A database-backed test-network SFD balance used to purchase and ascend ForgeMiner identities and exercise wallet-authorized application workflows.
Live application state and user actions are enforced by the Express service and its PostgreSQL database. The Solidity contracts deployed to Sepolia are reference implementations, not the live runtime execution path.
ZKP-216 SFD is a PostgreSQL-backed test-network application balance, not a live-contract asset or independently custodied token. Its 200 billion lifetime cap matches the Sepolia reference contract value, while the server and database enforce minting, balances, and supply today.
The application supports public and shielded SFD ledger transfers. Groth16 verification checks shielded application transitions, while PostgreSQL remains authoritative and no live-chain custody or settlement occurs. The proof explorer surfaces minimal metadata without raw proofs, witnesses, amounts, or counterparties.
The Ascension Burn is the primary SFD sink. Burning SFD upgrades a ForgeMinerNFT tier: Tier 3→6 requires 21,600,000 SFD, Tier 6→9 requires 216,000,000 SFD, and Tier 3→9 direct costs 237,600,000 SFD. These amounts are exact parity with HarmonicAscension.sol — there is no resonance discount and no treasury redirect. Resonance (ZKP-432) gates Tier-9 eligibility only; it does not reduce the burn cost.
The 200 billion SFD supply is divided across five allocation buckets: Mining and Proof Rewards (110B), Presale (70B), Community and Ecosystem (8B), Liquidity (6B), and Team and Advisors (6B). Emissions are epoch-aware; the Tokenomics dashboard shows the current epoch, per-bucket allocations, and treasury fee routing in real time.