INFERPROOF⛏ONE

Mining Rules

Public terms of participation for InferProof One.

InferProof One — Mining Rules (v1.1)

Effective Date: Upon public registration opening
Last Updated: 5 August 2026
Operator: Quick AI LLC (Idaho)
Official website: https://inferproof.one

These Mining Rules govern participation in InferProof One (IP1). By registering, pasting a management key, binding a wallet, or making any payment, you agree to these Rules in full.

1. Nature of IP1

IP1 is a pure historical receipt of paid AI inference.
It records that a specific OpenRouter identity paid for a quantity of tokens during the one-year mining window.

IP1 is not an investment product, security, or speculative instrument. There is no expectation of profit from the efforts of Quick AI LLC or any other party. Quick AI designs, secures, and operates the mining system for a fixed period. After that period ends, Quick AI’s operational role concludes.

Mining accrual vs token decimals: While mining, accruals are in whole IP1 only (see §3). The on-chain token uses decimals = 1 so common wallet and integration paths that expect a non-zero decimal place work cleanly after mint. Fractional (0.1) units may appear in post-mint transfers or later promotions; they do not change the whole-IP1 mining floor.

2. Demo Allowance

We want everyone who already pays for inference to be able to experience the mining system. Hosting the infrastructure that meters usage, compiles daily lists, runs the review window, and submits mints costs real money.

Therefore every newly registered account receives a one-time cumulative demo allowance of 25 IP1.

  • This is a lifetime total, not a daily cap. It is distinct from the daily capacity of a paid Minecart Size.
  • Demo mints follow the exact same daily settlement and review process as paid mints. IP1 is earned only as you log qualifying paid inference — not as a free up-front grant of 25 tokens.
  • When an account’s total minted IP1 reaches 25, further minting is blocked until a paid Minecart Size is purchased.
  • There are no partial IP1 accruals. 1,000,000 paid tokens = 1.0 IP1 (floor).
  • Purchasing a Minecart Size ends demo. Remaining demo headroom is discarded; the account uses the cart’s daily cap thereafter. If you want to finish a few more demo tokens first, delay the purchase yourself.

3. Conversion & Eligibility

  • Conversion rate: 1,000,000 paid OpenRouter tokens = 1.0 IP1 (floor).
  • Paid usage only. Any model whose name or slug contains the word “free” is excluded. Attempts to route or misreport free-model usage as paid will result in permanent revocation of future minting rights for that account.
  • Metering is performed using the management key you generate on OpenRouter and paste into InferProof. Only paid usage attributed to the account that owns that management key counts.
  • Recommended practice: create a dedicated OpenRouter account that is preloaded and has no auto-top-up. This isolates mining activity from any primary billing account.

Management keys are non-spendable (they cannot run inference). Nevertheless, InferProof treats them with the same custody standard as if they were spendable. You must weigh the pros and cons of generating a management key and handing it to the operator. Official documentation on management keys is available at:
https://openrouter.ai/docs/guides/overview/auth/management-api-keys

4. Daily Settlement (N / N+1 / N+2)

  • Day N = 00:00:00.000 UTC to 23:59:59.999 UTC.
  • Day N usage is compiled on Day N+1 at approximately 00:05 UTC.
  • A review period of roughly 23 hours and 55 minutes then follows.
  • The Day N mint (batchMint) is submitted at 00:00 UTC on Day N+2.
  • Usage occurring at or after 23:59:01 UTC belongs to the next day. That short buffer exists so day-roll operations are not overloaded; the slice is covered on the following day’s rolls.
  • The compiled figure after review is final. There are no credit negotiations, retroactive adjustments, or disputes over individual totals.
  • Daily mints may be delayed or an entire day’s list may be held or stricken for integrity reasons. Unbroken 365-day minting is not guaranteed. Scarcity created by missing or delayed days is accepted by design.

5. Minecart Sizes, Payment & Upgrades

Ongoing minting after the demo requires a one-time payment that unlocks a daily capacity (Minecart Size).

Current sizes (USDC):

USDCDaily CapHero Name
$91Minecart 30
$175Minecart 150
$2510Minecart 300
$5425Minecart 750
$8550Minecart 1,500
$139100Minecart 3,000
  • Payments are accepted in USDC (exact amounts above) or native ETH. ETH amounts are set at mainnet deployment so that ETH value ≈ the USDC price of each size, then frozen. Everyone pays the same fixed ETH amount per size after freeze. If ETH appreciates later, you can still join or upgrade via USDC.
  • Payment must originate from the wallet currently bound to the account (plain Base transfer to the operator treasury; no payment contract).
  • No refunds. All payments are final. Users are accountable for wallet and payment actions.
  • Upgrades: You may increase your Minecart Size at any time by paying the difference (or more) from your bound wallet. The system tracks a cumulative paid balance. When that balance crosses the next tier threshold, the higher daily cap is unlocked. Overpayment is credited toward the next size. Any amount paid beyond the highest size is treated as a tip to the operator.

