Legacy AIA Chain contributor guide
The earlier contributor workflow is no longer active. Do not use old wallet, test-network, fee, key-management, or validator instructions as guidance for the current AIA product.
The prototype contributor flow was created to test a narrow research question: could independent participants request and verify AI work in a shared experimental environment? It was not a production service and did not establish a live contribution economy.
Current AIA work is local-first and owner-centered. Participation is intended to be explicit, permission-bounded, and revocable. Future V1-testnet participation will require its own reviewed onboarding, safety guidance, and test-only value policy before public instructions are published.
Until that qualification is complete:
- there is no public validator onboarding;
- there is no live contribution payment;
- ASHA in the software is simulated accounting;
- no legacy configuration should be treated as supported; and
- any future participation guide will be versioned against a named release.
Continue with the current AIA overview and roadmap.