# arci.bot

> The independent record of Arc, Circle's USDC-gas Layer 1 (chain ID 5042, testnet 5042002). Reads the testnet, Circle's genesis repository and the gated mainnet on a schedule and publishes each figure with its source and trust level. Not affiliated with Circle or Arc. No token. Not financial advice.

Public mainnet opens 16 September 2026. Until then the official RPC and bridge are closed. Every figure on the site carries one of four marks: live (read by the browser from the source), stored (the last reading taken by the site's own script, dated), third party (RadarDEX, which reads the gated chain through its own RPC list and cannot yet be verified on-chain), or hand-logged (checked by a person, dated, no API). Nothing is estimated, carried forward or blended. Chain facts are taken only from arc.io, docs.arc.io, the Circle pressroom and github.com/circlefin. Unofficial RPCs, bridges and guides are never linked.

## Pages

- [Terminal](https://arci.bot/): countdown, gate status (mainnet, bridge, explorer, deployment, USDC freeze keys, genesis), headline gauges, genesis watch from circlefin/arc-node (mainnet genesis 12 May 2026, Zero7/Zero8 hard fork countdown to 10 September 15:00 UTC, USDC admin roles in the public config), Arc testnet activity from Blockscout, the gated-mainnet token scene as seen by RadarDEX (launchpad share by holders, serial deployers, most held, wash ratio), and the hand-logged Ayoo OTC premium for Arc USDC.
- [Launch Ledger](https://arci.bot/ledger): every project claiming to build on Arc with the evidence found for each: verified contracts, named team, fee-earning token, LP lock, Circle mention. Blanks are blanks, never scores. Includes a flagged list of spoofed chains, clone explorers and copycat handles.
- [RPC Checker](https://arci.bot/verify): a browser-side, read-only JSON-RPC test of any endpoint claiming to be chain 5042, compared against Circle's published genesis parameters. States plainly that it cannot distinguish Circle's chain from a fork until Circle publishes a final genesis hash.
- [Method](https://arci.bot/method): definitions for every figure, sources and trust levels, the versioning rule (definitions change with a dated note, readings are never recomputed), and what the site refuses to do.

## Explainers

- [What is Arc](https://arci.bot/what-is-arc): Circle's sovereign EVM Layer 1 with USDC as gas, 0.5 second blocks and a permissioned validator set of banks and card networks. What Circle says it is for, why it built its own chain, and the USDC freeze lever.
- [Chain ID and network details](https://arci.bot/chain-id): mainnet chain ID 5042 (0x13b2), testnet 5042002 (0x4cef52), Circle's official testnet RPC and explorer, the USDC system contract at 0x3600...0000, CCTP domain 26, gas parameters. Mainnet RPC left blank until Circle publishes it.
- [The launch](https://arci.bot/launch): the timeline from the August 2025 unveiling to public mainnet on 16 September 2026, what gated mainnet means today, what opens on the day, and Circle's 2027 DTCC and 2028 proof-of-stake commitments.
- [The ARC token](https://arci.bot/arc-token): ARC is a separate coordination token; USDC stays the gas. A $222M private presale at a $3B valuation is confirmed. No public sale or airdrop has been announced. How to spot fake claim pages.
- [Bridging USDC to Arc](https://arci.bot/bridge): how CCTP works in three steps, why Circle's attestation service is the real gate, the OTC premium history, and the rules for not getting drained.

## Data

- [Stored reading](https://arci.bot/data/reading.json): the latest dated JSON snapshot the site's reader script produced, including the hand-logged series.
- [RadarDEX proxy](https://arci.bot/api/radar): derived figures over the gated-mainnet token list (third party, cached five minutes).
- [Full text for language models](https://arci.bot/llms-full.txt): every page's content and definitions in one file.

## Optional

- [Arc official site](https://arc.io): Circle's Arc network.
- [Arc developer docs](https://docs.arc.io): chain parameters and CCTP domains.
- [circlefin/arc-node](https://github.com/circlefin/arc-node): the node repository holding the mainnet genesis and config.
- [Arc testnet explorer](https://testnet.arcscan.app): official Blockscout for chain 5042002.
- [Terms](https://www.xrade.com/terms) and [Privacy](https://www.xrade.com/privacy): the site runs under XRADE's terms and privacy policy.
- [XRADE](https://www.xrade.com): the builder. XRADE also runs robin.bot (Robinhood Chain) and plume.bot (Plume).
- [@xradebot on X](https://x.com/xradebot): the site's account.