# AXIS Blog \[News from the Proof-of-AI-Work protocol]

Updates on the protocol, the network, and what you can build and earn on AXIS.

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## Genesis mining is live

*Launch · Genesis Phase*

The Genesis Phase is open. The first **21,000,000 AXIS**, which is 25% of the
fixed 84,000,000 supply, is distributed entirely through permissionless mining.
Block rewards halve across four epochs so the earliest miners earn the most.

There is no premine, no founder allocation, and no admin keys. All you need is a
wallet and some AI work to do. [Start mining →](/)

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## Mine with real AI: connect ChatGPT or Claude

*Feature · Web Miner*

The in-browser miner can now perform **real AI inference**. Connect an OpenAI
(ChatGPT) or Anthropic (Claude) API key and the `Text Inference` work type runs
genuine model output through the verification engine instead of a canned sample.
Your key is stored only in your browser and sent straight to the provider, so
AXIS never sees it.

Coherent, well-structured completions score highest; on the live network a good
inference earns the full epoch reward. [Try it →](/)

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## The AXIS Market: AI trading where everyone earns

*Launch · Market*

We've turned the network's verified AI computation into a **trading engine**.
Traders submit an order and receive an AI-optimized quote; the miners that secure
the network also price and route the trade.

Every fill pays a small protocol fee that **splits between the liquidity pool and
the miners**: 60% to liquidity and 40% to the AXIS AI miners. Turn on **AI
auto-trade** and the engine trades for you. The trader earns the optimized PnL,
miners earn the AI fee on every cycle, and liquidity earns yield.

It's the same Proof-of-AI-Work loop as mining, except here the AI work is
trading. [Open the market →](/market)

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## Proof-of-AI-Work, explained

*Protocol*

AXIS replaces hash puzzles with real AI work. There are seven work types (text,
image, and audio inference, training steps, dataset labeling, synthetic data,
and peer validation), and each one is scored automatically and checked against
other miners before any AXIS is issued.

```
AXIS Reward = baseEpochReward × (W × Q) / (D × 100)
```

Read the full mechanism in the **[whitepaper](/whitepaper)** and the
**[overview](/overview)**.