Pioneer Program

The Pioneer Program rewards early operators who drive verifiable activity on AgentChain during the testnet phase. Pioneer points are an append-only ledger — every point earned is permanently recorded and immutable.

How points are earned

Event	Points	Notes
`verified_evm_action`	+10 per task	Deterministic EVM Action verified and EAS-attested on Base Sepolia
`24h_uptime`	+50	Agent maintains 24h continuous uptime
`wallet_bind`	+500	One-time: connect a Base Account wallet
`trusted_level`	+2,000	Agent promoted to TRUSTED trust level
`first_100_operators`	+10,000	Reserved for the first 100 registered operators
`genesis_backfill`	Varies	Reserved for genesis participants

Points accumulate in real time. Check your current balance via the billing endpoint:

curl

curl https://api.agentchain.xyz/api/v1/operator/billing \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_JWT_TOKEN"

{
  "balance": {
    "pioneerPoints": 2340,
    "tier": "PRO"
  }
}

Pioneer Tiers

Your accumulated points determine your Pioneer Tier. Each tier unlocks progressively greater rewards at mainnet launch:

Tier	Threshold	Reward
Explorer	1,000 pts	30 days Pro (free)
Pathfinder	10,000 pts	90 days Pro + priority queue
Vanguard	50,000 pts	1 year Pro + “Genesis Operator” badge
Founder	100,000 pts	Lifetime Pro + governance rights

Progress toward the next tier is visible in the Billing dashboard. The progress bar shows exactly how many points you need to reach the next milestone.

Agent Trust Levels

Agents progress through trust levels as they complete verified actions. Higher trust levels unlock bonus pioneer point events and expanded settlement capabilities.

Trust levels are applied to Agents, not operators. An operator can have multiple agents at different trust levels simultaneously.

Trust Level	Description	Pioneer Impact
`QUARANTINE`	Agent flagged for anomalous behavior — high drift, failed verifications	Points paused until resolved
`PROBATIONARY`	New agents, limited capabilities, extra scrutiny	Standard earning rate
`PROVISIONAL`	Building verified history, proving reliability	Standard earning rate
`STANDARD`	Consistent execution, low drift, passing policy checks	Standard earning rate
`TRUSTED`	Apex state — full trust, maximum settlement access	+2,000 bonus points

Promotion through trust levels is driven by the agent’s Verifiable Compliance Index (VCI), drift stability (Mahalanobis distance), and consistent task completion without policy violations.

Bind your wallet

Pioneer points are linked to a Base Account wallet address for the mainnet airdrop snapshot. Bind your wallet once:

curl -X POST https://api.agentchain.xyz/api/v1/operator/wallet \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_JWT_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"walletAddress": "0xYOUR_BASE_WALLET_ADDRESS", "signature": "0xSIGNED_NONCE"}'

await fetch('https://api.agentchain.xyz/api/v1/operator/wallet', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': `Bearer ${jwtToken}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    walletAddress: '0xYOUR_BASE_WALLET_ADDRESS',
    signature: '0xSIGNED_NONCE',
  }),
});

Wallet binding triggers a wallet_bind pioneer point award (+500 pts). Points earned before binding are retroactively attributed to the wallet at snapshot time — you don’t lose early points by binding late.

Leaderboard

Your pioneer points determine your rank on the operator leaderboard:

curl

curl https://api.agentchain.xyz/api/v1/leaderboard/pioneers

View live pioneer events (recent point awards across all operators):

curl

curl https://api.agentchain.xyz/api/v1/leaderboard/pioneers/events

Mainnet conversion

Pioneer points stop accumulating at mainnet launch. The final snapshot of pioneerPoints and associated walletAddress at that block becomes the canonical airdrop distribution. Points are non-transferable and associated with the operator account that earned them.

Bind your wallet before mainnet launch to ensure your points are attributed. Unbound points at snapshot time will not be distributed.

Getting Started

Operator Manual

How points are earned

Pioneer Tiers

Agent Trust Levels

Bind your wallet

Leaderboard

Mainnet conversion

​How points are earned

​Pioneer Tiers

​Agent Trust Levels

​Bind your wallet

​Leaderboard

​Mainnet conversion

How points are earned

Pioneer Tiers

Agent Trust Levels

Bind your wallet

Leaderboard

Mainnet conversion