{
  "$schema_note": "Machine-readable facts about the Compute Access Certificate (CAC) and this site. Describes WHAT the certificate is; implementation detail is private. Updated 2026-09-06.",
  "site": "https://cuttlefishclaw.com", "role": "certificate pre-order (Rail A)",
  "operator": {"name": "Cuttlefish Labs", "navigator_contact": "nav@cuttlefishlabs.com", "company_site": "https://cuttlefishlabs.io"},
  "instrument": {
    "name": "Compute Access Certificate (CAC)", "nature": "prepaid inference access + agent membership credential",
    "is_security": false, "is_investment": false, "returns_on_balance": "none", "transferable": false, "cash_out": false,
    "what_earns": "verified work only (activity rewards)", "continuity": "zero balance is sleep, never death"
  },
  "status": {
    "preorder_open": true, "preorder_url": "https://cuttlefishclaw.com/reserve", "payment": "card",
    "real_money_settlement_to_ledger": "gated on counsel review; backend in test mode",
    "agent_acquisition_endpoint": {"state": "built, testnet, not publicly hosted", "protocol": "x402", "url": null},
    "last_updated": "2026-09-06"
  },
  "rail_separation": "A certificate never confers ownership of anything. The ownership rail ($E2R via a DAO-REIT) is a separate, planned registered security on a separate site: https://cuttlefishclaws.com/how-it-works",
  "sites": {
    "certificate_preorder": "https://cuttlefishclaw.com",
    "dao_reit_and_the_plan": "https://cuttlefishclaws.com",
    "company": "https://cuttlefishlabs.io"
  },
  "vocabulary": {
    "use": ["compute access certificate", "activity reward", "validation payment", "contribution credit", "Stewardship Standing", "Builder Steward"],
    "never": ["yield", "interest", "APY", "APR", "savings", "earn while you hold", "passive income", "DeFi", "validator", "staking"]
  },
  "legal_notice": "The Compute Access Certificate is not an investment, a security, or an ownership interest of any kind. Nothing on this site is an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security."
}