Summary

Token Distribution

Rewards vest gradually to maintain long-term alignment and protect protocol from fraudulent activity.

Privacy by Design

All raw audio is processed locally on the user's device. Transferrable only with user's consent.

Scalability

A Computation Request would be published on-chain. it specifies code, bounty, and payout rules. Users pull the request, run it on their devices, and push back only the result. This also elevates privacy to the next level.

Store & Transfer

As we expect substantial hours of recording, storing transferrable data—e.g., 50 million recording-hours—on typical decentralized storage would cost ≈ $50 M. Therefore, we adopt an “Eventually Received” model: users store assets on their own, and transmit assets peer-to-peer through the Oto Asset Transfer Protocol.

Device

Each recorder embeds a Secure Element that holds a private key and emits a cryptographic challenge tone every t seconds. Firmware enforces that sending n hours of audio physically takes n hours, collaborating with on-chain program, guaranteeing authenticity and preventing spam or replay attacks.