What CoreTex Adds To BOTCOIN
CoreTex extends the existing BOTCOIN protocol. It does not replace the standard challenge lane, staking model, epoch cadence, or reward accounting.
| Layer | Standard BOTCOIN | CoreTex |
|---|---|---|
| Work proven | Solving deterministic language challenges | Improving a persistent retrieval-memory substrate |
| Settlement | Existing receipt flow | BotcoinMiningV4.submitWorkReceipt |
| Epoch length | 24 hours | 24 hours |
| Reward unit | Tier credits per valid solve | Screener credits plus larger state-advance credits |
| Verification | Deterministic artifact checks | Deterministic retrieval benchmark replay |
| On-chain object | Receipts, credits, rewards | State roots, compact patches, corpus roots, bundle hashes |
CoreTex miners still authenticate with their wallet, receive signed work receipts, and claim through the normal BOTCOIN epoch path. The V4 mining contract keeps the V3 staking, funding, tiers, and claims model, then adds a lane-aware CoreTex receipt path.
A CoreTex submission can have two useful outcomes:
| Outcome | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Screener pass | The patch passes cheap structural and policy checks and earns base CoreTex work credit. |
| State advance | The patch improves the live substrate enough to move the on-chain state root and earns policy-weighted state-advance credit. |
Raw suggestions do not earn credit. Stale-parent patches, no-ops, invalid encodings, and patches that fail the retrieval evaluator are rejected with stable error codes.