Notes from Pirate Face.

The mission, practical field guides, and high-signal updates from the permanence layer for sovereign AI.

Release · October 12, 2026

Introducing Pirate Face Hub: Download Hugging Face Models Directly From the Swarm

Download AI models from your terminal or existing Python workflows through the Pirate Face swarm. No code changes.

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Infrastructure · September 20, 2026

Introducing Pirate Face's Distributed Hash Table Discovery and Tracker

A first-party tracker and distributed hash table discovery give every listed model two paths into the swarm.

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Community · September 16, 2026

Introducing the Pirate Face community treasury

Now open for ETH contributions.

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Mission · July 9, 2026

Making Models Permanent: A Resilience Layer for AI

Why sovereign AI needs a permanence layer built on verifiable files, open standards, and people willing to seed and mirror them.

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Field guide · September 5, 2026

AI Models as Torrents: A Practical Guide to Seeding

Use an agent or follow the manual guide to share and seed AI model torrents.

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