OPEN INFRASTRUCTURE MARKETPLACE

The open market for infrastructure and services.

Buy from providers you choose, let providers compete for your workload, or match by requirements. Identity, escrow and settlement remain verifiable protocol state.

Explore the marketplace For providers

See how the marketplace works

MARKETPLACE OVERVIEW01 — 04
One clear path from need to verified service.

Verify usageSettlement follows recorded service.

Protocol in developmentExplore the flow
Buying

Three ways in. One market rail out.

Choose a listing, invite providers to compete, or describe what you need. Every provider carries a verifiable record — identity, audited claims, measured benchmarks and lease-bound reviews — and every successful match becomes the same lease.

Order → Match → Lease → Usage → Settlement → Review

Entry route

Best when you already know the provider or listing you want.

Fixed listing You choose the listing. Interactive example · sample data

Catalogue

Order appears here

Order

Listing #GP-0421 Exact provider + plan · identity-gated

Availability confirmed · no bidding required

Compare the two listings and their provider records, then choose one.

Provider record Provider B Hover or focus any provider to inspect it

  1. x/veid Identity Verified operator behind the listing Required to register
  2. x/provider Attributes Region, hardware, claimed tier Filtered at match
  3. x/audit Audit Auditor-signed claims, not self-assertion Orders can require it
  4. x/benchmark Benchmark Measured performance — proves hardware matches its class Filter or compare
  5. x/review Reviews Lease-bound reputation Screen & rank in your client

Shared market railIdentical after every match

  1. Match awaiting a route
  2. Lease escrow funded
  3. Usage metered runtime
  4. Settlement provider paid
  5. Review feeds the provider record
Compare the three methods
AttributeDirect orderOpen bidSelector
Provider selected byBuyerBid resultMatching engine
PriceListedCompetitiveEligible listing
Provider evidenceYou weigh itRequirements screen bidsRequirements filter listings
NegotiationNoneBid windowNone
Best forKnown listingCommodity capacityRequirement-driven buying
Full buying guide

Why it exists

Infrastructure should be an open market.

Providers

Market

Orders meet offerings on-chain. Every step becomes protocol state — not a private arrangement between two companies that have never met.

Explore the protocol →

Tenants

VirtEngine is not the cloud. It is the market independent infrastructure can join.

Catalogue

IaaS, PaaS, SaaS — and custom listings.

One catalogue. Multiple service models.

Infrastructure, managed platforms, software plans and provider-defined services — all in one place, with the same ordering and settlement flow.

IaaS

Infrastructure as a Service

Compute, storage and networking on demand.

  • Virtual machines
  • Private cloud
  • Bare metal
  • GPU nodes
PaaS

Platform as a Service

Managed platforms for modern application teams.

  • Managed Kubernetes
  • Managed databases
  • Inference endpoints
  • ML workspaces
SaaS

Software as a Service

Software sold as plans, with seats, licences and support.

  • Software subscriptions
  • Seats
  • Licences
  • Hosted applications
Custom

Anything a provider can describe

From consultancy to scripted provisioning and bespoke bundles.

  • Scripted service
  • Custom order form
  • Remote catalogue item
  • Specialist service
One catalogue All service models, one marketplace
  1. Browse Explore the catalogue
  2. Order Self-serve or assisted
  3. Provision Automated delivery
  4. Use Track usage and limits
  5. Settle One consistent model

Infrastructure depth stays first-class: GPU fleets, HPC schedulers and confidential enclaves sit alongside general cloud.

Explore the catalogue

Guarantees

Trust built into every transaction

Identity

VEID

Verified counterparties without exposing unnecessary identity data.

Identity

Evidence

Audit · benchmark · attestation

Evidence travels with providers and capacity.

Providers

Money

Escrow · usage · dispute · payout

Payment follows recorded service.

Settlement

Want the architecture? Client → Protocol → Provider daemon → Infrastructure Explore the protocol

Source

Built in the open

  • 27 modulesConsensus-executed protocol surfaces.
  • One repositoryChain, client and provider tooling.
  • Apache 2.0Inspect and build the implementation.
Browse source Read docs

Network status

Protocol development · Active
Public TestNet · Planned
Production MainNet · Not live

Last updated 17 Sep 2026

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VirtEngine is stewarded by DETIO FOUNDATION LTD, Australian not-for-profit public company limited by guarantee (ACN 699 651 771), supporting open infrastructure, privacy-preserving identity and public-interest technology.

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The thinking behind the protocol.