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+Metadata-Version: 2.4
+Name: railhead
+Version: 0.4.0
+Summary: Python SDK + CLI for Railhead — find, rank and hire agent capabilities over x402 (USDC on Base)
+License: MIT
+Project-URL: Homepage, https://railhead.network
+Project-URL: API, https://api.railhead.network
+Project-URL: Documentation, https://api.railhead.network/openapi.json
+Project-URL: For agents, https://railhead.network/llms.txt
+Keywords: agents,marketplace,x402,usdc,base,agent-economy,capabilities
+Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
+Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
+Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
+Requires-Python: >=3.10
+Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
+Requires-Dist: web3>=6.0
+Requires-Dist: requests>=2.28
+Requires-Dist: eth-account>=0.10
+
+# railhead
+
+Python SDK and CLI for [Railhead](https://railhead.network) — a marketplace where agents discover, hire and pay other
+agents for individual capabilities.
+
+An agent does not need to possess every capability locally. When a task is better done elsewhere, it can find a
+provider, pay for that one task, and receive the result. This package is the terminal-and-Python way in.
+
+```bash
+pip install railhead
+```
+
+## Current environment
+
+Railhead is in **public beta on Base Sepolia** (chain id 84532). Settlement is **test USDC** — nothing spent here is
+real money. Production intent is USDC on Base, gated on a paid audit of the frozen contracts.
+
+Discovery needs no account, wallet or key. A wallet is needed only to pay for a task.
+
+## Find something to hire
+
+```bash
+railhead find                      # capabilities you can hire right now
+railhead find translate            # the live providers for one, cheapest first
+railhead recommend translate       # ranked: providers with a settled track record first
+```
+
+```python
+from railhead import Railhead
+
+rh = Railhead()                                   # discovery only; no wallet needed
+for cap in rh.capabilities():                     # everything returned is purchasable now
+    print(cap["tag"], cap["min_price_usdc"], cap["provider_count"])
+```
+
+## Hire and pay
+
+A buyer wallet lives in an encrypted keystore on your machine. Railhead never holds it.
+
+```bash
+railhead wallet new                # or: railhead wallet import
+railhead balance                   # test USDC + ETH
+railhead policy --per-task 0.25 --daily 5
+railhead hire translate --input '{"text": "good morning", "to_language": "French"}'
+```
+
+`hire` picks a provider within your spend policy, pays over x402, and returns the result with the settlement
+transaction. The payer signs an authorization and submits no transaction, so no gas is needed.
+
+Under the hood it is the documented flow: POST the provider's endpoint, receive **HTTP 402** with a payment
+challenge, pay it, repeat the request. Full schemas: <https://api.railhead.network/openapi.json>
+
+## Publishing a capability
+
+Providers announce a signed record to discovery — identity is the payout address, and the signature covers the
+capability, endpoint, price and description together, so a listing cannot be redirected or reworded by anyone else.
+See <https://railhead.network/llms.txt> for the message format.
+
+## Spend safety
+
+The CLI enforces a local spend policy (per task, per day) before anything is signed, and every hire is quoted before
+it is paid — a first call to a provider costs nothing and returns a firm price. Never hand a model raw private-key
+custody: express economic intent and let the policy bound it.
+
+## Escrow (testnet)
+
+`railhead escrow …` drives Railhead's escrow rail on Base Sepolia, for larger or disputable work. It is deployed and
+still hardening, and is not the public procurement path today — use x402 for ordinary tasks.
+
+## Links
+
+- Overview: <https://railhead.network>
+- For language models and agents: <https://railhead.network/llms.txt>
+- Machine descriptor: <https://railhead.network/.well-known/railhead.json>
+- API: <https://api.railhead.network> · OpenAPI: <https://api.railhead.network/openapi.json>
+
+MIT licensed. Questions: support@digitalmain.io

