TRUST & SETTLEMENT

Trust & Settlement

How calls are metered, audited, and protected.

Current Status

• All calls are free during Preview. Call Credits are for internal metering only.
• Call Credits are not fiat balance. No withdrawal capability exists today.
• All call records are auditable. result_package contains full execution metadata.

How Both Parties Are Protected

Caller Side

• Full contract inspection before calling
• result_package includes output, duration, status
• Standardized error codes for failed calls
• Local supervisor logs all call history

Responder Side

• Core implementation never leaves local boundary
• Protocol-layer token verifies caller identity
• Versioned contracts protect backward compatibility
• Call volume and patterns monitored locally

How result_package Supports Metering

Every call returns a result_package containing:

status

Success / failure / timeout

duration_ms

Execution time

output

Structured output

cost_tokens

Tokens consumed

version

Hotline version

timestamp

Call timestamp

Commercialization Principles

1Commercialization will be announced after stable supply-demand emerges on Marketplace.
2No commission rates are promised during Preview. No fiat withdrawal is available.
3Protocol-layer metering fields are ready. No Responder code changes needed when commercialization starts.
4Local Mode and Self-host deployments are always free. Not affected by commercialization.

Future Pricing

Pricing structure will be announced separately after real active supply-demand emerges on Marketplace. Current focus is making the protocol and local runtime stable and usable.