[DE-TBD] Is this play-to-earn?

[DE-TBD] No. Taxed is a game that happens to use a blockchain. WAGE accrues because Workers are staked, not because money was deposited. The blockchain provides ownership, secondary trading, and exit liquidity — not a yield mechanism. Play the game. The token is a side effect.

[DE-TBD] Do I need prior crypto knowledge?

[DE-TBD] No. Desktop users sign in with Hive Keychain, a browser extension. Mobile users link an existing Hive account with email and an 8-digit PIN. Your active key is encrypted on our servers using your PIN combined with a server-side secret — no raw key is stored. If you do not have a Hive account, the enrollment flow explains how to create one at no cost.

[DE-TBD] Can I lose money?

[DE-TBD] Yes. QUIT is a real 50/50 determination. If the server rolls against you, 100% of your accrued WAGE is seized and transferred to the IRS Agent pool. There is no insurance, no reversal, and no appeal process. The odds are stated clearly on every Quit confirmation screen. If the possibility of total loss is unacceptable, do not press QUIT.

[DE-TBD] What is the difference between Taxed and Wolf Game?

[DE-TBD] The mechanical structure is similar: producer NFTs, tax-collector NFTs, claim-or-quit decisions, shared pool. The differences are material. Taxed runs on Hive — no Ethereum gas, no smart-contract risk, no Solidity. The IRS theme is a specific aesthetic commitment, not a skin. The economy uses fixed flat rates tunable by administration via the settings panel, not contract-immutable constants. The public feed is native, not bolted on.

[DE-TBD] Is the IRS theme legally permissible?

[DE-TBD] Yes. Taxed is parody. Every page renders a footer disclaimer: A game. Not financial advice. Not tax advice. Certainly not investment advice. No affiliation with any government agency, real or imagined. All IRS-flavored strings live in locale files. In the event of legal pressure, a full rebrand requires only a locale swap — the underlying business logic contains no agency-specific references.

[DE-TBD] Is the RNG fair?

[DE-TBD] Yes. Every roll — mint class, mint grade, Gen 1 forfeiture, Quit seizure determination — stores a per-event seed on the database row at the time of execution. The same seed will always produce the same outcome. Replay tests in CI verify this property on each deploy. The seeding scheme and replay methodology are published at /docs/security.

[DE-TBD] What happens if a Hive node goes down during a transaction?

[DE-TBD] Outbound broadcasts — withdrawals, WAGE exports, Gen 1 issuance — are queued as HiveTransactionExecution rows before the DB transaction commits. Node failover is handled by lib/hive_api_module.rb, which maintains a ranked list of RPC endpoints and retries with exponential backoff via Sidekiq. A failed broadcast does not debit the user until the delivery is confirmed. Node outages cause delay, not loss.

[DE-TBD] Where does the money go?

[DE-TBD] The ledger is append-only. Every wallet movement — deposit, withdrawal, claim, seizure, forfeiture, market sale, export burn — is recorded as a WalletTransaction row with a source label. The operator collects a 10% fee on all marketplace trades and a 5% burn on all WAGE exports. There are no hidden sinks. The full WalletTransaction table schema is documented at /docs/security.

[DE-TBD] About — Taxed.gg

[DE-TBD] PUBLICATION 15-B // WHAT THIS IS

[DE-TBD] NOTICE OF PROGRAM DISCLOSURE

[DE-TBD] Two roles. One shared pool. One decision that pays out — or doesn't.

[DE-TBD] FORM W-4 // WORKER

[DE-TBD] THE WORKER

[DE-TBD] A Worker NFT, staked at the Office, accrues WAGE hourly from the global pool. 90% of Gen 0 mints are Workers. The Worker decides when to Claim — or whether to Quit.

[DE-TBD] FORM 2848 // FIELD AGENT

[DE-TBD] THE AGENT

[DE-TBD] An Agent NFT, staked at IRS HQ, collects a proportional share of every claim tax and quit seizure. 10% of Gen 0 mints are Agents. Grade determines share weight. Grade G8 earns approximately twice the share of a Grade G5.

[DE-TBD] SCHEDULE M // WAGE SUMMARY

[DE-TBD] THE WAGE

[DE-TBD] WAGE is the in-game soft currency. It accrues while you are staked. It is split on Claim. It is lost or kept on Quit. It is exportable to a real Hive Engine token at 1,000 per transaction with a 5% burn fee.

[DE-TBD] Enrollment is voluntary. Compliance is recommended.

