)
  • Automated reports, LaTeX papers, and Markdown whitepapers
  • Open source workflows and CI checks

Technical Architecture

Rust 2021

Production-grade core

Self-hosted vLLM

LLM reasoning layer

arXiv API

Academic paper search

JSON + Local Files

Metadata, hypotheses, experiments

Tokio Async

Async runtime

LaTeX

Paper generation

PDF Extract

Text extraction

Reqwest + Rustls

HTTPS client

Project Status

Current Version

v0.10.0 - Milestones 1–10 complete. CLI supports run/hypothesize/experiment and paper/whitepaper generation.

Scope

Local-first research tooling: arXiv ingestion, semantic search, hypothesis generation, simulations, experiments, and generated outputs.

Next

Future work: richer protocol models, improved retrieval quality, and extended paper formatting and figures.

Pricing

Open Source

$0/forever
  • Full source code access
  • Self-hosted deployment
  • All features unlocked
  • Community support
  • Apache 2.0 license
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Researcher

$0/month
  • Managed cloud hosting
  • 10 papers/month analysis
  • 5 PDF downloads/month
  • Community support
  • Email verification required
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Starter

$49/month
  • Everything in Researcher
  • 50 papers/month analysis
  • 10 PDF downloads/month
  • Email support
  • 7-day free trial
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Enterprise

Custom
  • Unlimited usage
  • Dedicated deployment
  • Custom LLM models
  • White-label option
  • SLA guarantees
  • Consulting included
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Research Consulting

  • Custom consensus protocol design
  • Security audits of existing protocols
  • Academic paper co-authoring
  • Protocol implementation review
  • Training workshops for research teams
  • Long-term research partnerships

API Access

  • $0.10 per paper analyzed
  • $0.05 per PDF download
  • $0.50 per research synthesis
  • $2.00 per protocol simulation run
  • Pay-as-you-go billing
  • REST API with authentication

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Cloud hosting and authentication are planned. This repository provides the full open-source CLI and local-first workflow.

Planned: optional authentication for a hosted offering.