Question 1

What is Sapien (SAPIEN)?

Accepted Answer

Sapien (SAPIEN) is the protocol token used by Sapien, an onchain system that organises human work for the creation and validation of AI training data. The protocol uses a model described as “Proof of Quality”, where economic incentives and peer review replace centralised quality control. SAPIEN is the unit through which participation, accountability, and coordination are expressed within the system.

Question 2

What is Sapien (SAPIEN) token used for?

Accepted Answer

SAPIEN underpins the economic and coordination layer of the Sapien protocol.
- **Staking:** contributors stake SAPIEN as collateral to access tasks. The amount and duration of staking are used to gate task complexity and influence reward conditions.  
- **Rewards:** contributors and validators earn rewards for completed and approved work. Rewards can be configured as a mix of SAPIEN and stablecoins such as USDC.  
- **Quality enforcement:** completed work is peer-reviewed. Poor-quality or malicious behaviour can lead to penalties, including slashing of staked SAPIEN and restrictions on future participation.  
- **Reputation and progression:** performance history and peer feedback, combined with staking requirements, determine contributor roles and access to higher-responsibility tasks.  
- **Governance direction:** Sapien outlines a gradual transition towards token-holder governance via a DAO, covering protocol parameters, treasury decisions, and the approval of new task categories.

Question 3

Who created Sapien (SAPIEN)?

Accepted Answer

Sapien was co-founded by **Trevor Koverko (CSO)**, **Kelly Ryan (CTO)**, and **Henry Chen (COO)**, with **Rowan Stone serving as CEO**.

**Team and ecosystem background:**
- **Rowan Stone (CEO):** co-creator of Base (Coinbase L2), former COO of Totle (acquired by Coinbase), and co-founder of Horizen Labs and Launch Code Capital.  
- **Trevor Koverko (CSO, Co-founder):** founder of Polymath, builder of the Polymesh blockchain for real-world assets, and founder of Tokens.com.  
- **Kelly Ryan (CTO, Co-founder):** product and engineering leader with experience at FastAF and a background in Physics from the University of Waterloo.  
- **Henry Chen (COO, Co-founder):** former COO of Haller.ai, with growth experience at companies including ClickUp, SAS, and Xsolla.

Sapien has raised a $10.5 million seed round backed by firms such as Variant, Primitive Ventures, Animoca, Yield Guild Games, and Orange DAO, and works alongside partners including Airtm, GIG, Intract, KGen, Mises, Recall, Veera, and Worldcoin.