[DE-TBD] FORM 1040-W // CLAIM OR QUIT PROCEDURE

[DE-TBD] CLAIM OR QUIT — SELECT ONE

[DE-TBD] CLAIM

[DE-TBD] The Worker retains 80% of all accrued WAGE. The remaining 20% is remitted to the IRS Agent pool, distributed to all HQ-staked Agents weighted by grade. The stake remains active. The clock resets.

[DE-TBD] CLAIM SETTLEMENT — FORM 1099-W

[DE-TBD] Accrued WAGE: 10,000
[DE-TBD] Owner receives: 8,000 WAGE (80%)
[DE-TBD] IRS Agent pool: 2,000 WAGE (20%)

[DE-TBD] QUIT

[DE-TBD] The Worker vacates the stake. A 50/50 determination is rendered by the server. Clean escape returns 100% of accrued WAGE to the Worker's owner. Seizure transfers 100% of accrued WAGE to the IRS Agent pool. The stake is destroyed either way.

[DE-TBD] QUIT DETERMINATION — SCHEDULE Q

[DE-TBD] Accrued WAGE: 10,000
[DE-TBD] OUTCOME A (50%): 10,000 WAGE returned — QUIT CLEAN
[DE-TBD] OUTCOME B (50%): 10,000 WAGE seized — IRS KEEPS ALL

[DE-TBD] SCHEDULE E // ENROLLMENT PROCEDURE

[DE-TBD] HOW TO FILE

[DE-TBD] ENROLL

[DE-TBD] Connect via Hive Keychain on desktop, or link an existing Hive account using email and an 8-digit PIN on mobile. Your active key is encrypted with your PIN and a server-side secret. Neither half alone is sufficient.
[DE-TBD] DEPOSIT

[DE-TBD] Transfer HIVE from any linked account to @taxed. No memo required. The deposit watcher credits your in-game balance within seconds. Deposits are irrevocable once processed.
[DE-TBD] MINT

[DE-TBD] Issue Form SS-4 to hire personnel for 50 HIVE. Server-side RNG assigns your NFT: 90% probability of a Worker, 10% probability of an Agent at grade G5 through G8. All rolls are seeded and logged for audit.
[DE-TBD] STAKE

[DE-TBD] Workers are deployed to the Office, where they accrue WAGE on the hourly pool tick. Agents are assigned to IRS HQ, where they receive a share of every Claim tax and Quit seizure processed system-wide.
[DE-TBD] CHOOSE

[DE-TBD] Once a staked Worker accrues a minimum of 2,000 WAGE, a determination is required: CLAIM (retain 80%, remit 20% to Agents) or QUIT (50% probability of full return, 50% probability of total seizure). There is no third option.
[DE-TBD] EXPORT

[DE-TBD] WAGE held in your in-game balance may be exported to a tradeable Hive Engine token at 1,000 WAGE per transaction. A 5% burn fee applies. The resulting WAGE token is visible in any Hive Engine-compatible wallet.

[DE-TBD] FORM W-4 // PERSONNEL ROSTER

[DE-TBD] PERSONNEL ROSTER — GEN 0

[DE-TBD] A sample of enrolled personnel. Workers produce. Agents tax. Grade determines Agent share weight by the formula: grade raised to the power of 1.5.

[DE-TBD] Personnel files are being processed. Check back once Gen 0 enrollment opens.

[DE-TBD] Gen 0 supply: 5,000 NFTs. 10% Agents. Grade distributed by server-side RNG at mint.

[DE-TBD] VIEW ALL PERSONNEL

[DE-TBD] FORM 2848 // AGENT GRADE SCHEDULE

[DE-TBD] AGENT GRADE SCHEDULE — IRS HQ

[DE-TBD] Grade determines proportional tax share. Grades are assigned at mint and cannot be changed.

[DE-TBD] The baseline Agent classification. A Field Agent monitors routine filings and collects a standard share of processed taxes. Entry-level, but still collecting while Workers labor. More common in the Gen 0 pool than higher grades.
[DE-TBD] The Auditor applies structured review to all incoming claims. A meaningfully larger tax share than a Field Agent. Auditors are assigned to recurring accounts and do not stop until the ledger balances — in their favor.
[DE-TBD] A rare classification. The Special Agent is authorized to conduct expanded assessment procedures. Tax share is substantially higher than an Auditor. When a Special Agent is in the HQ pool, quit seizures become notably more consequential.
[DE-TBD] The highest grade issued. The Commissioner holds approximately twice the tax-share weight of a Field Agent. Extremely rare in Gen 0 minting. A single Commissioner deployed at HQ alters the tax distribution for every Worker in every active Office.

