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# Overview

RobinCompute is an open inference network on Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum Layer 2. Own a GPU? Plug it in and it earns USDG for every inference job it completes. Hold an Ethereum wallet? Ask open-weight models anything: no account to create, no logs kept, no content filters imposed by the protocol.

Every job, every payment, every provider payout is a Robinhood Chain transaction. Nothing here depends on believing us. The record wins, and anyone can read it.

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## The three layers

**Users and developers.** Jobs arrive through the chat interface, the REST API, or the SDK. Before any routing happens, the job's credits lock in on-chain escrow. Your prompt is encrypted on your device before it goes anywhere, and nothing gets logged.

**Providers.** The people running worker nodes, whether a browser tab using WebGPU or the `robincompute-node` daemon on dedicated hardware. A worker takes an encrypted job, runs the model locally, and returns a signed proof of completion. Payment follows the proof, with no delay.

**Smart contracts.** Escrow, proof verification, and payouts are contract code. No intermediary signs off. When a job settles, the `settlement` contract sends 75 to 85 percent of its value straight to the worker's wallet and routes the rest to the protocol treasury.

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## What the protocol guarantees

**Privacy is structural.** A one-time ephemeral key encrypts every prompt on your device before it leaves. The worker decrypts it in memory, holds it only while inference runs, and writes nothing to disk. No party keeps a copy. Ask anything. Keep it to yourself.

**No gatekeeping of content.** The closed AI stack puts a company between you and the model, deciding what you may ask. Not here. Every model on the network is open-weight, and the protocol applies no content filtering of its own. Model curation is decided on-chain by $RCOMPUTE holders.

**Everything settles publicly.** One job produces at least two Robinhood Chain transactions: one locks the escrow, one releases payment. Buybacks, burns, and treasury moves are ordinary transactions too. You never take a dashboard's word for anything. Pull it up on Blockscout and check.

**Anyone can join.** No waitlist, no KYC, no geographic restriction. An Ethereum wallet is the whole requirement. Gas is sponsored through ERC-4337, so you never need to hold ETH.

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## Where to go next

| Section             | Covers                                                             |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| \[Quickstart]\()    | Your first inference or your first payout, in under 10 minutes     |
| \[Architecture]\()  | Every system component, explained technically                      |
| \[Core Concepts]\() | Job lifecycle, privacy guarantees, settlement, credits, tokenomics |
| \[Providers]\()     | Browser and native workers, staking, reputation                    |
| \[API Reference]\() | Endpoints, auth, request and response shapes                       |
| \[Integrations]\()  | OpenAI drop-in, JS/TS SDK, Python, LangChain                       |

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## Key numbers

| Metric                   | Value                                   |
| ------------------------ | --------------------------------------- |
| Settlement chain         | Robinhood Chain Mainnet (chain ID 4663) |
| Block time               | \~100ms                                 |
| Cost per transaction     | Fractions of a cent                     |
| Provider payout          | 75% of job value (85% with staking)     |
| Stablecoin               | USDG (ERC-20)                           |
| Governance token         | $RCOMPUTE                               |
| Total $RCOMPUTE supply   | 1,000,000,000 (fixed, no inflation)     |
| Minimum stake for Tier 2 | 1,000 $RCOMPUTE                         |
| Prompt retention         | Zero                                    |

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{: .note } RobinCompute is in open beta. Beta means early, not unfinished: the network is live, payouts are real, and everything settles on Mainnet. A few features are still rolling out.


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