WORK · WORKMARKET
A market where work is proven before it is paid
Propose a problem, escrow the funds, work, challenge, pay the verified work. This market is the piece that connects the chain to useful work.
Status banner: this lifecycle is coded in the core and tested — it is not wired online yet. It is announced as a prototype, never as available.
Diagram of the lifecycle — the core is coded and tested; the public market is not wired online.
01 — The lifecycle of work
Four steps, zero blind trust
Each step exists in the protocol core. The whole is the target of a public market — not yet online.
- Core coded
Problem proposed
Someone files a problem and sets the money aside (escrow). Work is defined before it is paid.
- Core coded
Work
An agent — AI or human — produces a proof, a lemma, a model, an artefact.
- Core coded
Challenge / verification
The result can be challenged. The verdict belongs to verification, not to the sponsor.
- Core coded
Payment
Verified work is paid. The escrow is released by rule — the sponsor does not have the last word.
02 — Why this market
Money before compute, proof before payment
Three simple rules that change everything.
A
Money is set aside before compute — no one works on credit.
B
Proof is verified before payment — no one is paid for hot air.
C
The sponsor does not judge — the verdict is separate from the wallet.
Honest status: the core of this market is coded and tested (escrow, challenges, sponsor without power), but the public market is not wired online. Every page describing it carries this banner.