Darkbloom – Private inference on idle Macs

Eigen Labs launched Darkbloom, linking 100M+ Apple Silicon Macs into a decentralized inference network. It offers an OpenAI-compatible API, claims end-to-end encryption plus hardware attestation, and lists prices up to 70% below OpenRouter comps. The real point is the trust model: hardware keys, hardened runtime, and signed outputs are disclosed, but enterprise audit scope still needs the paper.

Why it matters: HKR-H/K/R all pass: the idle-Mac inference angle is novel, and the post includes concrete scale, API, encryption, and price claims. I keep it at 80 because this is still a self-published research preview; audit scope, network reliability, and attack boundaries are not yet third-p