SYSTEM LOGS
0 eventsQ: Is an Ephemeral Rollup just a "state channel"?
No, it's State Delegation. Like moving a Google Doc to the cloud to type privately, then printing the PDF to L1. The state exists independently of the user once delegated.
Q: Can the Payer rug the Host?
No. Funds are locked in the Vault PDA on L1 immediately. The Program enforces that the Host is paid the accumulated amount tracked by the Ephemeral Rollup before any refund is issued to the Payer.
Q: Can I close the browser safely?
Yes! It's "fire and forget" for payments. If one packet (transaction) drops, the stream continues. The state is on the ER, not your browser.
Q: Who is the target market?
Two worlds: AI Agents paying for millisecond-latency data (e.g., CCTV feeds) and Human Creators earning pay-per-second revenue without forcing monthly subscriptions.
Q: Why USDC instead of SOL?
The "Gas Barrier". Corporations and normal users want to pay in Dollars, not volatile tokens. PayStream abstracts gas (Host-sponsored), creating pure USDC flows that keep CFOs happy.
Q: Can multiple people subscribe to one Host?
Yes. The architecture is Many-to-One. A single Host (e.g., a high-value API) can accept thousands of concurrent streams. The ER aggregates state, and settlement happens atomically per session.
Q: Scale vs Payment Channels?
Payment channels require 1-to-1 liveness (both signing). PayStream allows passive reception. The Host doesn't sign every tick; the ER verifies the Payer autonomously.
Q: Is it truly "Zero Gas"?
For the streaming phase, yes. The Payer signs data packets, not L1 transactions. The L1 settlement cost is paid once at the end by the Host, amortized over thousands of ticks.
Q: What if the Ephemeral Rollup goes down?
L1 Security Guarantee. The state on the ER can be "undelegated" back to Solana L1. No funds are lost; the accumulated balance is preserved and settled on the base layer.