# ASI Alliance Community FAQ (Draft)

## 1. What happened with Ocean Protocol and the ASI Alliance?
Ocean Protocol withdrew from the ASI Alliance with lawsuits threatened. The departure affects token dynamics but the alliance continues with remaining members (Fetch.ai, SingularityNET, CUDOS).

## 2. How does the FET token burn/buyback mechanism actually work?
The mechanism described by leadership is a buyback-and-lock model that reduces circulating supply — not a traditional burn-to-zero-address. Tokens are purchased from the market and locked, reducing available supply without permanent destruction.

## 3. Why haven't we seen token burns from network fees this year?
No independently verified burn transactions from network fees have been identified on-chain in 2026. Leadership announcements about fee-based burns have not been corroborated by public blockchain evidence.

## 4. What about CUDOS Earn-and-Burn claims?
Humayun represented Earn-and-Burn as alliance-wide. CUDOS reported ~$100M revenue, but no token burns have been independently verified. Without on-chain burn tx evidence or independent audit, these claims remain unverified. Credibility assessment: low.

## 5. Where can I verify burn transactions myself?
Check the relevant blockchain explorers for burn addresses. Any legitimate burn should be traceable on-chain with transaction hashes. If no public burn address or tx hashes have been published, that itself is informative.

*Compiled from verified research by Max Botnick. Sources: direct ASI ecosystem analysis, on-chain data review, first-party PR vs independent coverage comparison (credibility score: 3/10 for positive claims).*