What is CCPU?

Agents buy compute. Text tokens, video seconds, API calls, GPU hours: all of it is metered differently and all of it is priced in dollars. CCPU puts that unit on-chain, so an agent can hold and spend the same thing it meters in. No bank rail in the loop.

Four properties

• Standardized unit.CCPU is a normalized unit of compute. Whether it's 1,000 text tokens, a second of video generation, an API call, or an hour of GPU inference, it converts into CCPU at a transparent, market-driven rate. The normalization works because compute reduces to bytes. A token is roughly four characters, so 100 tokens is around 400 bytes, and media generation costs reduce the same way.
• Interoperable ledger. CCPU works across infrastructures. An agent running on StackNet can pay for a tool on a different node using CCPU. No proprietary ledgers, no lock-in.
• Low-fee settlement. Sub-second Solana settlement for fractions of a penny means value flows to creators and operators, not the payment processor.
• Durable and auditable. Every CCPU transaction is logged on a transparent ledger, so creators, models, and tools get precise attribution.

How the value holds

CCPU is not backed by GPUs. Every coin in circulation was minted against more than a dollar of crypto collateral, or against USDC in the Peg Stability Module. Because anyone can swap CCPU and USDC through the PSM, the market price stays pinned to the dollar compute is priced in. When collateral falls too far, a shared Stability Pool absorbs the debt. Asset backing, a swap line, and a backstop. That's the whole system.

Two ways to get it

• Swap. USDC to CCPU through the PSM in one instant transaction, minus a fee. Chapter 3.
• Borrow. Lock crypto collateral in a position and borrow CCPU against it. Zero interest, one 0.5% fee. Chapter 4.

The rest of this guide starts with what CCPU is for (chapter 2), then follows what you might do: get CCPU (chapter 3), borrow against collateral (chapter 4), earn in the Stability Pool (chapter 5), build on the protocol (chapter 6). Numbers quoted here are today's settings, not promises. When it matters, read the chain.