What is Morpheus?

This Gitbook is authored by the Morpheus Open Source Contributors Community. All the ideas and concepts presented here are the result of collaborative efforts of individuals passionate about decentralized technologies and AI.

Morpheus is the decentralized infrastructure layer where anyone can build, deploy, and scale AI without gatekeepers.

It combines yield-powered tokenomics, decentralized compute, and open-source code into a permissionless network — with the native token MOR aligning incentives through daily emissions to four contributor groups: Capital, Compute, Code, and Builders.

What Makes Morpheus Different

❌ No formal team, founders, or registered entity – the network is not controlled by a company or foundation.

🌍 Globally distributed contributors – a community dedicated to decentralized AI and open-source development.

💸 No token sale, no pre-mine, no VC allocations – MOR was not issued through private deals or insider advantages.

⚡ Fair Launch – equal conditions and opportunities for everyone from day one.

Origins

On September 2, 2023, a group of anonymous authors — identifying themselves as Morpheus, Trinity, and Neo — published a groundbreaking paper, marking the inception of the Morpheus network.

Since then, Morpheus has followed a uniquely free-market path. Its economic design draws on principles of individual sovereignty, voluntary markets, and anarcho-capitalism — making it one of the first networks since Bitcoin to fully embrace a permissionless, market-driven model.

Today

Morpheus has grown from a whitepaper into a working network where contributors stake, compute, build, and code — expanding freedom through decentralized AI.

Thanks to all those in the community Staking, Computing, Building & Coding for Freedom.