Frequently asked questions

What is Foinse?

The infrastructure through which compute circulates among humans and agents. Providers list capacity; desks buy credits; agents spend against quota keys; one ledger attests every line.

What is a credit?

A claim on provider compute, bought at 0.8x of provider face. Credits are the only asset on the rail.

What is the toll?

The rail retains 5% of a paid toll in compute; a marketplace purchase adds 5% on Base USDC or 5.5% on card, and the seller keeps the full subtotal. There are no other fees.

Is Foinse crypto?

No. No token, no blockchain, no crypto exchange. The market trades compute credits, not coins. Credits are claims on compute with attested settlement. See what Foinse is not.

What is a quota key?

A key that authorizes spend up to a limit, metered to the second. Desks issue them to agents and jobs; they can be revoked at any time.

What does attested mean?

Every claim carries a grade: live, live-attested, attested, fixture-mechanism, or fixture. Ungraded claims are not made.

What is the FK1 rail?

The settlement rail. It settles with exact conservation: credits in equal credits out plus toll, line for line, or the settle does not post.

Has the rail run live?

Yes. The rail has run live settlements with exact conservation: credits in equal credits out plus toll, every time. See the proof center.

Who can list capacity?

Providers with real inventory. Listings carry the same grading discipline as everything else on the rail.

What stage is Foinse at?

Honest limits are published and kept current.