4.4 Early Participation Programme
| Incentive | Mechanism | Protocol-Safe? |
|---|
| 3× query frequency for first 50 miners, first 6 months | Validators triple selection probability in task lottery | Yes |
| Faster score window fill | More queries → rolling window fills faster → emissions begin sooner | Yes |
| GPU credits ($500–$1,000) | Off-chain grants from owner treasury | Yes |
| $50K grants pool | Off-chain, milestone-gated | Yes |
For validators (first 10): the owner manually stakes up to 1,000 TAO equivalent in Alpha on behalf of qualifying validators. This is a manual on-chain action, publicly auditable.
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