What is ACME?ACME —
Assets Coded on the Monetary Engine — is a Bitcoin-native metaprotocol . It extends Bitcoin with a state machine for issuance, transfer, and trustless exchange of 1-of-1 NFTs, fungible tokens, and structured on-chain data — secured entirely by Bitcoin Proof-of-Work, with no sidechain, no bridge, and no consensus changes required.
Every mint, transfer, and DEX trade is a valid Bitcoin transaction. Indexers reconstruct protocol state by reading the chain. No tokens minted out of thin air, no validators standing between users and their assets, and the protocol cannot be turned off as long as Bitcoin keeps producing blocks.
Status: Testnet LiveThe ACME testnet is open and running today. You can mint NFTs and tokens, browse the explorer across all four storage layers, trade on the native DEX, and try Cortex Studio for generative on-chain art.
→ Try it now: testnet.acme.picsWe're actively looking for indexers, wallet integrators, artists, and Bitcoin OGs who want to break things and tell us how. Bug reports and protocol feedback are welcome.
Why ACME- Bitcoin-native, no compromises. Settlement and data live on L1. No EVM, no rollup, no IOU representation of BTC.
- Multi-tier storage. Four data layers — UTXO, OP_RETURN, Taproot witness envelopes, and Arweave — let creators choose the cost/permanence tradeoff that fits the asset.
- Native DEX. Deterministic limit-order matching on-chain. Trade any ACME asset against BTC or any other ACME asset without a custodian.
- CORTEX / TAGS knowledge graph. Every asset can carry semantic metadata and reference other assets through an axon/dendrite system — enabling collections, prints, subassets, and provable provenance.
- Real revenue, paid in BTC. The protocol enforces fees at the indexer level on every mint and trade. 50% of all BTC protocol fees go to $ACME stakers as direct Bitcoin rewards — not inflationary $ACME emissions.
- Trustless indexing. A UTXO-based fee pool pays indexers only when they submit correct state. Honest indexing becomes permissionless mining, economically aligned with truth by design.
Asset Classes- NFTs (1-of-1): Lock/unlock state machine, native support for prints and subassets, on-chain royalty enforcement.
- TOKENs (fungible): Deployed via openminter for fair-mint distributions, or pre-issued for project treasuries.
$ACME TokenTicker : $ACME
Total supply : 1,000,000,000 (fixed, no inflation)
Issuance : On Bitcoin L1 via ACME Protocol
Utility : Governance, validator-set access via staking,
direct BTC rewards from protocol fees
Fee distribution : 50% to stakers, paid in BTC
All protocol operations are paid in BTC (minimum 330 sats per operation). $ACME is the governance and staking access key — it does not replace BTC as the gas/fee asset.
Full allocation (1,000,000,000 $ACME):Seed 200M 20% unlocked at launch
Private 100M 10% unlocked at launch
Public 200M 20% unlocked at launch
Team 150M 15% 24-mo vesting, quarterly unlocks
Treasury 100M 10% unlocked at launch
Staking Rewards 100M 10% unlocked at launch
Ecosystem Grants 60M 6% unlocked at launch
Artist Onboarding 50M 5% unlocked at launch
Airdrop 40M 4% unlocked at launch
All sale rounds and ecosystem allocations are fully unlocked at launch.
Token Sale — Seed Round OPENThree sequential rounds, BTC-denominated, paid directly from your own Bitcoin wallet to a published mainnet address. No wallet connect, no sign-up. Rounds unlock sequentially — Seed first, then Private, then Public.
Round Alloc Tokens Sats/ACME FDV Target BTC Status
Seed 20% 200M 2 sats 20 ₿ 4.000 ₿ OPEN
Private 10% 100M 3 sats 30 ₿ 3.000 ₿ LOCKED
Public 20% 200M 4 sats 40 ₿ 8.000 ₿ LOCKED
TOTAL 50% 500M — — 15.000 ₿ —
1 ₿ = 50M $ACME · target 4 ₿ · earliest backers, best rate.
Private: opens after Seed closes · 1 ₿ = 33M $ACME · target 3 ₿.
Public: opens after Private closes · 1 ₿ = 25M $ACME · target 8 ₿.
Contributions are tallied at round close and $ACME is allocated pro rata to every contributing BTC address.
No vesting on any sale round — community allocation is fully unlocked at launch.→ Participate: genesis.acme.pics(round address + QR + live progress shown on the page — always verify the address against official ACME channels before sending)
Roadmap- Q2 2026 — Testnet launch (1 May 2026) ✓ Live
- Q3 2026 — Mainnet launch (4 Jul 2026), Foundation validator set goes live
- Q4 2026 — Federation of indexers bootstrapped
- Q2 2027 — Federation expansion to 15 validators
- Q4 2027 — Native BTC-denominated staking rewards live
- Q2 2028 — Permissionless validator set (Foundation requirement removed)
- Q4 2028 — Foundation dissolution, full DAO, first DAO vote
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Disclaimer: $ACME is a utility and governance token granting voting rights over protocol parameters, treasury allocation, and upgrades, together with validator-set access via staking. It is not a security, investment contract, or financial instrument. Contributions of BTC to a round address are payments for future governance and network-access rights — not investments. No representations, warranties, or promises of profit, return, or appreciation are made or implied. FDV and on-page figures are technical tokenomics metrics, not price forecasts. Mainnet Bitcoin transactions are final and irreversible — always cross-verify round addresses against official ACME communications before sending. $ACME is not distributed to, or intended for, persons in jurisdictions where such distributions are restricted or prohibited. Participate only if permitted by the laws applicable to you. Nothing in this thread is financial advice. 
