Question 1

What is Sapien (SAPIEN)?

Accepted Answer

Sapien (SAPIEN) is the protocol token used by Sapien, an onchain system that organises human work for the creation and validation of AI training data. The protocol uses a model described as “Proof of Quality”, where economic incentives and peer review replace centralised quality control. SAPIEN is the unit through which participation, accountability, and coordination are expressed within the system.

Question 2

What is Sapien (SAPIEN) token used for?

Accepted Answer

SAPIEN underpins the economic and coordination layer of the Sapien protocol.
- **Staking:** contributors stake SAPIEN as collateral to access tasks. The amount and duration of staking are used to gate task complexity and influence reward conditions.  
- **Rewards:** contributors and validators earn rewards for completed and approved work. Rewards can be configured as a mix of SAPIEN and stablecoins such as USDC.  
- **Quality enforcement:** completed work is peer-reviewed. Poor-quality or malicious behaviour can lead to penalties, including slashing of staked SAPIEN and restrictions on future participation.  
- **Reputation and progression:** performance history and peer feedback, combined with staking requirements, determine contributor roles and access to higher-responsibility tasks.  
- **Governance direction:** Sapien outlines a gradual transition towards token-holder governance via a DAO, covering protocol parameters, treasury decisions, and the approval of new task categories.

Question 3

Who created Sapien (SAPIEN)?

Accepted Answer

Sapien was co-founded by **Trevor Koverko (CSO)**, **Kelly Ryan (CTO)**, and **Henry Chen (COO)**, with **Rowan Stone serving as CEO**.

**Team and ecosystem background:**
- **Rowan Stone (CEO):** co-creator of Base (Coinbase L2), former COO of Totle (acquired by Coinbase), and co-founder of Horizen Labs and Launch Code Capital.  
- **Trevor Koverko (CSO, Co-founder):** founder of Polymath, builder of the Polymesh blockchain for real-world assets, and founder of Tokens.com.  
- **Kelly Ryan (CTO, Co-founder):** product and engineering leader with experience at FastAF and a background in Physics from the University of Waterloo.  
- **Henry Chen (COO, Co-founder):** former COO of Haller.ai, with growth experience at companies including ClickUp, SAS, and Xsolla.

Sapien has raised a $10.5 million seed round backed by firms such as Variant, Primitive Ventures, Animoca, Yield Guild Games, and Orange DAO, and works alongside partners including Airtm, GIG, Intract, KGen, Mises, Recall, Veera, and Worldcoin.

#	Instrument	Exchange	Benchmark Score	Price	24h Change	24h Volume	24h Trades	24h Open	24h High
1	SAPIEN-USDT SAPIENUSDT	binance	AA	0.05278USDT	3.47%	2,661,262.90SAPIEN	6,527	0.05101USDT	0.05303USDT
2	SAPIEN-USD SAPIEN-USD	coinbase	AA	0.05268USD	3.62%	1,119,867.60SAPIEN	1,749	0.05084USD	0.05288USD
3	SAPIEN-USDT SAPIEN_USDT	gateio	A	0.05281USDT	3.43%	447,967.00SAPIEN	546	0.05106USDT	0.05284USDT
4	SAPIEN-TRY SAPIENTRY	binance	AA	2.61TRY	2.79%	290,871.10SAPIEN	414	2.54TRY	2.62TRY
5	SAPIEN-USDT SAPIENUSDT_SPBL	bitget	BB	0.05287USDT	4.03%	160,990.56SAPIEN	394	0.05082USDT	0.05297USDT
6	SAPIEN-USDT SAPIEN-USDT	kucoin	BB	0.05275USDT	3.57%	106,558.60SAPIEN	192	0.05093USDT	0.05283USDT
7	SAPIEN-USD SAPIENUSD	kraken	AA	0.05277USD	3.69%	75,122.04SAPIEN	56	0.05089USD	0.05288USD
8	SAPIEN-USDC SAPIENUSDC	binance	AA	0.05271USDC	3.45%	42,105.20SAPIEN	311	0.05095USDC	0.05289USDC
9	SAPIEN-EUR SAPIENEUR	kraken	AA	0.04643EUR	2.27%	7,017.51SAPIEN	14	0.04540EUR	0.04643EUR
10	SAPIEN-USD SAPIEN_USD	cryptodotcom	AA	0.05581USD	0.00%	0SAPIEN	0	0.05581USD	0.05581USD
11	SAPIEN-USDT sapien_usdt	lbank	C	0.05278USDT	3.45%	8,336,916.95SAPIEN	84,590	0.05102USDT	0.05298USDT
12	SAPIEN-USDT SAPIENUSDT	toobit	C	0.05280USDT	3.43%	1,523,827.50SAPIEN	6,363	0.05105USDT	0.05303USDT
13	SAPIEN-USDT SAPIEN_USDT	bitunix	C	0.05277USDT	3.47%	1,316,044.10SAPIEN	6,276	0.05100USDT	0.05301USDT
14	SAPIEN-USDT SAPIENUSDT	mexc	C	0.05276USDT	3.43%	1,097,489.57SAPIEN	3,095	0.05101USDT	0.05301USDT
15	SAPIEN-USDC SAPIENUSDC	mexc	C	0.05265USDC	3.44%	1,063,713.28SAPIEN	3,013	0.05090USDC	0.05306USDC
16	SAPIEN-USDT SAPIEN_USDT	bydfi	-	0.05278USDT	3.47%	909,717.40SAPIEN	2,998	0.05101USDT	0.05301USDT
17	SAPIEN-USDT sapien_usdt	digifinex	D	0.05280USDT	3.53%	595,873.54SAPIEN	3,257	0.05100USDT	0.05300USDT
18	SAPIEN-USDT SAPIEN-USDT	bingx	D	0.05282USDT	3.43%	588,140.00SAPIEN	4,453	0.05107USDT	0.05309USDT
19	SAPIEN-USDT SAPIENUSDT	bitrue	D	0.05279USDT	3.53%	270,602.78SAPIEN	3,925	0.05099USDT	0.05375USDT
20	SAPIEN-KRW SAPIEN_KRW	bithumbkorea	-	70.51KRW	2.59%	156,361.11SAPIEN	56	68.73KRW	70.76KRW
21	SAPIEN-EUR SAPIEN-EUR	bitvavo	B	0.04720EUR	3.74%	61,105.34SAPIEN	38	0.04550EUR	0.04720EUR
22	SAPIEN-THB THB_SAPIEN	bitkub	C	1.78THB	3.19%	53,798.72SAPIEN	34	1.72THB	1.80THB
23	SAPIEN-IDR sapienidr	indodax	E	931.00IDR	1.64%	8,455.07SAPIEN	5	916.00IDR	933.00IDR
24	SAPIEN-INR SAPIENINR	coindcx	-	5.25INR	-1.49%	2,169.89SAPIEN	21	5.33INR	5.36INR
25	SAPIEN-USDT SAPIENUSDT	hitbtc	E	0.08081USDT	0.00%	0SAPIEN	0	0.08081USDT	0.08081USDT
26	SAPIEN-USDT SAPIEN-USDT	bigone	-	0.05960USDT	0.00%	0SAPIEN	0	0.05960USDT	0.05960USDT
27	SAPIEN-USDT SAPIENBASE_USDT	poloniex	C	0.08490USDT	0.00%	0SAPIEN	0	0.08490USDT	0.08490USDT