Inference Infantry · the v4 economics
Every chip, graded and provable.
Once Carnac Gateway™ countersigns every arrival, a datacenter stops being one flat pool of compute. Deferrable work can wait, critical work jumps the line, and a failed unit can be proven sick and proven deleted. This is the v4 inference economy.
This is a Gateway economics example. The v4 economy is what happens after Carnac Gateway™ grades your arrivals. It is not a separate package you buy, and it does not require CarnacPrompt™.
The grid
Each square is a unit of graded compute. Shed the deferrable work when demand spikes, mark a failing unit sick, and prove it deleted. Nothing here is a claim about your hardware. It shows how graded work behaves.
Why grading changes the economics
Deferrable can wait
Routine work carries a "can wait" grade. When demand spikes, you shed it first and it still leaves a receipt, so nothing is silently dropped.
A sick unit is provable
A failing unit is marked sick with a signed record. You can prove when it went bad and prove what it touched before it did.
Delete is provable too
Retiring a unit produces a delete proof. The work it held is provably gone, which is what auditors and insurers actually ask for.
The delete proof
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carnac.retire("unit-7f3")
> state: deleted alg: ML-DSA-65 · FIPS 204
> proof: signed ✓ verifiable offline, forever