refine blockchain integration and protocols

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+Status: ready-for-agent
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+# 31 — Billing ledger: per-token pricing, 90/10 split, pending balances
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+## What to build
+
+Tracker-side off-chain billing per ADR-0015. Each model preset gets a USDT `price_per_1k_tokens` in tracker config. When a request completes, the tracker debits the client's API-key ledger balance (`price × total_tokens / 1000`) and credits 90% to the serving nodes' pending balances proportional to work units (layers × tokens, reusing the existing `ComputeAttribution`), with 10% accruing to the protocol cut. API keys with insufficient balance are rejected with HTTP 402 before any routing happens — no free work.
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+The ledger persists in the existing tracker SQLite store and replicates across the tracker hive so any follower can serve balance reads.
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+This story is pure off-chain accounting — no Solana calls.
+
+## Acceptance criteria
+
+- [ ] Per-model `price_per_1k_tokens` in tracker config with sane defaults
+- [ ] Completed request debits client ledger: `price × total_tokens / 1000`
+- [ ] 90% split across serving nodes by work_units; 10% accrues to `protocol_cut`
+- [ ] Insufficient balance → HTTP 402 before routing
+- [ ] Balances survive tracker restart (SQLite) and replicate to hive followers
+- [ ] Unit tests: single-node route, 3-node split, exhausted balance, restart persistence
+
+## Blocked by
+
+- `23-heartbeat-stats.md`
+- `25-rolling-rpm-stats.md`