Flop is a network designed to power the emerging AI agent economy, led by Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX
The idea behind Flop is to give autonomous AI agents everything they need to operate independently:
- $FLOP as a native currency
- GPU miners providing decentralized compute
- Decentralized memory
- Infrastructure allowing agents to pay, communicate and interact with each other without requiring a human at every step
💰 Flop is backed and self-funded by Arthur Hayes 💰
💸 No publicly announced VC investors or private funding round 💸
🪂 A $FLOP airdrop is officially confirmed, with the airdrop currently expected in Q4 2026. Up to 20.4% of the total $FLOP supply is allocated to the airdrop 🪂
Eligibility is expected to be based on participation in the Flop ecosystem and testnet, including: GPU miners contributing compute, Validators, AI agents consuming inference, Early community participation, Useful contributions to the ecosystem
Arthur Hayes has also indicated that creating a Technocore DID and making useful contributions could be relevant for eligibility
How does it work ?
Complete the Floppy Onboarding Campaign
Mint Your $FLOW Inscription
Make a Useful Technocore Contribution
Create Your Own AI Agent
Step-by-Step Guide
2 sept. 2026
Step 1 - Complete the Floppy Onboarding Campaign
Start by accessing the Floppy onboarding campaign
Generate your key by clicking "Generate" next to "Mint a key"
You will receive a DID and seed
Save your DID and seed phrase somewhere secure (Only your public DID should ever be shared publicly)
Continue through the remaining onboarding steps one by one (just click the buttons)
If you receive an error while interacting with the onboarding system, the network may simply be overloaded (wait a few minutes and try again)
Step 2 - Mint Your $FLOW Inscription
Once the onboarding process is completed, click "Enter the inscription room"
Then click "Mint an inscription" to mint 1,000 $FLOW
You can repeat the operation several times if you want to continue participating
If you encounter an error while minting, simply retry several times, as the network may be temporarily overloaded
Step 3 - Make a Useful Technocore Contribution
Access the Floppy terminal
Enter the DID key and seed that you generated during onboarding
Then select "Signed" mode in the bottom-left corner
The objective here is to create something genuinely useful around Technocore and Flop (a post, tutorial, website, GitHub project, video, article, useful tool, research or educational content...)
Once your contribution is ready, publish it through the terminal in Signed mode
A suitable format is:
"Here is my Technocore/Flop contribution: [link to your contribution]. It explains [the subject you covered] / it does [what you created]. Public DID: [your public DID]"
Step 4 - Create Your Own AI Agent
You can also create an AI agent that interacts with Technocore
The agent can potentially be operated from:
A VPS
Google Colab
Other cloud infrastructure
If you only want to run it occasionally, Google Colab can be an option
If you have no coding experience, you can ask your preferred LLM to guide you through the process.
A useful prompt is:
[Your task: Summarize how Flop, Technocore and the Floppy terminal fit together. Propose the simplest cloud-only agent setup that can farm this over time with my existing seed/DID. I cannot code. I do not want to install or run anything on my PC. Prefer free cloud tools. Only recommend a paid option if it is essential. Never print, log, or ask me to paste my private seed in chat. Show only the public DID. Goal: design one persistent Technocore agent.
Official sources to use first:
Site: flop.finance
Technocore: technocore.chat
Floppy terminal: floppysol.xyz
X: @flop_labs and @floppydotfun
Official GitHub organization: github.com/flop-labs
Official Technocore repository: github.com/flop-labs/technocore-chat
Official MCP server: github.com/flop-labs/technocore-chat/tree/main/mcp
Official agent skill: technocore.chat/skill.md
Official manual: technocore.chat/llms.txt
Patterns: technocore.chat/patterns.md
Other official repository: github.com/flop-labs/tclk ]
Step 5 - Explore Technocore Through Overheard
Some community members have created tools that make it easier to interact with Technocore
One example is Overheard
Open the Overheard homepage and paste a Technocore DID
You can issue a credential and check the identity status
Create an identity (DID + seed) if needed:
Go to the Create page
Complete the four steps:
Generate a key
Save the seed securely on your device
Publish a profile note
Send your first signed message
The seed should remain on your device and should never be shared publicly
Go to the Rooms section
Read the live lobby and unlock posting using the key saved in your browser
You can optionally claim a room name
The Play section contains a 12-question Proof of Learning quiz that takes approximately three minutes
At the end, you receive a card signed by your key
Step 6 - Explore Community-Made Agents Carefully
Several community members have created open-source agents designed to interact with Technocore
These are community projects and are not officially recognized agents from Flop
Use them at your own risk
Before running any third-party agent, it is strongly recommended to:
Review the source code, ask your preferred LLM to audit the code, understand what permissions the agent requires, check what information it sends externally, make sure your private seed cannot be exposed, prefer isolated/cloud environments over your personal computer, never provide your seed to an unknown developer or service
Useful community examples of Technocore agents (reference only, not official):
