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Lightchain AI
  • About
    • RoadmapOur development journey
    • WhitepaperRead the technical overview
    • AuditsSecurity verification reports
    • LCAI Brand GuidelineVisual assets and brand identity
  • Blockchain

    Explorer

    • TransactionsBrowse all transactions
    • User OperationsExplore user-level actions
    • BlocksTrack recent block activity
    • Top AccountsMost active addresses
    • WithdrawalsView recent withdrawals
    • Verified ContractsBrowse verified contracts
    • TokensExplore all listed tokens
    • Token TransfersTrack token movement
    • Gas TrackerCheck current gas fees
    • Contract VerifierVerify your smart contract

    APIs

    • REST APIAccess RESTful endpoints
    • GraphQLQuery via GraphQL interface
    • RPC APIRemote procedure calls
    • FaucetClaim testnet tokens
    • External Wallet (soon)Feature coming soon
    • BridgeCross-chain asset transfers
    • dApp HubExplore decentralized apps
    • Worker ExplorerBrowse workers and activity
    • Become a WorkerStart contributing as a worker
  • Lightchain
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    • IDECode directly in browser
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Sprint 1 — Audit-Ready, Fork-Ready & DEX Live

EST. AUGUST 2026

  • Internal team L1 audit & fixes

    Complete the full-stack review against live mainnet (dispute-path integrity, key-escrow hardening, stuck-job settlement) and close remediation.

  • EIP-7702 fork enablement

    Prague/Electra execution-layer fork validated devnet → testnet, with mainnet activation prepared (pre-fork snapshot + versioned release).

  • Transfer LightDEX contracts to the DAO Timelock

    DEX ownership moved under the 48h TimelockController.

  • DEX go-live

    The community-approved DEX deployed and live as the launch venue and liquidity source.

  • Open-source the launchpad

    Launchpad contracts and application published publicly under branch protection, alongside the already open-sourced LightDEX. Branch protection is in place from day one; the full automated pipeline follows in Sprint 3.

  • Decentralization — development & mainnet readiness

    Build out the dispatcher-free sortition path to release quality on testnet (SessionManager + ReputationRegistry, worker self-claim, keeper incentives), rehearse the dispute→slash flow end to end, and prepare mainnet deployment artifacts for the Sprint 2 cutover.

  • Dispatcher-free web search

    Remove the centralized dispatcher from the search path, so a search-enabled request reaches the worker directly. Search answers become checkable, since the worker stores the sources it used alongside its answer. Adds a governance switch to exempt search jobs from automatic spot-checks, so honest workers are not penalized for answers that were correct when given.

  • External audit kickoff (postponed)

    Hand over the internally remediated codebase to an external auditor, staged so the decentralization surface (SessionManager, ReputationRegistry, sortition, and the keeper path) is assessed first.

Sprint 2 — Decentralization Cutover & Accounts

EST. SEPTEMBER 2026

  • Decentralization → mainnet

    Cut sortition-based, dispatcher-free routing over to mainnet (SessionManager + ReputationRegistry deployment), plus keeper incentives and a live dispute→slash rehearsal.

  • Direct answer streaming from workers

    Replace the centrally run message queue in the answer path with a direct, verified connection from the worker to the delivery service, so a worker on a home connection or third-party hardware can stream answers without needing access to internal infrastructure.

  • Worker gateway — the public entry point for independent workers

    Convert the gateway from a centralized dispatcher into an open front door for anyone running a worker, verifying job assignment on-chain, carrying live output through to users, and feeding the public worker explorer. Dispatcher-era routes are retired.

  • EIP-7702 smart accounts

    Sponsored gas, batched approve-and-submit, and scoped session keys built on the enabled fork — the account layer the Developer API consumes.

  • Worker onboarding CLI

    Guided install and registration, preflight validation, connectivity tests, liveness watchdog, Discord/webhook alerts, and multi-GPU recipes — the most-requested community item.

  • Developer API/SDK groundwork

    OpenAI-compatible /v1/chat/completions endpoint design and TypeScript SDK scaffolding on the live REST API.

  • Full L1 security audit (postponed)

    External audit of contracts, node, and service code, following the staged scope. Postponed together with the audit kickoff.

Sprint 3 — Builders, Transparency & Open Source

EST. OCTOBER 2026

  • Open-sourcing preparation

    Repos prepared for public release under branch protection.

  • CI/CD deployment pipelines

    Automated build → test → deploy across repos with branch protection and required status checks, the backbone for safely onboarding external contributors and a prerequisite for open-sourcing the remaining repos.

  • Developer API/SDK — first public release

    OpenAI-compatible drop-in with streaming, pay-per-request via HTTP-402, TypeScript SDK, verified ABIs, and published endpoints, built on the Sprint 2 groundwork and smart accounts.

  • Deeper worker/validator analytics

    Per-worker status page, per-model completion rates, p50/p95 latency, disputes, earnings, uptime, CSV export, and a validator-side view.

  • Onboarding pathways & public AI playground

    “Start Here” tracks for users, builders, workers, and holders, plus a wallet-free public inference playground.

  • Smart-contract auto-audit + scoring

    Slither/Semgrep static analysis on verified contract sources with published trust scores on the explorer.

  • Audit remediation (postponed)

    Close external audit findings once the postponed audit has run.

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