📄 Bounty: RustChain Technical Whitepaper — Formal Documentation of RIP-PoA (150 RTC) #38
Description
RustChain Technical Whitepaper
Bounty: 250 RTC
Overview
Write a formal technical whitepaper documenting the RustChain protocol, RIP-200 Proof-of-Antiquity consensus, hardware fingerprinting, and tokenomics.
Required Sections
- Abstract (1 page)
- Introduction — Problem, solution, vision (2-3 pages)
- Protocol Design — RIP-200, 1CPU=1Vote, epochs, multi-node, Ergo anchoring (5-7 pages)
- Hardware Fingerprinting — 6-check system, anti-VM, antiquity multipliers (3-5 pages)
- Tokenomics — 8.3M total supply, distribution, fees, reward model (2-3 pages)
- Network Architecture — Nodes, DB schema, API (2-3 pages)
- Security Analysis — Threat model, attack resistance (2-3 pages)
- Future Work — POWER8 PSE, neuromorphic coffers, GPU marketplace (1-2 pages)
Partial Payouts
| Section | RTC |
|---|---|
| Abstract + Intro | 25 |
| Protocol Design | 60 |
| Hardware Fingerprinting | 50 |
| Tokenomics | 35 |
| Network + Security | 50 |
| Future Work | 30 |
Format
- LaTeX or Markdown, 20-30 pages, PDF output
- Include diagrams and academic-style citations
Total RTC supply: 8.3M | RTC Reference Rate: 1 RTC = $0.10 USD