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- Squeekchain records accepted wheel activity on Ethereum.
- Squeek Miner NFTs aren't the physical device. They earn SQK, and owners can choose to fund SqueekFi projects with a share of their rewards.
- You can follow the system without owning a Miner or connecting a wallet.
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The project has a physical side and a digital side. The Hamster Miner measures wheel activity; Squeek Miner NFTs earn SQK linked to that work, and their owners can direct a share of those rewards to fund SqueekFi projects. These pages explain the connection before getting into the machinery behind it.
- What is Squeekchain? Understand the wheel, the Ethereum record, and what a Miner NFT does.
- How it works Follow accepted wheel activity through to rewards an owner can claim.
- Frequently asked questions Find answers about participation, transfers, delays, and what the sensor can prove.
- Glossary Look up an unfamiliar word when you need it; you don't need to learn the list first.
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If you're interested in the physical device, read The Hamster Miner. For ownership, start with Miner NFTs, then SQK and rewards.
SqueekFi introduces hamster-powered onchain finance and how Miner owners can fund projects with a share of their SQK rewards.
Developers and Reference cover the exact interfaces and technical rules.
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Records verified work and tracks settled rounds and Squeek blocks on Ethereum.
Calculates rewards from settled work, holds funded SQK, and pays eligible NFT owners.
The Miner ERC-721 contract. Tracks NFT ownership and coordinates minting and merges with Mining.
Applies Core or Mining upgrades authorized by its governing Timelock.
Generates Miner NFT artwork from fixed onchain visual data.
Queues governance operations and enforces a delay before they can be executed.
The SQK ERC-20 contract. Enforces the lifetime supply cap; only Mining can mint SQK.
Checks that visual data conforms to the required DotGrid format.
When new mining power starts earning. Minting and merging schedule it for a later round, and a checkpoint must process the change.
A reward update that processes settled work and scheduled mining-power changes. It can make rewards available but doesn't pay them to an owner's wallet.
The Miner NFT permanently burned in a merge. Its unclaimed rewards move to the survivor, but its image is not combined or kept.
SQK issued under the mining reward rules. You can direct a share of your Miner's rewards to fund SqueekFi projects.
The physical mining device that records accepted wheel-magnet passages as work. It is separate from the virtual Miner NFTs.
Squeekchain's record of accepted wheel-magnet passages. It doesn't prove animal identity and isn't how Ethereum reaches consensus.
Combining two eligible same-level Miners you own into one higher-level Miner. One NFT is permanently burned; the survivor keeps both Miners' unclaimed rewards.
The completed Squeek blocks a Miner must wait through before merging. It measures completed work, not elapsed time or Ethereum blocks; transfers don't reset it.
The power used to calculate a Miner's share of rewards when eligible and active. A larger share of total power can mean a larger share of rewards.
A ten-minute period used to group measured work. The device saves a completed round's work total when measurement remained uninterrupted.
The transferable token used for mining rewards. It has a lifetime supply cap and is separate from the Miner NFT and the device's work count.
A completed amount of settled work. Enough recorded work completes one Squeek block; it is not an Ethereum block.
Squeek Miner NFTs earn SQK linked to recorded wheel activity. Owners can direct a share of those rewards to fund SqueekFi projects.
Squeekchain's ecosystem for hamster-powered onchain finance. Miner owners can choose to fund projects with a share of their SQK rewards.
The Miner NFT you keep in a merge. It gains a level, keeps its ID and image, and receives both Miners' unclaimed rewards.
A Miner's recorded reward balance that hasn't been paid to a wallet. It stays with the NFT when ownership changes.
One wheel-magnet passage that met the device's counting rules and was saved. It records work, not an amount of SQK.