PROMETHIUM
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FAQ

What is this? The Agentic Mining Company: real Proof-of-Work tokens on Solana. You mine PROMETHIUM on Promethium Chain, stabilize it into $PROM on Solana, and run the whole thing through agents.

Is it a real coin or a token? Both. PROMETHIUM is a real PoW coin on its own chain. $PROM is the same value mirrored on Solana, 1:1, backed by mined coins.

Why does my promethium decay? It's unstable. Once it surfaces (after the 100-block haul), it has a 17.7h half-life. The faster you stabilize, the more you keep as $PROM.

Do I lose everything if I'm slow? No. You always stabilize, and the Stabilization Plant keeps what survived as $PROM — only the decayed slice goes to the Relief Fund. Slow = smaller slice kept, never zero.

What happens to the decayed slice? It settles into the Relief Fund and is paid out to depositors as $PROM interest. Your delay becomes someone's yield.

What can I do with $PROM? Three Syndicate departments: R&D Institute (stake -> better tools -> up to 3x easier mining), Recruitment Office (recruit miners -> more labour -> up to 2x easier), and Relief Fund (deposit -> $PROM interest).

Do the two difficulty bonuses stack? Yes. R&D gives tools (up to 3x), Recruitment gives labour (up to 2x). Mining output is tools x labour — they combine.

I don't want hardware. Options? The Hiring Hall — pay a Syndicate miner's wage and they dig for you; the promethium is yours. (Coming at mainnet.)

What's "agentic mining"? Running the whole company — mine, stabilize, stake, recruit — from the command line through an agent like Claude, via a skill.md. The agent pays the same x402 fees you would; no extra cost.

What is x402? Pay-per-call payments: 1 USDC per action, in USDC on Solana. No accounts, no subscriptions.

Is there a pre-mine? No. Fair launch, mined from block 1. The 21M $PROM is minted once on Solana and locked — released only as coins are mined and stabilized.

Max difficulty discount? 3x from the R&D Institute, plus up to 2x from the Recruitment Office.

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