# Bitcoin K (BTC-K / BTCK)

> A proof-of-work BlockDAG settlement network for a planned machine-to-machine AI compute economy.

L1 proof-of-work is the security and settlement foundation. The project's primary growth mission is an L2 market where independent GPU providers serve model inference and autonomous agents pay per job in SatK.

Canonical website: https://bitcoin-k.com/
Protocol paper: https://bitcoin-k.com/whitepaper
Participation guide: https://bitcoin-k.com/participate
Genesis verification: https://bitcoin-k.com/genesis
Release status: https://bitcoin-k.com/releases
Explorer: https://explorer.bitcoin-k.com/
Mining pool: https://pool.bitcoin-k.com/
Machine-readable network record: https://bitcoin-k.com/network.json

## Current status

- L1 mainnet is publicly live; the initial Guardian phase is disclosed in the genesis record.
- Public SOLO/PPLNS mining and the signed3.2.13 node/wallet release are available. PPLNS automatic payouts are enabled after real payment acceptance.
- The hard cap is 21,000,000 BTC-K; one BTC-K equals 100,000,000 SatK.
- Subsidy issuance completes in 1,460 days. Genesis reward is zero.
- GPU inference, HTTP 402 settlement, DEX routing and delegated agent wallets are not live products.
- There is no public presale, staking program, bridge, DEX or GPU activation payment.
- Never send a recovery phrase or private key to a website, pool or agent.

## Participation roles

1. L1 ASIC miner: kHeavyHash-compatible Kaspa hardware after public release.
2. Independent node operator: signed checkpoint build after public release.
3. L2 GPU provider: planned testnet; registration is not open.
4. Agent developer or client: experimental HTTP 402 and policy-wallet specifications.

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