Render Network Foundation Monthly Report — March 2026
In March’s update includes the RenderCon 2026 full speaker lineup, a new governance proposal for a new compute subnet, a Dispersed node recruiting update, and news coverage of the Render Network.
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Ecosystem metrics
The Render Network Foundation tracks various metrics on its network. Below is the aggregate view of the month’s activity, previous month’s activity, and month-over-month change for a few key metrics.
Looking for definitions of each of these terms? Check out our previous monthly reports.
Product updates
Dispersed Sees Week-on-Week Usage Growth in March
March brought continued momentum for Dispersed, the distributed GPU network designed for AI workloads and general compute jobs.
March saw multiple week-over-week usage increases reflecting growing interest in distributed, cost-efficient GPU infrastructure for emerging inference and compute-heavy use cases.
At the same time, Dispersed is ramping up recruitment of node operators to support growing demand and expand available capacity across the network.
Node Operator Incentives
Qualified node operators currently receive 6 RENDER weekly, in addition to any RENDER earned from completed compute jobs. Details on rewards per GPU type can be found here.
This model is designed to reward both availability and active participation, while helping scale the supply side of the network as demand for decentralized compute continues to grow.
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Governance Updates
RNP-023 Proposes Salad Network Integrating With the Render Network for Node Rewards and Payments
A new governance proposal was introduced in March: RNP-023 proposes integrating Salad into the Render Network as a subnet.
The integration would bring Salad’s real-world demand and active GPU network onto Render Network. Specifically it seeks to move node rewards onchain and enable RENDER-based payment as an option for customers.
Salad estimates $4.3M in revenue in the first year of integration. Rewards to node operators resulting from that activity would, under this initiative, now be issued in RENDER. Additionally, the Salad team plans to implement payment in RENDER as an option for customers.
Why It Matters
Salad’s integration of Render Network as their onchain payments layer reflects growing alignment between decentralized payment infrastructure and real-world compute marketplaces. Per the Salad team, the integration would support a transition of distributed computing rewards and payment options onchain using RENDER while preserving existing customer workflows across its core products.
For the Render Network ecosystem, the proposal is an opportunity to grow both demand-side utility and sustained token burns, while broadening the network’s role in powering practical compute use cases.
In the News
Render Network Featured in The Verge on OpenAI’s Decision to Shut Down Video Generation Tool Sora
Render Network Foundation board member Trevor Harries-Jones was quoted in The Verge in a March 28th article following OpenAI’s decision to shut down Sora, commenting on the speed of innovation and fierce competition shaping the AI video market. His remarks reflected a broader shift in the space: as model quality improves across the board, creators are increasingly evaluating tools based on practical output, reliability, and workflow fit, not just launch hype.
Render Network on the BlockHash podcast: Rendering, AI, and the Next Phase of Distributed Compute
Trevor Harries-Jones also joined the BlockHash podcast in March to discuss the evolution of the Render Network from distributed rendering for motion graphics and VFX into a broader decentralized GPU network supporting both creative and AI workloads.
The conversation covered hybrid AI plus rendering workflows, the growing importance of open creative tools like Blender, and how distributed consumer GPUs will play an increasing role in inference, creator tooling, and future world model workloads.
Catch it on any of the following podcast platforms:
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/3dpapyjx
Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/msbxe4cw
Amazon Music: https://tinyurl.com/472sye4x
YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/477k8y5t
