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	0.09480USDT	0.00%	21,084,690.60OPEN	21,637	0.09480USDT	0.09710USDT
2	OPEN-TRY OPENTRY	binance	AA	4.77TRY	0.10%	8,079,985.90OPEN	4,992	4.77TRY	4.88TRY
3	OPEN-USDT OPEN_USDT	whitebit	BB	0.09480USDT	-0.73%	3,343,172.00OPEN	8,139	0.09550USDT	0.09810USDT
4	OPEN-USDT OPENNEWUSDT_SPBL	bitget	BB	0.09478USDT	0.07%	1,544,528.36OPEN	7,814	0.09471USDT	0.09713USDT
5	OPEN-USDC OPENUSDC	binance	AA	0.09490USDC	0.21%	406,466.30OPEN	993	0.09470USDC	0.09690USDC
6	OPEN-BNB OPENBNB	binance	AA	0.0₃1424BNB	2.67%	376,282.10OPEN	1,485	0.0₃1387BNB	0.0₃1424BNB
7	OPEN-USD OPENUSD	kraken	AA	0.09500USD	0.11%	328,237.47OPEN	197	0.09490USD	0.09690USD
8	OPEN-EUR OPENEUR	kraken	AA	0.08380EUR	-0.59%	12,126.41OPEN	13	0.08430EUR	0.08630EUR
9	OPEN-KRW KRW-OPEN	upbit	B	127.00KRW	-1.55%	14,565,869.14OPEN	3,601	129.00KRW	132.00KRW
10	OPEN-USDT OPEN_USDT	p2pb2b	D	0.09530USDT	0.53%	8,485,341.50OPEN	11,260	0.09480USDT	0.09710USDT
11	OPEN-USDT open_usdt	lbank	C	0.09480USDT	0.00%	3,720,753.79OPEN	83,413	0.09480USDT	0.09700USDT
12	OPEN-USDT OPENUSDT	toobit	C	0.09480USDT	0.00%	2,692,764.70OPEN	7,637	0.09480USDT	0.09710USDT
13	OPEN-USDT OPENUSDT	bitrue	D	0.09460USDT	-0.32%	2,012,064.35OPEN	6,037	0.09490USDT	0.09710USDT
14	OPEN-KRW OPEN_KRW	bithumbkorea	-	129.00KRW	0.78%	1,377,812.31OPEN	253	128.00KRW	132.00KRW
15	OPEN-EUR OPEN-EUR	bitvavo	B	0.08516EUR	0.27%	1,246,655.97OPEN	429	0.08493EUR	0.08700EUR
16	OPEN-USDT OPEN_USDT	bitunix	C	0.09470USDT	-0.11%	1,190,075.90OPEN	8,671	0.09480USDT	0.09700USDT
17	OPEN-USDT OPEN-USDT	bigone	-	0.09600USDT	3.90%	643,040.90OPEN	4,762	0.09240USDT	0.09730USDT
18	OPEN-USDT OPENUSDT	mexc	C	0.09471USDT	1.60%	620,761.21OPEN	3,101	0.09322USDT	0.09940USDT
19	OPEN-USDT OPENLEDGER-USDT	bingx	D	0.09480USDT	0.00%	568,988.96OPEN	6,329	0.09480USDT	0.09700USDT
20	OPEN-USD OPEN-USD	btse	-	0.09493USD	0.64%	129,323.91OPEN	5,617	0.09433USD	0.09714USD
21	OPEN-THB THB_OPEN	bitkub	C	3.22THB	1.87%	90,260.72OPEN	59	3.16THB	3.26THB
22	OPEN-USDT OPEN-USDT	btse	-	0.09519USDT	0.84%	49,348.08OPEN	1,283	0.09440USDT	0.09706USDT
23	OPEN-EUR OPENEUR	bit2me	B	0.08380EUR	-0.59%	12,126.41OPEN	13	0.08430EUR	0.08630EUR
24	OPEN-USDC OPEN-USDC	btse	-	0.09482USDC	0.71%	3,709.41OPEN	603	0.09415USDC	0.09683USDC
25	OPEN-ETH OPEN-ETH	btse	-	0.0₃1099ETH	0.00%	0OPEN	0	0.0₃1099ETH	0.0₃1099ETH
26	OPEN-KRW OPEN_KRW	coinone	C	129.00KRW	1.34%	2,488.19OPEN	24	127.30KRW	131.00KRW
27	OPEN-BTC BTC-OPEN	upbit	B	0.0₅1030BTC	0.00%	0OPEN	0	0.0₅1030BTC	0.0₅1030BTC
28	OPEN-USDT openusdt	huobipro	C	0.06450USDT	0.00%	0OPEN	0	0.06450USDT	0.06450USDT
29	OPEN-USDT OPENLEDGERUSDT	hitbtc	E	0.1278USDT	0.00%	0OPEN	0	0.1278USDT	0.1278USDT
30	OPEN-USDT USDT-OPEN	upbit	B	0.08963USDT	0.00%	0OPEN	0	0.08963USDT	0.08963USDT