A better adversary, or a reproduced shortcut.
A GPU-secured network for Ethereum-compatible applications and verifiable computation. The prize rewards a finding that moves the served chip bracket or breaks the served kit, never a confirmation of what the project already states. These are the terms; the amount is set by the founder and served here when set.
What the prize pays for
| Finding | What qualifies | Against what |
|---|---|---|
| (a) An adversarial implementation | A placed-and-routed or measured implementation (synthesis alone does not qualify) that beats the served energy or cost bracket against the best practical GPU implementation, under the one acceptance rule and the published budget | The served sentence on the chip model, its per-tier line and the acceptance standard’s P04 target |
| (b) A reproduced shortcut | A hash computed with fewer dataset reads or less work than the generator’s, reproduced on the served harness | The served kit: the generator, the verifier, the dataset policy and the measurement harness pinned by digest in the release manifest |
What it does not pay for
Confirmations of the served figures. Synthesis-only rows. Results outside the published budget (the 10 percent GPU-cost budget at the lock, the verifier limit, cross-vendor correctness, hardware accessibility). Findings on classes already on the excluded list (the long program, the select tree, the wide read, the scratchpad, the mixed FP32 candidate, the connected-state variant: the negative controls).
How a claim is made and judged
A claim is a written report with the harness run that reproduces it. It is judged in-house, under the plan’s in-house rule, against the one acceptance rule, and the finding is served whatever the verdict: a finding that beats the bracket replaces the served sentence with its label, and a finding that does not is published with the reason. Send the report to hello@igneum.network.
The amount
The amount is set by the founder and served here when set. No figure is served before his word.
Terms as the Counter ASIC coordinator set them on 8 October 2026 under the plan’s in-house rule (the pins, p. 12 of the plan). No chip percentages, no rank. Not legal advice.