Accuracy as a staked position
Anyone can publish a dashboard. Almost nobody will put capital behind being wrong. The Verification Network turns data quality from a marketing claim into an economic commitment with a slashing condition attached.
Four roles, one accountability loop
Verifier
Stakes ARC to attest to contract identity, backing structure, oracle mapping and corporate actions. Earns a share of network fees; loses stake on a successful dispute.
Issuer
Posts a bond against the accuracy of its own disclosures. A bonded issuer surfaces with a higher trust weight in the Explorer.
Challenger
Anyone may challenge an attestation by posting a counter-bond. Resolution is public and the losing side funds it.
Curator
Proposes and maintains the field schema — what a complete record for each asset class must contain.
Where subscription revenue goes
Buy-and-burn
of retail terminal subscription revenue, received in USDC.
Funded separately from the burn stream, so the burn is not quietly diluted by opex.
Paid from network fees and slashed stake, not from the burn allocation.
Paying for a subscription creates market demand for ARC and permanently reduces supply. It does not guarantee price appreciation. Do not purchase a subscription as an investment in ARC — purchase it only if the Terminal product itself is worth its price to you.