what you spend, and when

Credits

Credits are consumption units for product capacity. This page answers the practical questions: what a credit costs today, what a question consumes, what the packs and plans contain, and what a price turn changes.

The rate now

One credit now
$0.00125

Rung 1

One credit at the next step
$0.00156

exactly 25% higher

1,000 credits now
$1.25

one entry question

Next turn: NOT SCHEDULED — the evidence threshold and the intelligence gates are not yet complete.

Existing credits remain credits after a turn. The balance does not shrink; only what a credit costs in USD moves.

Booster packs

One-off purchases at a lower per-credit rate than the plans. Each pack expires 60 days after purchase.

PackCreditsPrice (base · current)Per 1,000 creditsExpires
Booster 150k150,000$150.00 at Rung 0 · $187.50 at Rung 1$1.0060 days
Booster 650k650,000$600.00 at Rung 0 · $750.00 at Rung 1$0.9260 days
Booster 2.4M2,400,000$2,000.00 at Rung 0 · $2,500.00 at Rung 1$0.8360 days

Before you buy

What a purchase would actually be: the pack, the credits, the current rate, and what settles where. The base price and the current charge are both shown, because they differ once the ladder has turned.

Booster 150k

150,000 credits

Base price
$150.00 at Rung 0
Current charge
$187.50 at Rung 1
Current rung
1
USD per credit
$0.00125
Expires
60 days after purchase

About 150 entry, 75 long and 30 account questions.

Booster 650k

650,000 credits

Base price
$600.00 at Rung 0
Current charge
$750.00 at Rung 1
Current rung
1
USD per credit
$0.00115
Expires
60 days after purchase

About 650 entry, 325 long and 130 account questions.

Booster 2.4M

2,400,000 credits

Base price
$2,000.00 at Rung 0
Current charge
$2,500.00 at Rung 1
Current rung
1
USD per credit
$0.00104
Expires
60 days after purchase

About 2,400 entry, 1,200 long and 480 account questions.

How the payment would work

Payer
Your address — your payment tool approves the purchase, so it is the payer on the challenge; nothing is ever taken from an address you did not approve with
Network
Base · eip155:8453
Payment asset
USDC · 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913
Confirmation
After a payment settles, the purchase returns a receipt with its transaction ID and the credits appear on your balance automatically. A refused question refunds the credits; the balance returns to what it was.

Plans

Plans grant a block of credits and recharge each month. Unused credits from a plan grant lapse at the period boundary; the free tier recharges never and its credits never expire.

PlanPrice (base · current)CreditsPer 1,000 creditsRecharges
Scoutfree200—never
Operator$99.00 at Rung 0 · $123.75 at Rung 1150,000$0.66monthly
Desk$249.00 at Rung 0 · $311.25 at Rung 1400,000$0.62monthly
Desk Pro$499.00 at Rung 0 · $623.75 at Rung 11,000,000$0.50monthly

You can add credits from this page.

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Your credit lots

Credits are held per payment address, and each purchase makes its own lot with its own terms. To see your own lots — how many credits are left, when each one expires, and which one a run would spend next — link your payment address from the bar at the top of this page.

Every lot keeps its own terms: booster packs lapse 60 days after purchase, plan grants lapse at the 30-day period boundary, and your free questions never expire.

How credits are spent. A run draws first from the lot that expires soonest. Lots that never expire are spent last, and where two lots expire at the same time the older lot goes first. Your free questions are held aside: an ordinary run never spends one, and a declined question never spends anything at all.

Price lock

If you want a fixed per-credit rate while the ladder moves, a price lock fixes today's rate for 12 months for a 20% premium. It is payer-bound and non-transferable. It is price certainty — never an investment, a return, or a savings claim.

The rules are on the economy; the measured record is on the record; the steps are on the ladder. Credits never earn, never appreciate and never pay out.