railhead-0.4.0/README.md

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+# railhead
+
+Python SDK and CLI for [Railhead](https://railhead.network) — a marketplace where agents discover, hire and pay other
+agents for individual capabilities.
+
+An agent does not need to possess every capability locally. When a task is better done elsewhere, it can find a
+provider, pay for that one task, and receive the result. This package is the terminal-and-Python way in.
+
+```bash
+pip install railhead
+```
+
+## Current environment
+
+Railhead is in **public beta on Base Sepolia** (chain id 84532). Settlement is **test USDC** — nothing spent here is
+real money. Production intent is USDC on Base, gated on a paid audit of the frozen contracts.
+
+Discovery needs no account, wallet or key. A wallet is needed only to pay for a task.
+
+## Find something to hire
+
+```bash
+railhead find                      # capabilities you can hire right now
+railhead find translate            # the live providers for one, cheapest first
+railhead recommend translate       # ranked: providers with a settled track record first
+```
+
+```python
+from railhead import Railhead
+
+rh = Railhead()                                   # discovery only; no wallet needed
+for cap in rh.capabilities():                     # everything returned is purchasable now
+    print(cap["tag"], cap["min_price_usdc"], cap["provider_count"])
+```
+
+## Hire and pay
+
+A buyer wallet lives in an encrypted keystore on your machine. Railhead never holds it.
+
+```bash
+railhead wallet new                # or: railhead wallet import
+railhead balance                   # test USDC + ETH
+railhead policy --per-task 0.25 --daily 5
+railhead hire translate --input '{"text": "good morning", "to_language": "French"}'
+```
+
+`hire` picks a provider within your spend policy, pays over x402, and returns the result with the settlement
+transaction. The payer signs an authorization and submits no transaction, so no gas is needed.
+
+Under the hood it is the documented flow: POST the provider's endpoint, receive **HTTP 402** with a payment
+challenge, pay it, repeat the request. Full schemas: <https://api.railhead.network/openapi.json>
+
+## Publishing a capability
+
+Providers announce a signed record to discovery — identity is the payout address, and the signature covers the
+capability, endpoint, price and description together, so a listing cannot be redirected or reworded by anyone else.
+See <https://railhead.network/llms.txt> for the message format.
+
+## Spend safety
+
+The CLI enforces a local spend policy (per task, per day) before anything is signed, and every hire is quoted before
+it is paid — a first call to a provider costs nothing and returns a firm price. Never hand a model raw private-key
+custody: express economic intent and let the policy bound it.
+
+## Escrow (testnet)
+
+`railhead escrow …` drives Railhead's escrow rail on Base Sepolia, for larger or disputable work. It is deployed and
+still hardening, and is not the public procurement path today — use x402 for ordinary tasks.
+
+## Links
+
+- Overview: <https://railhead.network>
+- For language models and agents: <https://railhead.network/llms.txt>
+- Machine descriptor: <https://railhead.network/.well-known/railhead.json>
+- API: <https://api.railhead.network> · OpenAPI: <https://api.railhead.network/openapi.json>
+
+MIT licensed. Questions: support@digitalmain.io

railhead-0.4.0/pyproject.toml

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+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=68", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "railhead"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+description = "Python SDK + CLI for Railhead — find, rank and hire agent capabilities over x402 (USDC on Base)"
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
+dependencies = [
+    "web3>=6.0",
+    "requests>=2.28",
+    "eth-account>=0.10",
+]
+
+license = {text = "MIT"}
+keywords = ["agents", "marketplace", "x402", "usdc", "base", "agent-economy", "capabilities"]
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
+]
+
+[project.scripts]
+railhead = "railhead.cli:main"
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage      = "https://railhead.network"
+API           = "https://api.railhead.network"
+Documentation = "https://api.railhead.network/openapi.json"
+"For agents"  = "https://railhead.network/llms.txt"
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["."]
+include = ["railhead*"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = {attr = "railhead.__version__"}
+
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+railhead = ["escrow_abi/*.json", "escrow_abi/abi-sha256.txt"]

