Ralph

About Ralph

Ralph is an open model compression tournament operating on Bittensor subnet 40, focused on compressing a pinned large language model (Qwen3-8B) into smaller, more efficient GGUF files without altering its architecture. Participants (miners) compete to achieve the best compression within strict bit-budget tiers, with each round publicly audited and results anchored on-chain. Winning models, called 'crowns', are downloadable and tested on real iPhones, with transparent receipts and reproducible results. The protocol emphasizes verifiable, reproducible compression, rewarding both innovation and transparency, and is designed to make powerful models portable enough for local device use.