ITSL — The Use Layer of Interchained

A standalone public landing page for ITSL, the Interchained Token & Settlement Layer. It answers one question — “What can Interchained / ITC actually be used for?” — for builders, miners, pool operators, and contributors.

Positioning: Interchained is not only mined. It is used.

The page is a single, self-contained HTML file with no build step, intended for subdomain deployment (e.g. itsl.interchained.org or interchained.org/usage).

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Files

ITSL — The Use Layer of Interchained.html   # the page (HTML + inline CSS/JS)
assets/interchained-logo.png                # Interchained coin logo (nav, footer, favicon)
README.md

No frameworks, no package manager, no dependencies to install. Fonts load from Google Fonts (Space Grotesk, IBM Plex Sans, JetBrains Mono).

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Run / preview locally

Just open the HTML file in a browser, or serve the folder:

# Python
python3 -m http.server 8080

# Node
npx serve .

Then visit http://localhost:8080/.

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Deploy

It's a static site — drop the HTML file and the assets/ folder onto any static host (Netlify, Cloudflare Pages, GitHub Pages, S3, nginx).

For a clean route, rename the page to index.html at the deploy target:

itsl.interchained.org/
├── index.html        # renamed from the ITSL page
└── assets/interchained-logo.png

The page references assets/interchained-logo.png with a relative path, so keep that folder alongside it. Everything else is inline.

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Page structure

#	Section	Notes
1	Hero	Headline, subtitle, primary/secondary CTAs, SHA-256 mined · Builder-owned · Open ecosystem trust line
2	Why usage matters	Mining secures the chain; usage gives it gravity
3	What is ITSL	Six cards — Issue · Track · Snapshot · Reward · Settle · Prove
4	Live today	Real itsl.py CLI example + available token operations
5	Use cases	Eight cards with honest status badges
6	Pool operator spotlight	Snapshot reward model + interactive allocation calculator
7	Builder path	Define → snapshot → metadata → distribute → display → build
8	Architecture	Three-layer mental model (Apps → ITSL → ITC chain)
9	Roadmap	Six phases, transparently staged
10	CTA + footer	Start Building / Roadmap / Contact, plus disclaimer

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Design system

• Theme: dark, warm-neutral background with a single gold/amber accent (defined in oklch).
• Type: Space Grotesk (display) · IBM Plex Sans (body) · JetBrains Mono (technical).
• Motif: honeycomb / hexagon + layered "settlement stack" language.
• All tokens live in :root CSS custom properties at the top of the <style> block — change --gold, --bg, etc. in one place to retheme.

Status badges (use-case honesty system)

Badge	Meaning
Ready for builders	Works today via the ITSL CLI/RPC
Prototype	Partially possible; tooling forming
Emerging	Being built now
Planned	On the roadmap, not started

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Content accuracy

Copy is grounded in the real Interchained source (itc-tools/itsl.py, docs/token-operations.md, docs/ITSL-PYTHON.md):

• Live today — the token layer: createtoken, tokentransfer (with memos), tokenmint, tokenburn, allowances, token_history, token_meta, ownership transfer, signed on-chain TOKENTX settlement.
• Roadmap — snapshot automation, metadata format, explorer/dashboard, wallet display, grants. These are honestly labelled as not yet complete.

Guardrails the page deliberately holds to:

• No price, investment, returns, listings, or securities-style language.
• SHA-256 is the active positioning; Yespower is mentioned only as an emergency fallback.
• Not an Elara / wallet page — usage is the focus.
• The 0.10301990 ITC per-block figure is shown as explored / illustrative, never as a guaranteed program.

Naming note: the SDK header reads "Interchained Token Subsystem Layer," while this page uses the public brand expansion "Token & Settlement Layer." Adjust in the hero/"What is ITSL" copy if you want them to match exactly.

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Accessibility

• Semantic landmarks (header, main, nav, section, footer) and ordered headings.
• Sufficient contrast on the dark theme; readable link/button labels.
• Scroll-reveal and the snapshot calculator respect prefers-reduced-motion and degrade gracefully without JS.

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Customizing

• Logo — replace assets/interchained-logo.png (used in nav, footer, and favicon).
• Links — GitHub (https://github.com/interchained), site (https://interchained.org), and contact (mailto:dev@interchained.org) are placeholders; swap for real URLs.
• Snapshot model — the illustrative miner shares and base rate live in the Interactive snapshot model script near the bottom of the file.

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