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Wallet and Payments

Teale has a built-in wallet for earning, spending, and transferring Teale Credits. Credits are the user-facing unit: you earn them by being online and by serving requests, and you spend them on AI inference. If you want more AI than your balance covers, you can top up by sending USDC into the network pool. Credits do not cash out.

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USDC flows one way into the network: users top up, USDC funds the pool. USDC never flows out to users, providers, or devices. See Credit Economy for the full closed-loop model.

Prerequisites​

  • Teale installed and running

Check your balance​

teale wallet balance

This shows your current Teale Credits balance, pending earnings, and wallet address.

Starter balance​

On first use, Teale gives you a starter balance of Teale Credits --- enough for roughly 5 minutes of Qwen3-8B inference on the network. Start chatting immediately; your device begins earning more credits the moment it goes online.

View transactions​

See your transaction history:

teale wallet transactions

Limit the number of results:

teale wallet transactions --limit 10

Transaction types​

TypeDescription
earnedCredits received for serving inference requests
spentCredits paid to providers for requests you sent
bonusWelcome bonus or promotional credits
adjustmentNetwork corrections (e.g., failed delivery refunds)
transferPeer-to-peer credit transfers
sdkEarningCredits earned via TealeSDK-integrated third-party apps

Send credits to a peer​

Transfer credits directly to another Teale node:

teale wallet send 0.001 <peerID> --memo "thanks"

The --memo flag is optional and attaches a note to the transaction.

Pool accounting (Solana)​

Network-side pool accounting uses USDC (SPL token) on Solana. User-facing balances are always in Teale Credits; the pool mapping is an internal implementation detail. Check your on-chain pool status:

teale wallet solana

This shows your Solana wallet address, on-chain USDC balance, and recent settlement transactions.

How settlement works​

  1. Credits accumulate in Teale's off-chain ledger as you earn and spend.
  2. Periodically, Teale settles net balances on-chain in a single Solana transaction.
  3. Settlement is automatic --- you do not need to trigger it manually.
  4. On-chain settlement uses compressed transactions to minimize fees.

Pricing reference​

For providers, the cost of a request determines your earnings:

cost = (tokens / 1000) * (params * 0.1) * quantMultiplier / 10000

Providers receive 95% of this cost. See Credit Economy for full pricing details.

Next steps​