Weaving the Cosmos: WASM-Powered Interchain Communication for AI Enabled Smart Contracts

TL;DR

This paper presents a novel framework integrating blockchain, Cosmos SDK, and WebAssembly to enable on-chain AI inferences across multiple blockchain nodes, enhancing smart contract capabilities with AI functionalities.

Contribution

It introduces a portable, scalable, and secure WASM-based system for interchain AI inference deployment on blockchain networks, addressing feasibility and security concerns.

Findings

Framework supports cross-chain AI inference execution.

System demonstrates scalability and security in tests.

Enables new AI-powered smart contract applications.

Abstract

In this era, significant transformations in industries and tool utilization are driven by AI/Large Language Models (LLMs) and advancements in Machine Learning. There's a growing emphasis on Machine Learning Operations(MLOps) for managing and deploying these AI models. Concurrently, the imperative for richer smart contracts and on-chain computation is escalating. Our paper introduces an innovative framework that integrates blockchain technology, particularly the Cosmos SDK, to facilitate on-chain AI inferences. This system, built on WebAssembly (WASM), enables interchain communication and deployment of WASM modules executing AI inferences across multiple blockchain nodes. We critically assess the framework from feasibility, scalability, and model security, with a special focus on its portability and engine-model agnostic deployment. The capability to support AI on-chain may enhance and expand the scope of smart contracts, and as a result enable new use cases and applications.