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
- Full source code access
- Self-hosted deployment
- All features unlocked
- Community support
- Apache 2.0 license
Researcher
- Managed cloud hosting
- 10 papers/month analysis
- 5 PDF downloads/month
- Community support
- Email verification required
Starter
- Everything in Researcher
- 50 papers/month analysis
- 10 PDF downloads/month
- Email support
- 7-day free trial
Professional
- Everything in Starter
- 500 papers/month analysis
- 100 PDF downloads/month
- Vector search enabled
- Priority support
- 14-day free trial
Enterprise
- Unlimited usage
- Dedicated deployment
- Custom LLM models
- White-label option
- SLA guarantees
- Consulting included
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
Coming Soon - Join the Waitlist
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.