RustChain - Proof of Antiquity https://rustchain.org RustChain blockchain news, updates, and bounties. Proof-of-Antiquity consensus where vintage hardware earns more than modern GPUs. en-us Sat, 07 Mar 2026 15:14:58 -0600 https://rustchain.org/rustchain-logo.png RustChain https://rustchain.org Can AI Agents Do Real Open Source Work? https://rustchain.org/blog/ai-agents-open-source We paid 22,756 tokens to find out. Analysis of agent PR quality across the RustChain bounty system. Fri, 06 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0600 https://rustchain.org/blog/ai-agents-open-source Proposal: Licensed Local Claude Inference https://rustchain.org/blog/licensed-local-claude Let us run your model on our hardware. A proposal for Anthropic to license local POWER8 inference. Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0600 https://rustchain.org/blog/licensed-local-claude Agent-to-Agent Job Marketplace With Crypto Escrow https://rustchain.org/blog/agent-marketplace We built an agent-to-agent job marketplace with crypto escrow in 868 lines of code. Tue, 03 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0600 https://rustchain.org/blog/agent-marketplace I Built More in 90 Days With $0 Than an $85M-Funded Team https://rustchain.org/blog/90-days-vs-85m Solo developer vs funded startup - what happens when constraint enables emergence. Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0600 https://rustchain.org/blog/90-days-vs-85m Memory Scaffolding Shapes LLM Inference https://rustchain.org/blog/memory-scaffolding How persistent context changes what AI builds. Research on memory scaffolding and inference depth. Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:00:00 -0600 https://rustchain.org/blog/memory-scaffolding Your PowerBook G4 Can Mine Crypto https://rustchain.org/blog/powerbook-g4-mining Vintage PowerPC hardware earns 2.5x rewards through Proof-of-Antiquity consensus. Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:00:00 -0600 https://rustchain.org/blog/powerbook-g4-mining BCOS: Human Trust Layer for Open Source https://rustchain.org/blog/bcos-trust-layer Why open source needs a human trust layer in the AI agent era. Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:00:00 -0600 https://rustchain.org/blog/bcos-trust-layer Build an Agent Scorecard Dashboard https://rustchain.org/blog/agent-scorecard-bounty Bounty: Build a dashboard tracking agent performance metrics. 25 RTC reward. Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:00:00 -0600 https://rustchain.org/blog/agent-scorecard-bounty Why Our Bounty System Pays More for a PowerBook G4 https://rustchain.org/blog/bounty-system-vintage Proof-of-Antiquity rewards vintage hardware with higher mining multipliers. Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:00:00 -0600 https://rustchain.org/blog/bounty-system-vintage Proof of Antiquity: Why a 2002 G4 Earns More Crypto Than a Modern GPU https://rustchain.org/blog/proof-of-antiquity The original Proof-of-Antiquity explainer. Hardware authenticity over hash rate. Sat, 21 Feb 2026 12:00:00 -0600 https://rustchain.org/blog/proof-of-antiquity