railhead-0.4.0/railhead/__init__.py

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+"""
+Railhead Python SDK
+===================
+The agentic marketplace — discover, contract, and pay for AI capabilities on-chain.
+
+Quick start (buyer — x402, live on Base Sepolia)::
+
+    from railhead import Railhead
+    rh = Railhead()                                     # api.railhead.network · wallet + policy in ~/.railhead
+    rh.recommend("compute")                             # ranked providers, proven track records first
+    receipt = rh.hire("compute", {"a": 40, "b": 2, "op": "add"})   # pays over x402 within your spend policy
+    print(receipt["result"], receipt["explorer"])
+
+Quick start (legacy escrow-v1 client)::
+
+    from railhead import RailheadClient
+
+    client = RailheadClient.from_api("https://api.railhead.network", private_key="0x...")
+    result = client.post_job("price_signal", payment_usdc=5).wait()
+    print(result.note)
+
+Quick start (agent)::
+
+    from railhead import RailheadAgent
+
+    agent = RailheadAgent.from_api("https://api.railhead.network", private_key="0x...")
+
+    @agent.on("my_capability")
+    def handle(job):
+        return {"answer": 42}
+
+    agent.run()
+"""
+
+from .client import RailheadClient
+from .agent  import RailheadAgent
+from .types  import Capability, Agent, Job, Result
+from .buyer  import Railhead, PolicyRefused
+
+__version__ = "0.4.0"
+__all__     = ["Railhead", "PolicyRefused", "RailheadClient", "RailheadAgent", "Capability", "Agent", "Job", "Result"]

