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These are the plain-language disclosures for the Gatewayz yield-as-inference program, in which you delegate ADA from your own wallet to the Gatewayz stake pool and receive a share of the rewards as an inference discount balance. They are not the full program terms: those will be published before the program opens on mainnet, and they will govern from then on. Until then, this page states how the program works today.
Who is eligible?
Anyone who is not a US or Canadian person. You confirm this before linking a wallet, and requests from those regions, or from accounts marked as being there, are refused with a region_restricted error. Leaving the program is never blocked, wherever you are.
Not available to US or Canadian persons. Every participant must confirm they are not a US or Canadian person before linking a wallet.
What is the discount balance, and what are its rules?
It is a USD amount held against your Gatewayz account that pays 99% of each inference request's list price until it runs out; you pay the other 1% from your normal credits. Each finished epoch, Gatewayz credits 95% of your stake's share of the pool fees it actually received, converted to USD at the ADA price when recorded. These rules apply:
- Non-transferable: held against your Gatewayz account, never traded.
- Usable only for inference on Gatewayz; cannot be withdrawn, exchanged or cashed out.
- Calculated only from rewards Gatewayz has actually received, never in advance and never from a promised rate.
- Discounts already credited stay on your account if you stop delegating.
Because the balance lives on your account, anyone with your API key can spend it. Keeping that key secret is your responsibility. How it works explains the accounting step by step.
Does the discount expire?
No expiry is set today. If one is introduced, it will be announced before it applies.
What limits apply?
Daily launch limits cap the discount per account and across the whole program.
Launch limits: at most $5 of discount per account per day, and at most $50 per day across the whole program. Limits may change.
Limits may change; the current values are always on this page, and the calculator applies the per-account limit to its estimates.
Can the program change or pause?
Yes. Gatewayz can change the reward share, the discount percentage, the limits or the program itself, or pause it. The program also pauses automatically if discounts granted ever exceed 95% of rewards received, so discounts always stay tied to real rewards. Discounts already credited stay on your account if the program changes, pauses or you stop delegating. Your ADA is never affected by a change: delegation stays under your control and you can redelegate at any time.
What are the risks?
The main trade-offs are the ADA rewards you give up, the pool's performance, the ADA price at recording time and program changes. Your ADA itself is not held by Gatewayz.
- Your ADA
- Delegation never moves your ADA. There is no Gatewayz contract holding it and no lock-up. Your ADA's market price still moves, as it would in your wallet anyway.
- Rewards you give up
- The pool takes nearly all of its rewards as its fee (99% margin plus Cardano's minimum fixed cost), so you do not receive ADA staking rewards while delegated. You receive an inference discount instead.
- Pool performance
- Rewards depend on the blocks the pool mints. A new or small pool mints blocks less often, so its rewards vary more from epoch to epoch, and an epoch with no blocks has nothing to share.
- ADA price
- Rewards are converted to USD when they are recorded, so the size of your discount moves with ADA.
- Program changes
- The reward share, the discount, the limits and the program itself can change or be paused. The program also pauses automatically if discounts granted ever exceed 95% of rewards received.
- Smart contracts
- None for ADA: delegation is a native Cardano certificate, not a smart contract. Future assets that use contracts or lending protocols will list their contract risk on their own page.
- Your Gatewayz account
- The discount balance lives on your Gatewayz account. Anyone with your API key can spend it, so treat the key like a password.
Every risk is explained further on Risks, and what Gatewayz can and cannot touch is on Security.
Is any of this advice?
No. Nothing on these pages is investment, legal or tax advice. The discount is a share of staking rewards Gatewayz actually received and can change at any time. For tax or accounting questions about delegation or the discount, consult your tax advisor.
What data do you share when applying?
The demo application asks for your first and last name, email address and country of residence, which wallet you use, a range for how much ADA you might delegate, and optionally what you would use the inference for. It also asks you to confirm you are not a US or Canadian person. We use this to decide who joins the demo and to contact you about it. Linking a wallet later shares your stake address and a signed message proving you control it; Gatewayz never receives your keys.
How do I contact Gatewayz?
Write to the program address below with any question about these disclosures, your balance or your data.
Questions about the program: hello@gatewayz.ai.
Frequently asked questions
Are these the full program terms?
No. This page is a plain-language summary of how the program works today. Full program terms will be published before the program opens on mainnet.
Can I withdraw my discount balance as cash or ADA?
No. The discount balance is non-transferable, usable only for inference on Gatewayz, and cannot be withdrawn, exchanged or cashed out.
What happens to my balance if the program ends?
Discounts already credited stay on your account if you stop delegating or the program changes. No expiry is set today, and any future expiry will be announced before it applies.
Why are US and Canadian persons excluded?
The program is not offered to US or Canadian persons. Every participant must confirm they are not one before linking a wallet, and the API refuses requests from those regions.
Is the discount a return on my ADA?
No. It is a discount on inference funded from staking rewards Gatewayz actually received. It can change at any time and is not an investment product.
Sources
- Cardano.org Glossary: Delegation, as of 2026-10-27
- CIP-0008: Message Signing, as of 2026-10-27
Discounts are a share of staking rewards Gatewayz actually received, can change at any time, and are not a guaranteed return. Not available to US or Canadian persons. Every participant must confirm they are not a US or Canadian person before linking a wallet. Not investment, legal or tax advice. Figures as of 2026-10-27. Program disclosures