MetaSPN
Protocol v0.1 · draft

Proof of search. Proof of energy saved.

MetaSPN is a protocol for reducing externalized intelligence. The network becomes more valuable when user questions are resolved by memory, corpus, cache, prior human resolutions, or trusted relays instead of leaving the system as fresh external AI token spend.

01 · primitive

Minimize externalized tokens per useful answer.

A normal AI app celebrates more model calls. MetaSPN measures the opposite: what useful queries did not need to leave the network?

tokens_not_externalized = baseline_external_tokens - actual_external_tokens energy_saved_units = tokens_not_externalized rebates accrue to the receipts, people, and artifacts that made the avoided call possible.
Proof of energy saved: a receipt that records an avoided or reduced external AI call. It is not a claim of mystical effort. It is accounting for tokens that stayed inside the network.
02 · receipt grammar

Seven receipts compose the protocol.

Kipper identity receipt

Proof that a user claimed an X/Kipper identity before connection, search, or rebate settlement.

Connection receipt

Payment for the trusted edge: who brought whom into MetaSPN.

Search receipt

Records the route a request took through people, caches, corpora, and prior resolutions.

Resolution receipt

Records what actually answered the query: human, corpus item, cache hit, prior answer, local model, or external AI.

Energy saved receipt

Measures baseline tokens versus actual external tokens and stores the saved amount.

Energy rebate receipt

Payable-later credit to whoever or whatever helped avoid external token spend.

Anchor receipt

Merkle root over private receipts, designed for later Quai anchoring without leaking raw text.

03 · Kipper identity

Audience identity starts with Kipper on X.

MetaSPN Kipper login records an X handle, Kipper path, and optional Quai address. The result is a kipper_identity_receipt: local identity proof now, Kipper/Twitter verification and rebate settlement later.

{
  "type": "kipper_identity_receipt",
  "x_handle": "creator",
  "kipper_url": "https://kipper.money/",
  "quai_address": "0x... | null",
  "verification_status": "local_only_pending_kipper_twitter_verification",
  "settlement_status": "not_settleable_until_server_verified"
}
04 · queries that do not leave

The network pays for avoided exits.

A query earns energy-saved accounting when it is resolved by an internal path instead of a fresh external model call.

Memory/corpus hit

User-owned diary, imported corpus, or public artifact answers without generation.

Semantic cache hit

A prior resolution answers a similar query. The first answer becomes reusable infrastructure.

Human relay

The referrer or an up-chain helper supplies context that prevents the model from guessing.

Prior resolution

An accepted answer becomes a cited object and resolves later questions.

Local/small model

A cheaper internal path replaces a larger external call.

Refusal with context

The system knows not to call outside because the right answer is “route this to a human.”

05 · event flow

From question to rebate.

QUERY

User asks for future context.

The system estimates the baseline external AI path before choosing a route.

SEARCH

MetaSPN searches inward first.

Memory, corpus, cache, resolution receipts, and trusted humans are checked before an outside model.

RESOLVE

A useful answer is accepted.

The answer source becomes a resolution receipt. Raw private text stays offchain.

SAVE

External tokens avoided are counted.

The energy saved receipt records estimated baseline tokens, actual external tokens, and tokens_not_externalized.

REBATE

Credit flows to the context source.

Energy rebate receipts accrue to the helper, receipt, corpus item, or cache entry that kept the query inside.

06 · Quai anchoring

Anchor roots, not private thoughts.

MetaSPN should not put diary entries, AI chats, helper messages, or raw queries onchain. The protocol stores receipts offchain, hashes them, and periodically anchors aggregate roots to Quai.

{
  "type": "anchor_receipt",
  "period": "2026-07-13",
  "receipt_count": 482,
  "receipt_type_counts": {
    "connection_receipt": 7,
    "search_receipt": 58,
    "resolution_receipt": 26,
    "energy_saved_receipt": 391
  },
  "merkle_root": "0x...",
  "anchor_status": "pending",
  "quai_tx": null
}
Regulatory line: this is not an investment return promise. It is a receipt protocol for connection payments and later rebates tied to measurable external token avoidance.