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How Much Code Do You Actually Own? 🤔

As developers, we pour weeks (sometimes months) into training AI models, writing smart contracts, or scaling apps. But there’s a question we rarely ask ourselves:

👉 How much of that code do we actually own?

Think about it:

  • Your logic often runs on cloud platforms you don’t control.
  • Your models live behind opaque APIs you can’t fully verify.
  • Your execution depends on servers you don’t own.

At the end of the day, are we really creating assets — or just renting infrastructure?

Rethinking Ownership in AI & Web3

What if ownership meant more than just having source code in a repo?
What if your model, your logic, your app could:

✅ Have an on-chain identity (with transparent proof it’s yours).
âś… Run directly on decentralized compute, not on rented servers.
âś… Earn for itself (and you) every time it executes.
âś… Be licensed, sold, or traded like true IP.

That’s the vision we’re building at haveto.com, where developers can deploy AI models and functional logic directly on-chain, using the languages they already know (Python, Go, Rust, etc.), without having to rewrite everything in Solidity.

Why This Matters

This shifts AI from being “just code” to being:

  • A revenue-generating asset
  • Fully owned by its creator
  • Transparent and verifiable (outputs you can trust)

It means developers and startups aren’t just pushing code anymore, they’re creating digital assets with real value.

Let’s Discuss

đź’­ If your AI models and logic could live fully on-chain, with proof of ownership and direct monetization, how would that change the way you build?

👇 Share your thoughts, I’d love to hear from the dev.to community.

đź”— haveto.com

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