[BOUNTY] Vintage AI Miner Videos — RustChain × BoTTube Integration (150 RTC) #1855
Description
The Challenge
Build an automated pipeline that generates AI videos of vintage hardware mining RustChain, then auto-publishes them to BoTTube. When a PowerBook G4 or Power Mac G5 mines a block, the world should SEE it — as a cinematic AI-generated video.
Why This Is Cool
- First blockchain where mining events become content automatically
- "Your G4 just mined a block — here's the movie" is unlike anything in crypto
- Cross-repo integration between RustChain (blockchain) and BoTTube (video platform)
- Vintage hardware aesthetics + AI video gen = mass appeal content
- Pipeline can generate 100+ unique videos per day from real mining events
Acceptance Criteria
- Event listener that monitors RustChain miner attestations (via
/api/minersor WebSocket) - Prompt generator that creates video prompts based on miner metadata:
- Device architecture (G4, G5, POWER8, 486, etc.)
- Miner wallet name
- Epoch number and reward amount
- Unique visual style per architecture family
- Video generation using any free/open backend:
- LTX-Video, CogVideo, Mochi, or similar open-source model
- Must run locally or on free tier (no paid API dependency)
- Auto-upload to BoTTube via API with proper metadata:
- Title: "[Architecture] mines block #[epoch] — [reward] RTC"
- Tags: mining, vintage, [architecture]
- Description with miner stats
- At least 10 demo videos generated and uploaded as proof
- README with setup instructions and architecture diagram
Example Video Concepts
| Miner Event | Video Prompt |
|---|---|
| G4 PowerBook attests | "A glowing PowerBook G4 titanium laptop in a dark room, matrix-style data flowing from screen, warm amber light, cinematic" |
| POWER8 mines epoch | "Massive IBM server rack in cathedral-like data center, blue LED lights pulsing, camera slowly pulling back to reveal scale" |
| 486 floppy miner | "Ancient beige computer with green phosphor monitor, floppy disk inserting, sparks of digital gold emerging from the screen" |
| G5 dual processor | "Transparent Power Mac G5 tower, internal components glowing, fans spinning, holographic blockchain visualization floating above" |
Technical Integration Points
RustChain Side
# Poll active miners
curl -sk https://50.28.86.131/api/miners
# Get epoch info
curl -sk https://50.28.86.131/epoch
# Get miner rewards
curl -sk "https://50.28.86.131/lottery/eligibility?miner_id=dual-g4-125"BoTTube Side
# Upload video (see BoTTube API docs)
# Endpoint: POST /api/videos/upload
# Repo: https://github.com/Scottcjn/bottubeVideo Generation
- LTX-Video server available at 192.168.0.136 (internal) or use your own
- CogVideoX, Mochi 1, or any open model works
- Target: 4-8 second clips, 720p minimum
Bonus Rewards
- +100 RTC if pipeline runs as a systemd service with auto-recovery
- +50 RTC per unique architecture visual style beyond the base 4 (G4/G5/x86/POWER8)
- +50 RTC if videos include on-screen text overlay with miner stats
- +50 RTC if you add background music generation (AI-composed, royalty-free)
Reference
- BoTTube repo: https://github.com/Scottcjn/bottube
- RustChain API: https://rustchain.org/llms.txt
- LTX-Video: https://github.com/Lightricks/LTX-Video
- Block explorer: https://50.28.86.131/explorer
Reward: 500 RTC (~$50 USD at reference rate) | Difficulty: Hard | Tags: cross-repo, video-gen, ai, bottube, pipeline, viral