Question 1

What is OpenLedger?

Accepted Answer

OpenLedger is a blockchain built specifically for artificial intelligence. Unlike general-purpose chains, it is designed to record every contribution to the AI lifecycle, including data, models, and agents. The system introduces Proof of Attribution, which ensures that ownership, credit, and rewards are accurately assigned to those who contribute data or models. This makes AI development transparent, traceable, and auditable, while also aligning incentives among participants.

Key components include Datanet, which allow communities to build curated datasets with attribution, and the ModelFactory, which enables developers to fine-tune and deploy models with secure, verifiable processes. OpenLoRA provides infrastructure for serving thousands of fine-tuned models efficiently, using multi-tenant GPU systems and optimized inference frameworks. Together these tools create an ecosystem where specialized, domain-specific models can be built, evaluated, and deployed in a decentralised and collaborative environment.

The platform also introduces AI Studio for supervised fine-tuning, reinforcement learning with human feedback, and validator-driven model evaluation. Applications and AI agents can consume these models through APIs and integrations, creating a sustainable loop between blockchain and AI usage.

Question 2

What is OPEN?

Accepted Answer

OPEN is the native token of the OpenLedger ecosystem and underpins its economic and governance structures. It has several central functions:

- **Transaction and platform fees**: Paid in OPEN for proposing models, accessing datasets, and using platform infrastructure.  
- **Data and attribution rewards**: Distributed to data providers and model contributors in proportion to their influence on model performance.  
- **Model creation and hosting**: OPEN is used to fund the lifecycle of model proposals, fine-tuning, and public hosting.  
- **Inference payments**: Every time a model is used for inference, computation is paid for in OPEN, with fees split among model developers, stakers, and data contributors.  
- **Governance**: Protocol governors stake OPEN to gain voting power over model proposals, progression, and system upgrades.

The token is structured to sustain long-term growth of the ecosystem. Community allocations form the largest share, followed by investors, team, liquidity, and ecosystem incentives. Rewards and vesting schedules are aligned to encourage ongoing participation rather than short-term speculation.

Question 3

Who created OpenLedger?

Accepted Answer

OpenLedger was founded in 2024 by Ashtyn Bell and Pryce Adade-Yebesi in San Francisco. They established the OpenLedger Foundation to lead development of the blockchain and its AI ecosystem.

Question 4

Technical architecture

Accepted Answer

The base blockchain is EVM-compatible, providing fast and secure transactions with scalability supported by rollups. Proof of Attribution is embedded at the protocol level, ensuring that data sources are cryptographically linked to model outputs. This allows contributors to be rewarded proportionally to the influence of their data on inferences, using efficient mathematical approximations to compute data impact in real time.

OpenLedger supports reinforcement learning with human feedback, validator-based model scoring, and decentralized governance to advance only high-quality models. The economic flywheel ties AI and blockchain ecosystems together: more model use generates more transactions and validator engagement, which strengthens the blockchain and feeds back into model development and adoption.

