At a glance
The lifecycle
1
Onboarding — an asset becomes on-chain
A compute asset (say, a GPU cluster with a known value and operator) is registered with an on-chain identity and wrapped in a cohort vault. It enters the IX-CORE index by a published, rules-based weight.
2
Investment — capital in, shares out
An investor connects a wallet and deposits a stablecoin (USDC). The IX-CORE vault mints ERC-4626 shares at the current NAV-per-share — a slice of the whole index, not a single asset.
3
Operation — the asset earns
The underlying compute is rented to operators and end-users. That gross revenue, net of operator and protocol fees, is the yield the index produces.
4
Accrual — revenue reaches owners
The investor share of net revenue accrues into the vault, raising NAV-per-share for every holder at once — no claim step.
5
Transparency — verify at every step
Holdings, NAV, reserve coverage, and asset identity are all visible on-chain and surfaced in the app, so ownership and performance can be independently checked.
Identity: your wallet is your account
There is no signup, email, or password. Connecting a wallet is your identity — public browsing is open to everyone, and connecting is only needed to invest or manage a position. The wallet layer is powered by Privy, pinned to Base Sepolia testnet.Reads and writes are pinned to the protocol’s active chain, so the app behaves correctly even if your wallet drifts to another network.
The invest flow, precisely
1
Approve
You approve the IX-CORE vault to spend your USDC.
2
Deposit
You call
deposit(amount). The vault takes your USDC and mints IX-CORE shares to you at the current NAV-per-share.3
Confirm
The position is confirmed from the on-chain transaction — shares and value are read from the blockchain, not from the browser.
What’s in the index
At launch, IX-CORE is ~100% the compute sleeve (shown as a live weight). The index is designed to admit more sectors over time, each entering by a rules-based weight:Exit
You exit by redeeming IX-CORE at NAV — the vault burns your shares and returns value, drained from the smoothing/redemption buffer. A secondary AMM market is deferred to pre-mainnet.Where to go next
Architecture
The contracts and how they fit together.
Ownership & IX-CORE
What IX-CORE is, how it’s priced, and what it entitles you to.