Introduction
Frequently asked questions
Direct answers about what VOXX is, what currently works, and what remains proposed.
What is VOXX?
VOXX is a research-stage protocol for buying deterministic computation through verifier-controlled on-chain settlement. Requesters fund jobs, workers execute them off-chain, and a selected verifier decides whether the submitted result can release escrow.
Is VOXX a blockchain?
No. The current architecture is an application protocol deployed as contracts on an EVM-compatible host chain. VOXX does not produce blocks, run host-chain consensus, or replace the host chain's native gas asset.
What is $VOXX?
$VOXX is the proposed application asset for eligible compute deposits, verifier-accepted worker rewards, protocol fees, and future objective worker bonds. It is not deployed in v0.1, and no contract address, supply, allocation, sale, or launch date has been published.
What does a VOXX node do?
A VOXX node is worker software. It watches confirmed job events, filters for allowed programs and verifiers, executes supported workloads, constructs verifier-specific evidence, simulates settlement, and submits valid results. It is not a host-chain validator.
How is computation verified?
Each job selects a versioned verifier adapter. Settlement calls that adapter with the job ID, program ID, input commitment, result commitment, beneficiary, and evidence. A production adapter must cryptographically bind all of those fields. The v0.1 square demo recomputes arithmetic in Solidity and is not a production proof system.
Who can submit a result?
In v0.1, any account may submit before the deadline. The submitting address is also the reward beneficiary and must be part of the verifier statement. Reserved workers, bidding, delegation, and bonds are target features rather than shipped behavior.
What happens when a job expires?
Once the deadline has passed, anyone may trigger the refund path. The full locked amount, including the prospective protocol fee, becomes claimable by the original requester.
Does $VOXX pay network gas?
No. Users still pay the host chain's required gas asset. $VOXX is intended for VOXX application economics, not base-layer transaction fees or consensus security.
Where do worker rewards come from?
Worker rewards come from deposits funded by requesters. The current protocol does not create block rewards or mint assets for completed work.
Is VOXX production-ready?
No. The contracts and worker are reference software, have not been independently audited, and should not custody production value. A production release requires audited proof adapters, adversarial testing, reproducible deployments, and delayed administration.
Where can I inspect or run it?
The source, tests, local chain workflow, and worker instructions are published in the VOXX GitHub repository.