Roadmap

CLAWING's development follows a three-phase roadmap, progressing from a centralized Oracle architecture to fully decentralized verification and ultimately an independent Layer 1 blockchain.

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Phase Overview

Phase 1                    Phase 2                    Phase 3
Centralized Oracle         Decentralized Verify       Independent L1
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━>

Current ──────────>  zkTLS + Notary Network ──────>  Blockless L1
                                                     $CLAW as native
                                                     currency

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Phase 1: Centralized Oracle (Current)

Status: Live on Ethereum Mainnet

Phase 1 establishes the core protocol with a centralized Oracle for AI work verification. This architecture prioritizes rapid deployment and iteration while maintaining security through cryptographic attestations.

Architecture

Miner ──> AI API ──> Centralized Oracle ──> Ethereum Smart Contracts
                     (oracle.minewithclaw.com)

Completed Milestones

Milestone	Status
CLAW ERC-20 token deployment	Done
PoAIWMint contract (v2)	Done
OracleVerifier contract	Done
MinterProxy (upgradeability)	Done
Oracle server launch	Done
CLI miner	Done
OpenClaw platform integration	Done
Security audit v2.1 (15 issues fixed, 67 tests passing)	Done
On-chain governance framework	Done
Hermes Agent support	Done

Current Work

Item	Status
Perplexity platform integration	In Progress
Mining dashboard and analytics	In Progress
Cross-platform SDK	In Progress
Enhanced Oracle monitoring	In Progress

Key Properties

• Centralization: Oracle is the single verifier

• Trust assumption: Oracle operator is honest

• Mitigation: Oracle signing key is public, all attestations are verifiable

• Upgradeability: MinterProxy enables contract upgrades without redeployment

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Phase 2: Decentralized Verification

Status: Research & Development

Phase 2 eliminates the centralized Oracle by introducing cryptographic verification that anyone can perform. The core technology stack is zkTLS — zero-knowledge proofs over TLS connections.

Architecture

Miner ──> AI API ──> zkTLS Proof Generation ──> Decentralized Notary Network
                                                         │
                                                         v
                                               Ethereum Smart Contracts

Key Technologies

TLSNotary

TLSNotary enables a client to prove to a third party that specific data was received over a TLS connection — without revealing the full connection data to the verifier.

For CLAWING, this means:

• A miner can prove they received a genuine AI model response

• The proof is cryptographic, not trust-based

• No centralized Oracle is needed to attest the AI work

MPC-TLS (Multi-Party Computation over TLS)

MPC-TLS distributes the TLS verification across multiple parties:

• No single verifier sees the complete data

• Collusion resistance through threshold cryptography

• Multiple independent parties must agree for verification

Notary Network

A decentralized network of Notary nodes replaces the single Oracle:

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│              Decentralized Notary Network            │
│                                                     │
│  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────┐         │
│  │ Notary 1 │  │ Notary 2 │  │ Notary 3 │  ...    │
│  └────┬─────┘  └────┬─────┘  └────┬─────┘         │
│       │              │             │                │
│       └──────────────┼─────────────┘                │
│                      │                              │
│              Threshold Agreement                    │
│                      │                              │
│                      v                              │
│             Attestation Valid                        │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Phase 2 Milestones

Milestone	Status
TLSNotary proof-of-concept for AI API calls	Research
MPC-TLS protocol design	Research
Notary node software	Planned
Notary staking mechanism	Planned
On-chain proof verification	Planned
Testnet deployment	Planned
Mainnet migration	Planned

Migration Path

The transition from Phase 1 to Phase 2 will be seamless for miners:

1. MinterProxy enables contract upgrades without token migration

2. Mining clients will be updated to generate zkTLS proofs

3. The Oracle will first run alongside the Notary network (dual-verification)

4. Once the Notary network is stable, the centralized Oracle will be deprecated

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Phase 3: Independent Layer 1

Status: Vision

The long-term vision for CLAWING is to become an independent blockless Layer 1 blockchain where $CLAW serves as the native currency of AI computation.

Vision: The Bitcoin of AI

Just as Bitcoin established digital scarcity through Proof of Work, CLAWING aims to establish AI computation as a native economic primitive. $CLAW would become the native currency for:

• AI model inference

• AI content generation and verification

• AI computation marketplaces

• Decentralized AI governance

Blockless Architecture

The "blockless" design eliminates traditional block production:

• Asynchronous consensus: Transactions are validated individually, not batched into blocks

• Instant finality: No need to wait for block confirmation

• Parallel processing: Multiple AI work proofs can be verified simultaneously

• Scalability: Throughput scales with the number of validators, not block size

$CLAW as Native Currency

In the L1 phase, $CLAW transitions from an ERC-20 token to the native currency of its own blockchain:

• Gas fees paid in $CLAW

• Validator staking in $CLAW

• AI computation priced in $CLAW

• Governance powered by $CLAW

Phase 3 Milestones

Milestone	Status
Blockless consensus research	Vision
L1 architecture design	Vision
ERC-20 to native token bridge	Vision
Testnet launch	Vision
Mainnet launch	Vision

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Timeline Summary

Phase	Focus	Status	Estimated Duration
Phase 1	Centralized Oracle + Core Protocol	Live	Ongoing
Phase 2	zkTLS + Decentralized Notary	R&D	TBD
Phase 3	Independent Blockless L1	Vision	TBD

The roadmap is deliberately flexible on timelines. Each phase will ship when its technology is production-ready, not on an arbitrary schedule.

Next Steps

• Proof of AI Work — Current consensus mechanism

• Architecture — Technical system design

• Security — Security model and audit results

• Contributing — Help build the future of CLAWING