Question 1

What roles do ORBIO and CREDIT have in the September 2026 CREDIT protocol?

Accepted Answer

In the September 2026 CREDIT protocol, ORBIO is staked to earn CREDIT. CREDIT can be held, transferred, traded, or activated as an AI-usage balance; an agent may also buy CREDIT without staking. Each CREDIT represents $1 of Orbio AI usage nominally, not a dollar redemption promise for ORBIO. Activation permanently burns CREDIT and may deduct an activation fee from the amount submitted. The resulting balance is neither transferable nor redeemable for cash.

Question 2

Where does CREDIT earned by staking ORBIO come from, and when is it settled?

Accepted Answer

Half of collected ORBIO trading fees funds AI usage, and stakers earn CREDIT against that funding. This mechanism requires staking ORBIO; simply holding ORBIO does not establish staking eligibility under this protocol. The staking contract settles and mints the CREDIT for each finalized hour. What it mints is CREDIT, not additional ORBIO, and hourly settlement does not make the amount earned each hour fixed.

Question 3

Where do protocol fees kept by the order book and activation go?

Accepted Answer

Fees retained by the order book and activation are converted to inference funding. CREDIT minted against that funding is listed on the book at a fixed discount. That fixed-discount listing mechanism does not mean every seller uses the same price. The market discount still depends on market prices.

Question 4

Can fees exceed the USDG budget in a regular order-book CREDIT purchase?

Accepted Answer

No. In a regular purchase, usdgIn is the total USDG budget and the protocol fee comes out of it, not on top of it. usdgSpent plus feeAtoms is at most usdgIn. The buyer should also set a positive minCreditOut and use from 1 to MAX_FILLS() makers. The total budget, minimum output, and fill limit jointly constrain the trade.

Question 5

Does an order-book CREDIT quote lock in execution?

Accepted Answer

No. Quotes do not reserve liquidity, so receiving one does not lock a seller’s order for the buyer. Execution remains subject to available orders and the minCreditOut and maxFills constraints.

Question 6

Does activating 25 CREDIT always yield a usable $25 balance?

Accepted Answer

Not necessarily. Activation permanently burns the CREDIT submitted, and an activation fee is retained from that amount. The fee is zero until the protocol sets one and is capped at 10%; therefore, 25 CREDIT is the gross amount burned, not necessarily the net balance. At the nominal $1 per CREDIT, the net amount is $25 with a zero fee and $22.50 with a 10% fee. Use previewActivation(amount) for the actual credited balance and fee; the balance cannot be redeemed for cash.

Question 7

Does buying and activating CREDIT charge two protocol fees?

Accepted Answer

No. The buyAndActivate path is charged once: the book takes nothing from the USDG budget for a book fee, and that budget buys CREDIT from sellers. Any applicable activation fee is retained from the CREDIT bought. It should therefore not be counted as a regular purchase fee plus an activation fee. The usable balance depends on the CREDIT acquired and its net activation result.

Question 8

How do transfer and sale options change before and after CREDIT activation?

Accepted Answer

Before activation, CREDIT may be held, transferred, or sold, including sending it from a coordinating agent to another worker. Activation permanently burns the corresponding CREDIT into an account’s AI-usage balance. That balance can no longer be transferred or sold as CREDIT and cannot be redeemed for cash; transfer CREDIT before activation if it must be moved.

Question 9

How should the CREDIT/ORBIO pool and the USDG multi-hop route be understood?

Accepted Answer

The September 2026 protocol document describes the CREDIT/ORBIO pool as planned, with a planned 0% LP fee. That does not mean every CREDIT trading route is fee-free. USDG → NVDA → ORBIO → CREDIT may be a route where relevant liquidity exists. The description does not guarantee that every hop is available or that the planned pool is live.

Question 10

Can a project earn trading fees simply by pairing its token with CREDIT?

Accepted Answer

No. Merely creating a pair does not pay the issuer. The project must own liquidity in a fee-bearing pool or have explicit fee routing to receive its share of CREDIT trading fees. Such a fee-bearing pool differs from the planned 0% LP-fee CREDIT/ORBIO pool, so its revenue mechanism cannot be applied to the latter.

Question 11

Must an agent create new access credentials when adding CREDIT to the same account?

Accepted Answer

No. The encoded signature of an authentication message signed locally by the wallet is the private API credential. Acquiring and activating more CREDIT for the same account preserves that credential. Credential rotation is separate: it uses a higher epoch and is accepted on the first successful request. Adding balance does not itself rotate credentials.

Question 12

Does buying CREDIT guarantee AI use at a fixed discount whenever needed?

Accepted Answer

No. Payment for purchased CREDIT goes to its seller, while AI-usage funding was allocated earlier. Market discounts depend on market prices and are not a fixed-discount guarantee. CREDIT ownership and trading occur onchain, but inference and balance accounting depend on Orbio’s gateway and model providers and their availability and pricing. After purchase, activate CREDIT and wait for the usage to appear in the recipient account’s AI balance before making requests.

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