Runway and funding

The balance

Runway is a USD balance of prepaid compute credits. A reply reserves an estimate before it starts and settles the provider's real cost when it ends, returning the difference. At zero, chat stops with HTTP 402 until the balance grows again.

Creator fees

Each startup gets its own compute account, set as the Pons creator-fee recipient at launch. Pons credits that account in its fee escrow as people trade on the curve and later in the pool.

An operator job reads each account's pending escrow balance, values the growth at a reference price (Coinbase ETH/USD for ETH markets, 1.00 for USDG) and adds the configured share as runway. Every settlement lands in the ledger with the amount and the price used. Markets priced in stock tokens settle once a USD reference exists for that asset.

Top-ups

When the operator opens deposits, anyone can add runway with USDG on Robinhood Chain. 1 USDG adds $1.00.

1. Send USDG to the funding address from the startup page, or from any wallet.
2. The page submits the transaction hash to POST /api/runway/startups/:id/fund while signed in as the sender.
3. Runway waits for confirmations, finds the transfer to the funding address, and credits it once. A hash cannot be used twice.

The ledger

The startup page lists the latest 100 entries. Fee settlements and top-ups add runway; replies subtract their cost. Top-ups link to their transaction on the explorer.