#	Instrument	Exchange	Benchmark Score	Price	24h Change	24h Volume	24h Trades	24h Open	24h High
1	SAPIEN-USDT SAPIENUSDT	binance	AA	0.07439USDT	5,08%	2.264.779,30SAPIEN	2.570	0.07080USDT	0.07450USDT
2	SAPIEN-USD SAPIEN-USD	coinbase	AA	0.07419USD	4,98%	548.628,40SAPIEN	1.391	0.07067USD	0.07430USD
3	SAPIEN-TRY SAPIENTRY	binance	AA	3,61TRY	4,76%	480.309,80SAPIEN	1.139	3,44TRY	3,63TRY
4	SAPIEN-USD SAPIENUSD	kraken	AA	0.07432USD	5,22%	396.110,03SAPIEN	435	0.07063USD	0.07432USD
5	SAPIEN-USDT SAPIEN_USDT	gateio	A	0.07432USDT	4,94%	340.912,00SAPIEN	656	0.07081USDT	0.07437USDT
6	SAPIEN-USDC SAPIENUSDC	binance	AA	0.07420USDC	4,95%	132.342,90SAPIEN	319	0.07070USDC	0.07460USDC
7	SAPIEN-EUR SAPIENEUR	kraken	AA	0.06469EUR	5,02%	109.458,91SAPIEN	224	0.06160EUR	0.06469EUR
8	SAPIEN-USDT SAPIENUSDT_SPBL	bitget	BB	0.07426USDT	5,14%	68.666,02SAPIEN	223	0.07063USDT	0.07435USDT
9	SAPIEN-USDT SAPIEN-USDT	kucoin	BB	0.07445USDT	5,36%	37.471,80SAPIEN	187	0.07066USDT	0.07445USDT
10	SAPIEN-USD SAPIENUSD	cexio	BB	0.07198USD	0,00%	0SAPIEN	0	0.07198USD	0.07198USD
11	SAPIEN-USDT SAPIENUSDT	cexio	BB	0.07171USDT	0,00%	0SAPIEN	0	0.07171USDT	0.07171USDT
12	SAPIEN-USDC SAPIENUSDC	cexio	BB	0.07284USDC	0,00%	0SAPIEN	0	0.07284USDC	0.07284USDC
13	SAPIEN-USD SAPIEN_USD	cryptodotcom	AA	0.07005USD	0,00%	0SAPIEN	0	0.07005USD	0.07005USD
14	SAPIEN-USDT sapien_usdt	lbank	C	0.07437USDT	5,01%	4.765.646,00SAPIEN	82.735	0.07081USDT	0.07443USDT
15	SAPIEN-USDT SAPIENUSDT	toobit	C	0.07439USDT	4,94%	990.747,40SAPIEN	4.976	0.07090USDT	0.07450USDT
16	SAPIEN-USDT SAPIEN_USDT	bitunix	C	0.07439USDT	5,08%	978.282,08SAPIEN	5.872	0.07080USDT	0.07439USDT
17	SAPIEN-USDT SAPIENUSDT	mexc	C	0.07442USDT	5,02%	853.032,09SAPIEN	2.983	0.07086USDT	0.07449USDT
18	SAPIEN-USDT SAPIEN_USDT	bydfi	-	0.07437USDT	4,95%	777.812,70SAPIEN	3.219	0.07086USDT	0.07449USDT
19	SAPIEN-USDC SAPIENUSDC	mexc	C	0.07427USDC	4,84%	732.186,45SAPIEN	2.966	0.07084USDC	0.07455USDC
20	SAPIEN-USDT SAPIEN-USDT	bingx	D	0.07430USDT	4,94%	578.621,57SAPIEN	4.597	0.07080USDT	0.07450USDT
21	SAPIEN-USDT sapien_usdt	digifinex	D	0.07430USDT	4,94%	465.512,12SAPIEN	3.069	0.07080USDT	0.07430USDT
22	SAPIEN-USDC SAPIEN_USDC	cryptology	D	0.07443USDC	5,07%	341.960,50SAPIEN	1.410	0.07084USDC	0.07446USDC
23	SAPIEN-USDT SAPIEN_USDT	cryptology	D	0.07445USDT	5,01%	339.388,60SAPIEN	1.408	0.07090USDT	0.07456USDT
24	SAPIEN-KRW SAPIEN_KRW	bithumbkorea	-	103,00KRW	5,64%	291.449,46SAPIEN	88	97,50KRW	103,00KRW
25	SAPIEN-EUR SAPIEN-EUR	bitvavo	B	0.06474EUR	4,86%	273.898,04SAPIEN	296	0.06174EUR	0.06475EUR
26	SAPIEN-USDT SAPIENUSDT	bitrue	D	0.07445USDT	5,21%	138.105,35SAPIEN	4.489	0.07076USDT	0.07552USDT
27	SAPIEN-THB THB_SAPIEN	bitkub	C	2,45THB	3,81%	48.878,59SAPIEN	29	2,36THB	2,45THB
28	SAPIEN-USDT SAPIENUSDT	coinex	C	0.07414USDT	4,72%	4.861,62SAPIEN	1.564	0.07080USDT	0.07416USDT
29	SAPIEN-IDR sapienidr	indodax	E	1.284,00IDR	2,23%	1.364,44SAPIEN	13	1.256,00IDR	1.308,00IDR
30	SAPIEN-INR SAPIENINR	coindcx	-	7,45INR	3,73%	1.112,57SAPIEN	18	7,18INR	7,45INR
31	SAPIEN-USDT SAPIENUSDT	hitbtc	E	0.08081USDT	0,00%	0SAPIEN	0	0.08081USDT	0.08081USDT
32	SAPIEN-USDT SAPIEN-USDT	bigone	-	0.07290USDT	-8,88%	246,80SAPIEN	1	0.08000USDT	0.08000USDT
33	SAPIEN-USDT SAPIENBASE_USDT	poloniex	C	0.08490USDT	0,00%	0SAPIEN	0	0.08490USDT	0.08490USDT