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Choose a path
Use the wallet, follow activity in the explorer, or learn how meaningful participation works.
Ecosystem
Wallets, explorers, and participation that means something
The Chert ecosystem is not just a token page. It is the place to route users into the wallet, the explorer, and a plain-English explanation of useful-work participation.
Meaningful participation
Useful work should be a first-class part of the ecosystem.
On Chert, that means explaining the idea clearly without pretending there is a live partner registry or invented public telemetry when those proof surfaces are not published yet.
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Understand the model
Silica uses Proof of Useful Work (PoUW), and different useful-work programs sit inside that broader system.
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Track rollout honestly
Program status belongs on roadmap, health, and protocol surfaces—not inside invented dashboard counters.
Terminology rule
Proof of Useful Work (PoUW) is the parent mechanism. NUW, BOINC-backed workloads, Folding@Home workloads, and future scientific or AI programs are categories or implementations within that broader system.
Useful-work categories
What fits inside the model
These are ecosystem categories, not claims that every program is already live. Public rollout status should always be labeled clearly.
PoUW class
NUW
Network Utility Work is one category of participation inside PoUW. It is not the parent mechanism name.
Workload category
BOINC-backed workloads
A useful-work family the protocol can support as public programs and verification surfaces are rolled out.
Workload category
Folding@Home workloads
Another useful-work family that fits the PoUW model when program availability and validation rules are published.
Future category
Additional scientific and AI tasks
Other validated public-value workloads can live here over time, but they should be labeled clearly as live, planned, or research.
What you can use
Start with the real public surfaces.
Wallet
The fastest path into the user-facing Chert experience.
Open walletExplorer
Track transfers, addresses, and activity from the Chert-facing explorer surface.
Open explorerProtocol docs
Need APIs, SDKs, contracts, or node detail? That belongs on Silica Protocol.
Go to docsAPI health
Use the real health endpoint when you want current network status rather than placeholder metrics.
View healthWant the technical registry, APIs, and roadmap details?
Chert explains the ecosystem at a user-friendly level. Silica Protocol is where the deeper builder, operator, and proof surfaces should live.