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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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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