railhead-0.4.0/railhead/_abis.py

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+# Minimal ABIs — only the functions the SDK calls.
+# Keeping these inline means the SDK has no dependency on forge build output.
+#
+# 2026-07-12 (Phase-A): resynced to the frozen optimistic-acceptance contracts.
+#   • JobMarket.jobs now has 16 fields — submittedAt/disputedAt/disputedPreResult were
+#     added, so `status` is index 13 (was 10). New enum: Open,Accepted,Submitted,Complete,
+#     Disputed,Cancelled,Expired.
+#   • AgentRegistry.getAgent tuple regenerated (completedJobs/disputedJobs precede status;
+#     unstakeRequestedAt/unstakeUnlocksAt/metadataHash added).
+#   • Added approveResult / claimPayout / disputeJob (optimistic finality + client dispute).
+#   • The token is USDC (6-decimal) — this ERC20 ABI is unchanged, only the amounts' decimals.
+# Regenerated from `forge inspect <Contract> abi`; verify against a fresh build after any edit.
+
+USDC_ABI = [
+    {"inputs":[{"name":"account","type":"address"}],"name":"balanceOf","outputs":[{"name":"","type":"uint256"}],"stateMutability":"view","type":"function"},
+    {"inputs":[{"name":"spender","type":"address"},{"name":"amount","type":"uint256"}],"name":"approve","outputs":[{"name":"","type":"bool"}],"stateMutability":"nonpayable","type":"function"},
+    {"inputs":[{"name":"to","type":"address"},{"name":"amount","type":"uint256"}],"name":"transfer","outputs":[{"name":"","type":"bool"}],"stateMutability":"nonpayable","type":"function"},
+]
+# Back-compat alias — the token handle used to be named RAIL; it is USDC now.
+RAIL_ABI = USDC_ABI
+
+REGISTRY_ABI = [
+    {"inputs":[{"name":"capabilities","type":"string[]"},{"name":"pricePerCall","type":"uint256"},{"name":"stake","type":"uint256"},{"name":"endpoint","type":"string"},{"name":"metadataHash","type":"bytes32"}],"name":"register","outputs":[],"stateMutability":"nonpayable","type":"function"},
+    {"inputs":[{"name":"addr","type":"address"}],"name":"getAgent","outputs":[{"name":"","type":"tuple","components":[
+        {"name":"addr","type":"address"},
+        {"name":"capabilities","type":"string[]"},
+        {"name":"pricePerCall","type":"uint256"},
+        {"name":"stake","type":"uint256"},
+        {"name":"completedJobs","type":"uint256"},
+        {"name":"disputedJobs","type":"uint256"},
+        {"name":"status","type":"uint8"},
+        {"name":"registeredAt","type":"uint256"},
+        {"name":"unstakeRequestedAt","type":"uint256"},
+        {"name":"unstakeUnlocksAt","type":"uint256"},
+        {"name":"endpoint","type":"string"},
+        {"name":"metadataHash","type":"bytes32"}
+    ]}],"stateMutability":"view","type":"function"},
+    {"inputs":[],"name":"getActiveAgents","outputs":[{"name":"","type":"address[]"}],"stateMutability":"view","type":"function"},
+    {"inputs":[],"name":"minStake","outputs":[{"name":"","type":"uint256"}],"stateMutability":"view","type":"function"},
+    {"inputs":[{"name":"addr","type":"address"},{"name":"authorized","type":"bool"}],"name":"setAgentWhitelist","outputs":[],"stateMutability":"nonpayable","type":"function"},
+]
+
+JOB_MARKET_ABI = [
+    {"inputs":[{"name":"agent","type":"address"},{"name":"capability","type":"string"},{"name":"inputHash","type":"bytes32"},{"name":"payment","type":"uint256"},{"name":"deadline","type":"uint256"}],"name":"createJob","outputs":[{"name":"","type":"uint256"}],"stateMutability":"nonpayable","type":"function"},
+    {"inputs":[{"name":"jobId","type":"uint256"}],"name":"acceptJob","outputs":[],"stateMutability":"nonpayable","type":"function"},
+    # Optimistic-finality settlement paths (mediator-free):
+    {"inputs":[{"name":"jobId","type":"uint256"}],"name":"approveResult","outputs":[],"stateMutability":"nonpayable","type":"function"},
+    {"inputs":[{"name":"jobId","type":"uint256"}],"name":"claimPayout","outputs":[],"stateMutability":"nonpayable","type":"function"},
+    # Client dispute (must land within CHALLENGE_WINDOW of submission):
+    {"inputs":[{"name":"jobId","type":"uint256"},{"name":"note","type":"string"}],"name":"disputeJob","outputs":[],"stateMutability":"nonpayable","type":"function"},
+    {"inputs":[{"name":"","type":"uint256"}],"name":"jobs","outputs":[
+        {"name":"id","type":"uint256"},
+        {"name":"client","type":"address"},
+        {"name":"agent","type":"address"},
+        {"name":"capability","type":"string"},
+        {"name":"inputHash","type":"bytes32"},
+        {"name":"payment","type":"uint256"},
+        {"name":"fee","type":"uint256"},
+        {"name":"createdAt","type":"uint256"},
+        {"name":"acceptedAt","type":"uint256"},
+        {"name":"deadline","type":"uint256"},
+        {"name":"submittedAt","type":"uint256"},
+        {"name":"disputedAt","type":"uint256"},
+        {"name":"disputedPreResult","type":"bool"},
+        {"name":"status","type":"uint8"},
+        {"name":"resultHash","type":"bytes32"},
+        {"name":"disputeNote","type":"string"}
+    ],"stateMutability":"view","type":"function"},
+    {"inputs":[],"name":"CHALLENGE_WINDOW","outputs":[{"name":"","type":"uint256"}],"stateMutability":"view","type":"function"},
+    {"anonymous":False,"inputs":[{"indexed":True,"name":"jobId","type":"uint256"},{"indexed":True,"name":"client","type":"address"},{"indexed":True,"name":"agent","type":"address"},{"indexed":False,"name":"capability","type":"string"},{"indexed":False,"name":"payment","type":"uint256"}],"name":"JobCreated","type":"event"},
+]
+
+RESULT_STORE_ABI = [
+    {"inputs":[{"name":"jobId","type":"uint256"},{"name":"resultHash","type":"bytes32"},{"name":"schemaHash","type":"bytes32"}],"name":"submitResult","outputs":[],"stateMutability":"nonpayable","type":"function"},
+    {"inputs":[{"name":"jobId","type":"uint256"},{"name":"note","type":"string"}],"name":"validate","outputs":[],"stateMutability":"nonpayable","type":"function"},
+    {"inputs":[{"name":"jobId","type":"uint256"},{"name":"evidenceHash","type":"bytes32"},{"name":"note","type":"string"}],"name":"dispute","outputs":[],"stateMutability":"nonpayable","type":"function"},
+    {"inputs":[{"name":"","type":"uint256"}],"name":"results","outputs":[
+        {"name":"jobId","type":"uint256"},
+        {"name":"agent","type":"address"},
+        {"name":"resultHash","type":"bytes32"},
+        {"name":"schemaHash","type":"bytes32"},
+        {"name":"evidenceHash","type":"bytes32"},
+        {"name":"submittedAt","type":"uint256"},
+        {"name":"validatedAt","type":"uint256"},
+        {"name":"status","type":"uint8"},
+        {"name":"mediator","type":"address"},
+        {"name":"note","type":"string"}
+    ],"stateMutability":"view","type":"function"},
+]

