
John Forfar
AI Engineer at OwnX · Melbourne, Australia · Philippines
I build AI that runs on hardware you own instead of someone else’s cloud — and I teach thousands of developers how to run it themselves.
What I have built
MiroFish Research
41,962 views on the demoMy fork of the open-source MiroFish: a 10,000-agent prediction engine that runs a structured, multi-stage debate over macro events — oil, commodities, geopolitics — and shows its working. Feature-for-feature parity with a $50/mo terminal, running on hardware you own.
openmesh-cli
The `om` CLI: deploy, expose, observe and update a sovereign app on an Xnode with EVM wallet auth. The happy path is four commands.
Gamerplex & Contention Markets
11 programs, 170+ E2E testsOn-chain skill arcade and a game-agnostic pari-mutuel settlement protocol on Solana, with permissionless resolution and an open standard for permanent game history. Submitted to the Solana hackathons — Grizzlython and Colosseum Frontier.
Xnode TPM attestation
Remote attestation for sovereign compute: a seven-step quote / seal / unseal / credential-activation flow that proves a real app produced a real output on a real, unmodified machine.
On YouTube

Lost Colosseum Hackathon — Shipping to Solana Seeker Anyway
Losing a hackathon is not a reason to stop shipping. Sovereign game dev, continued.

100% Local AI Agent Research — No Middleman
A full research agent stack running on my own hardware, no API keys anywhere.

Predict Anything with 10,000+ Agents — MiroFish Demo
Ten thousand agents debating oil prices against real-world events. The channel’s most-watched build.
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Hack Node India Winner Announcements

Geeks on a Beach Philippines Podcast - Open Source AI
12/18/2025
IBA College of Mindanao - AI & Web3 Careers - Open Source AI
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Build Web3 Games with AI | Cor Jesu College Workshop
12/2/2025
Build with AI, Monetize with Web3 - Assumption College Mini App Workshop
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Introducing Base Mini App Factory - A new vibe coding platform
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Check out the 1000+ builders via new Mini Apps Dashboard
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Learning the Basics of Vibe Coding | Building AI Applications
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What is AI & Web3? Basic workshop
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Build & Deploy with Base Mini App Factory
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Deploying Your First Mini App Using Base Mini App Factory
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Cursor Alternative THAT DOESNT SUCK - vscode + ollama + roocode + qwen3-coder
11/20/2025
7 AI Projects from Australian Students | Hackathon Winner Announcement
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Vibe Coding Workshop - Assumption College - Integrating Government Data
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Build, Deploy & Monetize Decentralized AI | Central Mindanao University Workshop
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Unlocking Transparent Financial Data in Philippines
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Vibe Coding a Decentralized Blog Website
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Free & Open Source Cursor Alternatives | VS Code + Continue + Ollama + Qwen2.5 Coder
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