Running Cysic Prover with Vast/RunPod

I Overview

*中文*

The Cysic testnet has reached its third phase, which introduces the “eth proof” task. Since Cysic Prover relies on third-party images to compute this task (the program includes corresponding Docker commands to launch containers for handling the eth-related computations), this approach causes the official script provided by Cysic to fail when running on servers from GPU providers like Vast or RunPod. These platforms already operate within containers, and by default, they do not allow the use of containers within container instances.

So, what can be done? Let me solve it!

II How To Use

Let me first explain how to use it — If you have any questions: **Telegram Group**.

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1. Using the template I created to run the Cysic Prover on Vast/RunPod is super simple for you:

• **Vast Template **：https://cloud.vast.ai/?ref_id=158079&creator_id=158079&name=Cysic+Prover
• **RunPod Template**：https://runpod.io/console/deploy?template=0dm5oh1z8c&ref=ud15nc49

2. After launching the template, enter the container and run the following commands:

# (Optional) Skip this if you don't want to run eth-related tasks  
export ETH_RPC_ENDPOINT="your-eth-rpc-endpoint"

# Start the prover  
/app/entrypoint.sh "your-claim-reward-address"

3. ohh, fxck, so easy

III How To Work

Let me explain the principle. If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the group chat

1. We directly use public.ecr.aws/succinct-labs/moongate:v4.1.0 as the base image since the environment required for proof computations is largely the same. By doing so, we can use moongate-server directly.
2. Next, we implement a Docker wrapper to intercept Docker commands (docker run, docker stop/rm/kill, etc.) made by the Cysic Prover. Then, based on the original logic, we start and stop the corresponding moongate-server process.
3. As shown in the diagram below, within a Docker container instance on Vast, we simulate “Docker in Docker,” making it possible to run the Cysic Prover on platforms like Vast/RunPod!

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