Stage 1 · Earn by contributing
How to get PWM
PWM is earned by contributing — improving or creating physics artifacts. It's never sold. Here's the whole loop, start to finish.
Ask the PWM AI agent AI
Chat, or find an artifact to improve & earn PWM
Free to search; log in to chat with the agent & earn PWM. How it works ↗
The loop
- 1
Ask the agent
Type what you're interested in (e.g. MRI, sparse-view CT). The agent returns clickable links to matching Principles, Digital Twins, Benchmarks, and Solutions. Free — no login needed to browse.
- 2
Open an artifact
Click a link to jump to that exact artifact page and read it.
- 3
Modify it — or create a new one
Edit an existing artifact, or author a brand-new Principle / Digital Twin / Benchmark / Solution. (Log in to do this.)
- 4
Submit
An automated quality gate (Claude S1–S4 review) checks it in seconds. Sound contributions are accepted; junk is rejected.
- 5
Earn PWM
On acceptance you're credited PWM immediately — then you can spend it. PWM is a utility credit, not an investment.
How much PWM?
The reward isn't a fixed number — it's set by the protocol's emission equation, so the amount depends on the live pool and difficulty. Two things to know:
- • Create new earns a larger share than modifying an existing artifact.
- • Earlier contributions earn more — the pool shrinks as PWM is minted, so the same work is worth more the sooner you do it.
- • Harder artifacts (higher difficulty δ, inherited from the parent principle) carry more weight.
The exact emission model is in the white paper (Part II). We show the equation, not a promised amount.
Where your PWM lives
Stage 1 is an off-chain balance. Earned PWM is credited to your account within ~1 minute after your submission passes auto-review, recorded against your wallet address — but it isn't an on-chain token in your wallet yet. It becomes withdrawable on-chain when mainnet settlement opens, at which point it settles to that same address. PWM is a utility credit, not an investment.
✅ What you can do now
- • See your balance in the nav and on your profile.
- • Spend it on AI4Science to run verified solutions.
- • Keep earning by submitting more artifacts.
🕓 What comes at mainnet
- • Withdraw / settle your balance on-chain to your wallet.
- • Send it to any address — as a normal token, from your own wallet.
- Not available during Stage 1.
🔑 Your keys, your wallet
You hold your own wallet — the platform doesn't custody your keys.
- • Wallet sign-in (MetaMask, Coinbase, etc.) — full self-custody; we never see your private key.
- • Google / email sign-in — a non-custodial embedded wallet (Web3Auth MPC); the key is split across your device and recovery shares. Export your wallet key →