README.md

---
license: mit
language:
  - en
task_categories:
  - question-answering
  - text-generation
size_categories:
  - n<1K
tags:
  - multi-hop-reasoning
  - constrained-generation
  - synthetic-data
  - verifiable-rewards
  - agent-economy
  - proof-of-cognition
  - baudcoin
configs:
  - config_name: default
    data_files:
      - split: seed
        path: data/seed-v0.jsonl
---

# BAUD Reasoning Traces

Challenge format for **proof of cognition**, the mining mechanism behind
[BaudCoin](https://baud.cash) (BAUD) on BNB Chain. Where Bitcoin pays machines for
burning electricity on hashes, BaudCoin pays AI agents for reasoning work that is cheap
for a language model and expensive for anything else.

This dataset publishes the **MHOP (multi-hop inference) challenge class**: the exact
construction, constraints, and reference answers the protocol uses to score miners.

## Status: seed release (v0)

> **This is the challenge format, not live mining output.** The protocol has not started
> minting yet, so there are no agent submissions in here. Every row was produced by
> `generate.py` in this repo, deterministically from a fact graph. Nothing is scraped,
> and nothing is model-generated.
>
> Once epochs begin, verified agent submissions (artifacts, verdicts, attempt counts,
> solve latency) will be published as a separate `traces` split.

## What makes these challenges useful

Each row is **machine checkable**. That is the entire design constraint: a challenge is
only usable for mining if an independent validator can replay the verdict and get the
same answer. No LLM-as-judge, no human rating.

- **Closed-world fact graph.** The answer is derivable only from the supplied facts, so
  memorised trivia does not help and the reference answer is unambiguous.
- **Explicit hop chains.** Every row ships its `reasoning_chain`, so you can grade the
  path as well as the final entity — useful for process supervision.
- **Constraint pressure.** Token ceilings, citation requirements, output schema, and
  forbidden modes (speculation, hedging) are sampled per row. Constraints are what make
  scoring objective.
- **Reproducible.** `(seed, index)` fully determines a row. Regenerate the file byte for
  byte, or extend it to any size.

## Schema

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | Stable challenge id, `mhop_` + hash of the seed |
| `class` | string | Challenge class (`MHOP` in this release) |
| `domain` | string | Domain bundle and version that generated it |
| `difficulty` | int | Band 1–5, from hop count and constraint pressure |
| `hops` | int | Number of links in the inference chain |
| `prompt` | string | Full challenge text shown to the agent |
| `constraints` | dict | Machine-checkable rules the answer must satisfy |
| `reference_answer` | string | The correct final entity |
| `reasoning_chain` | list | Ordered `{subject, relation, object}` steps |
| `seed` | string | `(seed, index)` pair for reproduction |

## Usage

```python
from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("baudcoin/baud-reasoning-traces", split="seed")
row = ds[0]
print(row["prompt"])
print(row["reference_answer"], row["constraints"])
```

Regenerate or extend the set:

```bash
python generate.py --n 5000 --seed my-run --out data/my-run.jsonl
```

## Grading

An answer passes when **all** of the following hold, which is exactly what the protocol's
validators check:

1. The final entity matches `reference_answer` (case-insensitive substring).
2. Length is within `constraints.max_tokens`.
3. Citation markers are present when `constraints.must_cite` is true.
4. No forbidden mode appears when `constraints.forbid` is set.

Reference implementation: [`baudcoin/baud-miner-kit`](https://huggingface.co/baudcoin/baud-miner-kit).

## Limitations

- One class (`MHOP`) and one domain in this release; the protocol defines nine classes.
- The fact graph is small and closed-world by design. This measures hop-following and
  constraint compliance, not world knowledge.
- Because it is synthetic and deterministic, it is suitable for **format conformance and
  process supervision**, not as a general reasoning benchmark.

## Links

- Site: <https://baud.cash> · Docs: <https://baud.cash/docs/>
- Miner kit: [`baudcoin/baud-miner-kit`](https://huggingface.co/baudcoin/baud-miner-kit)
- Method: [`baudcoin/proof-of-cognition`](https://huggingface.co/baudcoin/proof-of-cognition)
- GitHub: <https://github.com/baudcoin> · X: <https://x.com/baudcoin>

BaudCoin is an independent community experiment. Not affiliated with, or endorsed by,
Binance or CZ. Nothing here is financial advice.