5.1 Registration path before payment recognition

Onboarding is ordered so payment recognition is not a public free-for-all:

  1. Authenticate via one or more supported OAuth methods (Discord primary; GitHub and others additive).
  2. Paste a management key from an OpenRouter account.
  3. Bind a wallet (1:1 text address on Base).
  4. Only then may the account reach payment recognition (“I paid with USDC” / “I paid with ETH”).

Accounts that have not completed the above steps cannot call the payment watcher.

5.2 Payment recognition (watcher)

Payment is not silent auto-credit. Recognition is user-initiated:

  1. You send USDC or ETH from your bound wallet to the treasury.
  2. You press “I paid with USDC” or “I paid with ETH” in the app (optional tx hash field to help locate the transfer).
  3. The watcher reviews transfers from your bound address → cold treasury for that asset and reports the recognized cumulative amount.
  4. If cumulative paid is ≥ one or more Minecart prices, the highest size whose threshold is met is unlocked.

On Base, plain transfers are typically visible quickly. Wait until the transaction has confirmations before calling the watcher. If you click too early or incorrectly, wait for the cooldown and try again.

Who cannot call the watcher / UI state

  • Not authenticated, no management key, or no bound wallet → unavailable.
  • Already on the maximum Minecart Size → payment recognition is disabled (greyed out); there is nothing further to unlock.

Rate limits (abuse resistance without killing onboarding)

  • Per account: about once every 15 minutes. Unrestricted calls would create a spam / treasury-probe surface.
  • Global / IP: soft capacity limits may apply under load.
  • The watcher is always scoped to the caller’s bound wallet; it does not accept an arbitrary address to scan.

6. Accounts, Login, Wallet Binding & Public ID

  • At most two accounts per registration IP (household / F&F). A third new sign-up from the same connection is refused.
  • The internal publicId (sequential #00001, #00002, …) is the single source of truth for identity.
  • External OAuth providers (Discord primary; GitHub and others additive) are interchangeable login methods that resolve to the same publicId. Multiple methods can be linked to one publicId.
  • Access to the mining app is tied exclusively to the OAuth methods you have linked. If you lose access to your Discord, GitHub, or other linked providers, we cannot recover the account for you. We will not attempt to verify anonymous identities for which we hold no credentials.
  • One publicId ↔ one wallet (1:1). The first wallet change is free. Subsequent changes are subject to a 30-day timelock. Changes are performed entirely in the app.
  • Verified Miner role: Auto-assigned after registration + Discord OAuth. This is a community label only; it has no effect on minting rights or wallet changes. Phone verification, when used, is solely for Discord entry gating.

7. Operator Rights

During the mining window the operator (Quick AI LLC) retains the ability to:

  • Pause minting.
  • Permanently revoke future minting rights on specific addresses in cases of severe abuse, manipulation, or integrity violations.
  • Hold or strike an entire day’s mint list when anomalies are detected.

The contract is designed so that the admin role can be renounced and the minter role made immutable. The founder is prepared to burn or renounce remaining privileged keys once the system is stable, for additional peace of mind.

8. Scope of Quick AI’s Role

Quick AI’s business is limited to:

  • Designing a fair mining system,
  • Securing it (including custody of the management keys you paste),
  • Facilitating the daily metering → review → mint process, and
  • Reducing shared costs through batching.

Anything related to secondary markets, liquidity, bridges, price, speculative trading, or ongoing token utilities is completely out of scope.

After the one-year window ends, Quick AI’s operational role concludes. Governance and ongoing management of the token become the business of the eventual restricted DAO. Quick AI LLC will transfer relevant ownership rights (Discord server, domain, and potentially the associated X account) and will not participate in DAO governance.

The founder, acting in a purely personal capacity as a token holder, reserves the right to vote or otherwise participate on the public side of the DAO. Neither the founder nor Quick AI LLC will hold any privileged or administrative role in the DAO’s governance.

9. Community Safety & Scam Reporting

Quick AI LLC and the official InferProof channels will never:

  • Proactively direct-message (DM) you on X or in Discord.
  • Ask you for money, private keys, seed phrases, OpenRouter credentials, OAuth tokens, logins, or any other sensitive information.
  • Solicit funds for exchange listings, liquidity, marketing, or any other purpose.

Any message that claims to be from InferProof / Quick AI and asks for the above is a scam.

Your responsibilities:

  • Exercise due diligence. Official communication happens only through the verified website (https://inferproof.one), the official Discord server, and the official X account.
  • Immediately report any scam attempt, impersonation, or solicitation that uses InferProof or Quick AI branding — whether it targets you directly or appears in the community.
  • Report via the dedicated #scam-reports channel in the official Discord (or by emailing nick@quickai.build if you cannot access Discord).

Reporting helps protect the entire miner community. Failure to report known active scams that use our name does not create liability for you, but active cooperation is expected and appreciated.

10. Start Date & Window Length

The mining window runs for one year from the official start date (announced when the system is ready for public registration after successful testnet operation). The end is determined by an immutable on-chain timestamp.

11. Acceptance

By registering or continuing to use the InferProof One system you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to these Mining Rules.

These Rules may be updated. Material changes will be announced through official channels. Continued participation after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised Rules.

Quick AI LLC — P.O. Box 254, Hayden, ID 83835 — nick@quickai.build — https://inferproof.one