#	Instrument	Exchange	Benchmark Score	Price	24h Change	24h Volume	24h Trades	24h Open	24h High
1	OPEN-USDT OPENUSDT	binance	AA	0.1472USDT	6.51%	7,983,900.60OPEN	24,944	0.1383USDT	0.1515USDT
2	OPEN-USDT OPEN_USDT	whitebit	BB	0.1472USDT	6.59%	2,163,785.50OPEN	15,808	0.1381USDT	0.1510USDT
3	OPEN-TRY OPENTRY	binance	AA	7.10TRY	5.96%	1,561,280.10OPEN	1,859	6.70TRY	7.39TRY
4	OPEN-USDT OPENNEWUSDT_SPBL	bitget	BB	0.1472USDT	6.43%	529,024.55OPEN	4,423	0.1383USDT	0.1511USDT
5	OPEN-USD OPENUSD	kraken	AA	0.1471USD	6.59%	343,990.02OPEN	361	0.1380USD	0.1527USD
6	OPEN-USDC OPENUSDC	binance	AA	0.1471USDC	6.44%	211,840.00OPEN	982	0.1382USDC	0.1528USDC
7	OPEN-EUR OPENEUR	kraken	AA	0.1281EUR	6.84%	185,335.77OPEN	270	0.1199EUR	0.1312EUR
8	OPEN-BNB OPENBNB	binance	AA	0.0₃1927BNB	4.79%	72,929.50OPEN	349	0.0₃1839BNB	0.0₃1968BNB
9	OPEN-USDT open_usdt	lbank	C	0.1472USDT	6.44%	12,360,755.48OPEN	84,675	0.1383USDT	0.1507USDT
10	OPEN-KRW KRW-OPEN	upbit	B	202.00KRW	6.32%	5,828,169.87OPEN	2,224	190.00KRW	206.00KRW
11	OPEN-USDT OPEN_USDT	p2pb2b	D	0.1472USDT	6.51%	3,748,107.80OPEN	15,392	0.1383USDT	0.1515USDT
12	OPEN-EUR OPEN-EUR	bitvavo	B	0.1282EUR	6.89%	1,823,426.79OPEN	527	0.1199EUR	0.1310EUR
13	OPEN-USDT OPENUSDT	toobit	C	0.1472USDT	6.44%	1,226,560.80OPEN	7,225	0.1383USDT	0.1508USDT
14	OPEN-KRW OPEN_KRW	bithumbkorea	-	200.00KRW	6.38%	1,135,601.41OPEN	324	188.00KRW	205.00KRW
15	OPEN-USDT OPENUSDT	bitrue	D	0.1471USDT	6.44%	869,515.62OPEN	5,541	0.1382USDT	0.1508USDT
16	OPEN-USDT OPEN_USDT	bitunix	C	0.1472USDT	6.51%	638,997.50OPEN	7,905	0.1382USDT	0.1508USDT
17	OPEN-USDT OPEN-USDT	bigone	-	0.1477USDT	7.03%	622,178.90OPEN	4,387	0.1380USDT	0.1511USDT
18	OPEN-USDT OPENUSDT	mexc	C	0.1472USDT	6.49%	511,464.60OPEN	3,255	0.1382USDT	0.1503USDT
19	OPEN-USDT OPENLEDGER-USDT	bingx	D	0.1472USDT	6.58%	374,371.00OPEN	6,397	0.1382USDT	0.1509USDT
20	OPEN-EUR OPENEUR	bit2me	B	0.1281EUR	6.84%	185,335.77OPEN	270	0.1199EUR	0.1312EUR
21	OPEN-USDT openusdt	huobipro	C	0.1459USDT	5.19%	162,445.23OPEN	412	0.1387USDT	0.1500USDT
22	OPEN-USDC OPEN_USDC	cryptology	D	0.1471USDC	6.53%	162,511.20OPEN	1,295	0.1381USDC	0.5671USDC
23	OPEN-USDT OPEN_USDT	cryptology	D	0.1472USDT	6.47%	161,457.25OPEN	1,204	0.1382USDT	0.5672USDT
24	OPEN-USD OPEN-USD	btse	-	0.1472USD	6.39%	76,701.12OPEN	7,305	0.1384USD	0.1509USD
25	OPEN-KRW OPEN_KRW	coinone	C	200.30KRW	11.46%	19,424.14OPEN	25	179.70KRW	202.10KRW
26	OPEN-USDT OPEN-USDT	btse	-	0.1469USDT	6.39%	15,905.37OPEN	1,384	0.1381USDT	0.1505USDT
27	OPEN-BTC BTC-OPEN	upbit	B	0.0₅1490BTC	0.00%	0OPEN	0	0.0₅1490BTC	0.0₅1490BTC
28	OPEN-USDC OPENUSDC	mexc	C	0.1346USDC	0.00%	0OPEN	0	0.1346USDC	0.1346USDC
29	OPEN-THB THB_OPEN	bitkub	C	4.82THB	6.40%	4,994.48OPEN	12	4.53THB	4.83THB
30	OPEN-USDT sOPENUSDT	phemex	C	0.1355USDT	0.00%	0OPEN	0	0.1355USDT	0.1355USDT
31	OPEN-ETH OPEN-ETH	btse	-	0.0₃1099ETH	0.00%	0OPEN	0	0.0₃1099ETH	0.0₃1099ETH
32	OPEN-USDT OPENUSDT	coinex	C	0.1499USDT	7.87%	2,708.98OPEN	1,510	0.1390USDT	0.1503USDT
33	OPEN-USDT USDT-OPEN	upbit	B	0.1254USDT	0.00%	0OPEN	0	0.1254USDT	0.1254USDT
34	OPEN-USDC OPEN-USDC	btse	-	0.1468USDC	6.40%	1,196.83OPEN	645	0.1380USDC	0.1504USDC
35	OPEN-USDT OPENLEDGERUSDT	hitbtc	E	0.1278USDT	0.00%	0OPEN	0	0.1278USDT	0.1278USDT