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Task Development Concepts

What is a Node?​

nodes and tasks

Nodes are a worldwide network of servers made up of people running tasks on their computers. You can pay them with KOII to run your tasks on their local machines.

What is a Task?​

what are tasks

A task is a piece of code that you want to run on someone else's computer. You design the task to be run on many different computers at once, receive back a response from the task runner and verify it, then distribute rewards to everyone who performed the task successfully, all within the task itself.

How Does a Task Run?​

To understand the details of how a task runs, please see runtime flow.

Where are my Tasks Stored and Run?​

For more information on the storage and running of tasks, pleas see runtime environment.

How is a Task Structured?​

The three main elements of a task are to execute the task, audit the results, and distribute rewards.

Execute task​

This is where you instruct nodes on which work they should do.

Execute Tasks

Audit results​

When a node completes a task, it will submit a result. This result will then be verified by other nodes during the audit process.

Audit Tasks

Distribute rewards​

Once the results have been verified, rewards are given out to anyone who submitted a valid result.

Distribute Rewards

Ready to Get Started?​

Learn how to write and deploy your own task with our EZSandbox guide to task development.