FAQ
Is this a guarantee that the price goes up?
No. An organism burns part of the fees its coin earns, inside caps. That is all. Burning reduces supply; it does not create buyers.
How are the fees split?
First the dev share (50% from the launch page: with a 2% coin fee, 1% of the volume goes to the dev address), then of the rest 30% to the battery and 70% to the treasury the hooks may burn. See Fees and the dev share.
Who holds the money?
The organism's wallet, whose key is in the .env of whoever runs it. In the self-hosted version that is you. Terrarium holds nothing. See Custody and the exit.
Does it need an AI model?
No. Without a key every hook runs exactly as written. With one, a model can trim an order or hold it back and writes the journal line. It can never raise an order or fire a hook on its own.
What does the battery do, exactly?
It decides how fast the organism acts and which hooks it may use, and it pays for model calls. At 60% and above the organism uses the large model every 10 minutes; below 5% it sleeps. See the battery.
What happens when the battery is empty?
It sleeps: no model call, no hook, no burn. It keeps claiming fees, which charge the battery, so it wakes by itself.
Can the model spend my money?
No. Amounts come from rules and are clamped by caps before a transaction is built. The model only answers a trim between 0 and 1.
Can I run it on a coin I did not launch here?
Yes, if the organism wallet is the coin's creatorFeeRecipient and the coin is paired with ETH. It can still be on its curve or already graduated. Check it with Verify.
What if the coin graduates?
The organism follows it to its Uniswap v4 pool and keeps burning there, with a price-impact limit. See Graduation.
Why does it burn instead of holding what it buys?
Held tokens can be sold back. A burn is checkable against the supply and cannot be undone. See Hooks.
How do I know the journal is true?
You do not have to trust it. Verify re-reads the burn transactions and the balances from the chain in your browser.
Is it audited?
No. There is no contract to audit, but the engine is code you run and it has not had an outside review. It has tests, including a full run on a local copy of the chain. See What is tested.
Is there a hosted version?
Not in this version. A hosted version would hold keys, which is custody, and would have to say so.
How much does it cost to run?
Gas for a claim and each burn, the Pons launch fee once, and optionally the model calls. A review costs about 0.0005 USD (small model) to 0.002 USD (large model), measured against the real API.
What does the lab simulate?
The real battery and hook code, on a made-up price. Only the model is missing: lines are templates, and a model bill is charged to the battery as an estimate. A test checks that the lab and the real engine end in the same state.