Verified Work on BAN
No specialized hardware. No staking lockups. No permission from a foundation. BAN is designed to reward verified work on consumer hardware, from Bitcoin anchoring to validation, storage, and AI compute, as those programs are enabled.
Participation Methods
Each path reflects a different type of network contribution. Run one or several. When enabled, qualified work may qualify for qBTCTM share allocations.
Optionally add a BitAxe USB miner and submit SHA-256 proof-of-work. That work strengthens Bitcoin and may qualify for qBTCTM Anchor Shares on BAN when the program is enabled. Both networks benefit from the same work.
Run an attestor node and participate in BAN consensus. Confirm Memory BlocksTM, vote on finality checkpoints, and contribute verifiable validation work. When enabled, qualified validation may qualify for qBTCTM shares.
Allocate disk space on your machine and store encrypted data shards for the network. The RowstoreTM protocol is designed to compensate reliable storage availability when that market is enabled. Your data stays redundant across the mesh.
Run ElliottTM AI inference tasks on your machine. Answer queries, process embeddings, and serve model outputs to the network. Verified inference receipts may qualify for qBTCTM shares when enabled. Your prompts and data stay local by default.
Contribute GPU or CPU cycles to train shared AI models. Memory BlocksTM provide verified training data from the chain itself. Model-build receipts may qualify for qBTCTM shares when that program is enabled.
Run a Bitcoin node alongside your BAN node and help anchor Memory BlocksTM to Bitcoin via Taproot. Verified anchor work can qualify for additional qBTCTM shares when enabled. You are the bridge between both chains.
Comparison
Bitcoin is sound money. Ethereum pioneered smart contracts. BAN combines the best of both worlds with post-quantum security and consumer-grade participation.
| Feature | Bitcoin | Ethereum | BAN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Post-Quantum Signatures | Not yet | Not yet | ML-DSA-65 from genesis |
| Hardware Wallet (PQ) | No PQ wallet exists | No PQ wallet exists | Toshi PQ1TM |
| Smart Contracts | Limited (Script) | Solidity / EVM | AttestoScriptTM + EVM |
| Transaction Finality | ~60 minutes | ~15 minutes | Milliseconds to 90 seconds |
| Consumer Mining | ASIC farms only | Removed (PoS) | BitAxe-compatible USB miners |
| On-Chain AI Training | No | No | Memory BlocksTM |
| Earning Methods | 1 (mining) | 1 (staking) | 6 verified-work paths |
| Decentralized Identity | No native system | ENS (DNS-based) | .btc identity + Attestos |
| Bitcoin Anchored | IS Bitcoin | No | Taproot anchoring |
| Supply Cap | 21M BTC | No hard cap | 21M qBTCTM |
| Minimum Hardware Cost | $5,000+ ASIC | 32 ETH stake | Laptop + optional USB miner |
| Local AI (No Cloud) | No | No | ElliottTM on-device |
Choose Your Level
Every Toshi Wallet installation lets you choose how much you want to participate. Start simple, scale up anytime. One click to change your preset.
Send and receive. PQ identity. .btc identity. No node, no earning. Minimum disk and bandwidth.
Light node with BitAxe mining and AI inference support. Verified-work features can be enabled without running a full node. Plug in your USB miner.
Validate blocks with limited disk. Pruned chain history. Verified-work services can be enabled as rollout expands. Good for laptops with limited SSD space.
Complete chain history. Bitcoin node + BAN node. Maximum participation footprint. Storage services can run locally when enabled. Serve the mesh network.
Full node plus testnet, AttestoScriptTM compiler, API access, debug console, and GitNodeTM integration. Build on BAN.