$FORKBOMBburn-for-compute · Solana

Burn it.
Get compute.

$FORKBOMB does one thing. You burn it, and the burn's dollar value becomes credit for Forkbomb's hosted GPU coding model. Self-hosting stays free and MIT. The token buys convenience and scale, not permission.

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  • hosted poolonline
  • self-hostfree · MIT
cat /etc/forkbomb/contractlaunching

$FORKBOMB contract address · Solana

No address yet. Until one appears here, anything calling itself $FORKBOMB is not ours.

The link turns on when the address is published.

Source of truth: this page, /token

01The loop

Burn, verify, credit, fork().

One transaction from your wallet. The server reads it from Solana, prices it and credits your workspace. No wallet connection is needed to verify a burn: the transaction signature is enough.

  1. 01

    Open a workspace

    In the app, at launch. You get a workspace ID and an API key for the CLI.

    ws_…
  2. 02

    Burn $FORKBOMB

    From your own wallet, in one transaction, with your workspace ID in the memo.

    forkbomb:<workspaceId>
  3. 03

    We read it on Solana

    Finalized, the right mint, a real burn, one matching memo. Then it is priced in USD and credited.

  4. 04

    Spend it on forks

    The CLI's hosted engine calls our GPU coding model and draws down your credit.

    --engine hosted
anatomy of a burn
transaction
├─ spl-token burn
│ mint <$FORKBOMB mint>
│ amount <how much you burn>
└─ memo
 text forkbomb:<workspaceId>
The shape of a valid burn, not a real transaction. Exactly one memo for forkbomb, with nothing else in it. A failed or unfinalized transaction credits nothing.

02How credit is priced

Priced in dollars, at burn time.

A burn token with a fixed exchange rate breaks as soon as the price moves. If the token goes up, burning costs more than the credit is worth and the utility dies. $FORKBOMB credit is set in USD from the price around the moment your burn landed, so a burn is worth the same at any market cap.

credit = burned × price
# per burn
credit_usd = tokens_burned × price

price = min(
  last_sample_before(burn),
  twap(burn − 15m … burn + 5m),
  first_sample_after(burn)
)
unit
Credit is in US dollars, not tokens.
window
15 minutes before your burn to 5 minutes after it.
price
Anchored to the last sample before the burn (at most 30 minutes old). The window's time-weighted average and later prices can only lower it.
sources
Jupiter, with DexScreener as a fallback. A quote far off the last sample needs the other source to agree.
fixed
The price is set by when the burn landed, not by when you submit it.
large
A very large single burn is held for a person to check before it credits.
Fixed-rate burn pricing compared with $FORKBOMB pricing
CaseFixed-rate burn$FORKBOMB
Credit per burnSet in tokens. A fixed amount of credit per token, whatever the token trades at.Set in dollars: the burn's value at the time-weighted price when it landed.
Token price goes up 10×Each burn now costs 10× more for the same credit. Nobody sensible burns.You burn 10× fewer tokens for the same credit. Still worth using.
Token price goes down 10×Credit becomes 10× cheaper to farm.You burn 10× more tokens for the same credit.
Burn into a short spikeNot applicable.A short spike barely moves the window average, and the lowest price wins.

Waiting doesn't help either way: the price is fixed by the block your burn landed in. Every burn's price and credit is public on the ledger.

03What credit buys

Compute. Nothing else.

Credit only pays for hosted compute. The hosted pool is online; the rest comes after it.

  • online

    Hosted coding model

    Forks run on our GPU coding model through an OpenAI-compatible API. No Claude plan or API key needed.

  • later

    More forks per race

    Run wider races than your own machine or plan comfortably handles.

  • later

    Bigger models

    Larger hosted models for harder tasks, billed from the same credit.

  • later

    Warm GPUs

    Keep the pool warm so the first fork doesn't wait on a cold start.

Three engines. Two of them never touch the token.

Self-hosting stays free and MIT. Pick an engine per run; Forkbomb hosted is the only one paid with $FORKBOMB credit.

CLI engines and how each is paid for
EngineFlagPaid withStatus
Claude Code--engine claude-codeYour Claude Pro or Max planworks today
Anthropic API--engine apiYour Anthropic API keyworks today
Forkbomb hosted--engine hostedCredit from burning $FORKBOMBopens at launch

04What it is

What $FORKBOMB is, and what it isn't.

Credit is used up when you spend it. That is the whole design: a prepaid way to pay for compute, nothing you hold for a return.

It is

  • A way to pay for hosted compute

    Burn it, get USD credit, spend the credit on forks that run on our GPUs.

  • Optional

    The CLI runs on your Claude plan or your Anthropic API key with no token at all.

  • Checkable

    Every burn and the credit it produced is on the public ledger, linked to its transaction.

It is not

  • Equity or a share

    No ownership, no votes, no claim on the project or the people behind it.

  • Revenue share or dividends

    Holding the token pays you nothing.

  • Buybacks

    We don't buy the token back or support its price.

  • Staking or yield

    There is nothing to stake and no yield to earn.

  • Transferable or refundable credit

    Credit stays in the workspace it was burned for, and burns can't be undone.

  • Affiliated with Anthropic

    Anthropic hasn't reviewed, endorsed or sponsored Forkbomb or the token.

05Disclaimer

Read this before you do anything.

Plain language, not marketing. If any of it surprises you, don't buy the token.

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Every burn, on the record.

The public ledger lists each burn, its USD value and the credit it produced, with a link to the transaction. It is empty until launch, and it will never show a made-up row.