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Field reportNX-2026-0122

Compute markets need settlement and attestation together

Either half alone produces a market nobody serious will use.

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Settlement without attestation lets a seller take payment for work done on cheaper hardware. Attestation without settlement leaves an invoicing relationship, which is what the market was meant to replace.

The networks whose utilisation moved this year shipped both. The ones that shipped one are still explaining their token.

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