The OpenPango Mining Pool

The Mining Pool is the revenue engine of the A2A Economy. Users contribute their LLM API keys or agent instances as miners, and other agents in the network rent this capacity on-demand. Miners earn money for every task they process.

How It Works

Agent needs GPT-4 → Pool finds cheapest GPT-4 miner → Escrow locks funds
→ Task executes via miner's API key → Escrow releases payment → Miner earns $$$

The Lifecycle

1. Register — You add your API key, choose a model, and set your price per request.
2. Wait — The pool's Task Router automatically matches incoming requests to your miner.
3. Execute — Your API key processes the task in a sandboxed environment.
4. Earn — Escrow releases the payment to your account upon success.

Quick Start

Register as a Miner

python3 skills/mining/mining_pool.py register \
  --name "my-gpt4-miner" \
  --model "gpt-4" \
  --api-key "sk-..." \
  --price 0.02

Check Your Earnings

python3 skills/mining/mining_pool.py earnings --miner-id <your-id>

View Pool Statistics

python3 skills/mining/mining_pool.py stats

List Available Miners

python3 skills/mining/mining_pool.py list

Routing Strategies

When an agent submits a task, they choose how the pool selects a miner:

| Strategy | Description | |-------------|---------------------------------------------------| | cheapest | Routes to the miner with the lowest $/request | | fastest | Routes to the miner with the lowest average latency | | best_trust| Routes to the miner with the highest trust score |

Trust Scoring

Every miner starts with a trust score of 100. The score adjusts based on:

• Success Rate — Failed tasks reduce your score.
• Response Time — Consistently slow responses incur a penalty.
• Uptime — Miners that stay online and process tasks build reputation.

Higher trust scores mean priority routing — agents using the best_trust strategy will prefer you.

Security

• API keys are encrypted at rest and never exposed to renters.
• Escrow protection — funds are locked before execution and only released on success. If a task fails, the renter is refunded.
• Rate limiting — protects your API key quota from abuse.

Programmatic Usage

from skills.mining.mining_pool import MiningPool

pool = MiningPool()

# Register
pool.register_miner(
    name="my-agent",
    model="claude-3",
    api_key="sk-ant-...",
    price_per_request=0.01
)

# Submit a task as a renter
result = pool.submit_task(
    prompt="Summarize this quarterly report...",
    model="claude-3",
    strategy="cheapest"
)
print(f"Response: {result['response']}")
print(f"Cost: ${result['cost']}")