A real neural net trained inside the EVM: 200K gas inference, ~340K gas per training step
jarrodwatts · x · 2026-09-02
- Developer danielvf demonstrated an actual neural network being trained inside the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM).
- Key numbers: inference costs about 200K gas, and a training step—including loading and storing all weights to storage with MIP-8—costs around 340K gas.
- The author notes there's still room to optimize; a rare on-chain neural net training demo.
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