[heyitsguay]

Right, I understand that. I'm saying from the point of view of the task submitters, the PoW approach is unnecessary and adds time and cost overhead to what is ostensibly the main goal of their participation: getting an ML model trained.

[gglon]

Yes, then the overhead(+ incentive) should be subsidized by Peers - normal users that just use the network eg. for transactions. As a tx fee or inflation.