[DE-TBD] NOTICE 4.2 // CONFIDENTIAL PRODUCTIVITY ASSESSMENT

[DE-TBD] NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIAL PRODUCTIVITY ASSESSMENT

[DE-TBD] Every enrolled Worker and every assigned Agent is issued a confidential productivity rating at the time of enrollment. The rating is not disclosed to the enrollee, their supervisor, or any member of the public. The rating influences daily output but does not alter the stated flat rates governing Claim, Quit, or Seizure.

[DE-TBD] REF: PUBLICATION 15-B § 4.2

[DE-TBD] CONFIDENTIAL RATING

[DE-TBD] The productivity rating is assigned at enrollment by the IRS and retained on file for the operational lifetime of the personnel file. It is not visible in any public record, nor in the enrollee's own personnel summary. Rating assignment is final. Appeals are not entertained.

[DE-TBD] REF: FORM 1040-DAILY

[DE-TBD] DAILY ALLOWANCE

[DE-TBD] Productivity may vary from day to day in accordance with rolled daily allowances, calculated at 00:00 UTC. Occasionally a Worker will be assigned a DOUBLE SHIFT (duly stamped on record) during which productivity is enhanced. Agents may be assigned an AUDIT DAY under the same schedule. The stamp is the only visible indication.

[DE-TBD] REF: FORM 8889 (IDLE WORKER ADJUSTMENT)

[DE-TBD] IDLE WORKER ADJUSTMENT

[DE-TBD] Prolonged periods without a declared Claim will result in productivity reductions per Form 8889. Tolerance for idle hours is confidential and varies per Worker. Filing a Claim resets the adjustment window to zero and restores full productivity on the next tick.

[DE-TBD] The rating system is disclosed. The individual values are not. Filers are advised to file regularly.

[DE-TBD] FORM 1040-P // POOL STATUS

[DE-TBD] HOURLY POOL — CURRENT RATES

[DE-TBD] The per-Worker WAGE rate is recalculated on each hourly tick based on the total number of staked Workers. As enrollment grows, the rate decreases according to a published piecewise-linear schedule. Rates are tunable by administration without a service restart.

[DE-TBD] PER-WORKER DAILY RATE: 2,000 WAGE
[DE-TBD] WORKERS CURRENTLY STAKED: 0
[DE-TBD] HOURS SINCE LAST TICK: 0 HRS
[DE-TBD] WAGE IN CIRCULATION: 0 WAGE

[DE-TBD] Refreshes every 60 seconds. UTC.

[DE-TBD] LEDGER // PUBLIC FILING RECORD

[DE-TBD] PUBLIC FILING RECORD

[DE-TBD] All claims, quits, seizures, mints, forfeitures, and market trades are written to the public record in real time. The ledger is append-only. Last six filings shown.

[DE-TBD] No filings on record. Activity will appear here as enrollees claim, quit, mint, or trade.

[DE-TBD] VIEW FULL RECORD →

[DE-TBD] FORM 1040-AL // MARKETPLACE SCHEDULE

[DE-TBD] NFT MARKETPLACE — SCHEDULE A

[DE-TBD] Workers and Agents may be listed for sale on the internal marketplace at any HIVE price set by the seller. Listings expire after 30 days. All transactions are HIVE-denominated. The marketplace is the only secondary liquidity mechanism available inside the game.

[DE-TBD] HIVE-ONLY TRANSACTIONS
[DE-TBD] 10% OPERATOR FEE ON ALL SALES
[DE-TBD] 30-DAY LISTING EXPIRY
[DE-TBD] NO ROYALTY STRUCTURE — SELLER SETS PRICE

[DE-TBD] Screenshot of the Taxed.gg NFT marketplace listings page, showing multiple Worker and Agent cards available for sale at various HIVE prices.

[DE-TBD] BROWSE CURRENT LISTINGS →

[DE-TBD] EXPORT AUTHORIZATION // FORM WAGE-1

[DE-TBD] WAGE EXPORT — HIVE ENGINE TRANSFER

[DE-TBD] WAGE tokens exported to Hive Engine are real, tradeable assets in the Hive ecosystem. The in-game balance is debited. The burn is permanent. The exported token is transferable.

[DE-TBD] In-game WAGE accrues as a database balance. At any time, an enrollee may initiate an export to the Hive Engine WAGE token. A 5% burn fee is applied to each export transaction. The maximum per-transaction export is 1,000 WAGE. The resulting token is issued directly to the linked Hive account and is visible on Hive Engine-compatible explorers.

[DE-TBD] PUBLICATION 17 // FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

[DE-TBD] FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

[DE-TBD] No. Taxed is a game that happens to use a blockchain. WAGE accrues because Workers are staked, not because money was deposited. The blockchain provides ownership, secondary trading, and exit liquidity — not a yield mechanism. Play the game. The token is a side effect.

— [DE-TBD] PUBLICATION 17 § 2.1
[DE-TBD] No. Desktop users sign in with Hive Keychain, a browser extension. Mobile users link an existing Hive account with email and an 8-digit PIN. Your active key is encrypted on our servers using your PIN combined with a server-side secret — no raw key is stored. If you do not have a Hive account, the enrollment flow explains how to create one at no cost.

— [DE-TBD] PUBLICATION 17 § 2.2
[DE-TBD] Yes. QUIT is a real 50/50 determination. If the server rolls against you, 100% of your accrued WAGE is seized and transferred to the IRS Agent pool. There is no insurance, no reversal, and no appeal process. The odds are stated clearly on every Quit confirmation screen. If the possibility of total loss is unacceptable, do not press QUIT.

— [DE-TBD] PUBLICATION 17 § 2.3
[DE-TBD] The mechanical structure is similar: producer NFTs, tax-collector NFTs, claim-or-quit decisions, shared pool. The differences are material. Taxed runs on Hive — no Ethereum gas, no smart-contract risk, no Solidity. The IRS theme is a specific aesthetic commitment, not a skin. The economy uses fixed flat rates tunable by administration via the settings panel, not contract-immutable constants. The public feed is native, not bolted on.

— [DE-TBD] PUBLICATION 17 § 2.4
[DE-TBD] Yes. Taxed is parody. Every page renders a footer disclaimer: A game. Not financial advice. Not tax advice. Certainly not investment advice. No affiliation with any government agency, real or imagined. All IRS-flavored strings live in locale files. In the event of legal pressure, a full rebrand requires only a locale swap — the underlying business logic contains no agency-specific references.

— [DE-TBD] PUBLICATION 17 § 2.5
[DE-TBD] Yes. Every roll — mint class, mint grade, Gen 1 forfeiture, Quit seizure determination — stores a per-event seed on the database row at the time of execution. The same seed will always produce the same outcome. Replay tests in CI verify this property on each deploy. The seeding scheme and replay methodology are published at /docs/security.

— [DE-TBD] PUBLICATION 17 § 2.6
[DE-TBD] Outbound broadcasts — withdrawals, WAGE exports, Gen 1 issuance — are queued as HiveTransactionExecution rows before the DB transaction commits. Node failover is handled by lib/hive_api_module.rb, which maintains a ranked list of RPC endpoints and retries with exponential backoff via Sidekiq. A failed broadcast does not debit the user until the delivery is confirmed. Node outages cause delay, not loss.

— [DE-TBD] PUBLICATION 17 § 2.7
[DE-TBD] The ledger is append-only. Every wallet movement — deposit, withdrawal, claim, seizure, forfeiture, market sale, export burn — is recorded as a WalletTransaction row with a source label. The operator collects a 10% fee on all marketplace trades and a 5% burn on all WAGE exports. There are no hidden sinks. The full WalletTransaction table schema is documented at /docs/security.

— [DE-TBD] PUBLICATION 17 § 2.8

[DE-TBD] FORM 1040-DEP // ENROLLMENT FORM

[DE-TBD] ENROLLMENT IS VOLUNTARY.

[DE-TBD] Compliance is recommended. The pool ticks every hour. Workers already deployed are already accruing.

[DE-TBD] READ THE DOCS

Ein Spiel. Keine Finanzberatung. Keine Steuerberatung. Schon gar keine Anlageberatung. Keine Verbindung zu einer Behörde, real oder fiktiv.

[DE-TBD] Authored by @taxed. Built on Hive.

[DE-TBD] 🪙 Hive Engine WAGE token. Not a security. Not a bond. Not a promise.

[DE-TBD] YOU WORK. THEY COLLECT.

[DE-TBD] NOTICE OF PROGRAM DISCLOSURE

[DE-TBD] CLAIM OR QUIT — SELECT ONE

[DE-TBD] CLAIM

[DE-TBD] QUIT

[DE-TBD] HOW TO FILE

[DE-TBD] ENROLL

[DE-TBD] DEPOSIT

[DE-TBD] MINT

[DE-TBD] STAKE

[DE-TBD] CHOOSE

[DE-TBD] EXPORT

[DE-TBD] PERSONNEL ROSTER — GEN 0

[DE-TBD] NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIAL PRODUCTIVITY ASSESSMENT

[DE-TBD] ENROLLMENT IS VOLUNTARY.