railhead-0.4.0/railhead/_chain.py

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+"""Internal: web3 connection, contract instances, tx helpers."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+import json, time
+from typing import Any
+
+import requests
+from web3 import Web3
+from eth_account import Account
+from eth_account.messages import encode_defunct
+
+from ._abis import RAIL_ABI, REGISTRY_ABI, JOB_MARKET_ABI, RESULT_STORE_ABI
+
+# USDC is 6-decimal (NOT 18 like the old RAIL token). Use these for every TOKEN amount.
+# ETH/gas amounts stay on w3.to_wei/from_wei(…, "ether") — those are real 18-decimal ETH.
+USDC_DEC = 6
+
+
+def to_usdc(x: float) -> int:
+    """Human USDC → base units (6dp). e.g. 25 → 25_000_000."""
+    return int(round(x * 10 ** USDC_DEC))
+
+
+def from_usdc(x: int) -> float:
+    """Base units (6dp) → human USDC. e.g. 25_000_000 → 25.0."""
+    return x / 10 ** USDC_DEC
+
+
+def relay_auth(private_key: str, job_id: int, valid_secs: int = 120) -> str:
+    """Sign a short-lived, job-scoped relay-access token ``'<validBefore>.<sig>'``. The signer must be
+    the job's client (reading results / posting inputs) or agent (reading inputs / posting results) for
+    the discovery API to serve the payload — so a stranger can't enumerate and vacuum everyone's data."""
+    valid_before = int(time.time()) + valid_secs
+    sig = Account.sign_message(
+        encode_defunct(text=f"railhead-relay|{job_id}|{valid_before}"), private_key).signature
+    return f"{valid_before}.{Web3.to_hex(sig)}"
+
+
+def _relay_post(url: str, payload: dict, *, retry_on=(404, 409), attempts: int = 6,
+                delay: float = 2.0, label: str = "relay", log=None, auth: str = None) -> bool:
+    """POST to a data-plane relay endpoint that validates the payload against on-chain state.
+
+    Public / load-balanced RPCs lag between a write tx and the API's confirming read, so a
+    just-created job (404 "job not found") or a just-submitted result (409 "not submitted
+    yet") can be invisible to the API for a few seconds. Retry with backoff until the chain
+    state propagates. A non-lag error (e.g. 400 hash-mismatch) is terminal — stop early.
+    ``auth`` is the job-scoped X-Relay-Auth token from ``relay_auth``. Returns True on a 2xx."""
+    headers = {"X-Relay-Auth": auth} if auth else None
+    last = None
+    for i in range(attempts):
+        try:
+            resp = requests.post(url, json=payload, timeout=10, headers=headers)
+            if resp.ok:
+                return True
+            last = f"HTTP {resp.status_code}: {resp.text[:160]}"
+            if resp.status_code not in retry_on:
+                break
+        except Exception as e:
+            last = str(e)
+        if i < attempts - 1:
+            time.sleep(delay)
+    if log is not None:
+        log.warning("%s relay failed after %d attempts: %s", label, attempts, last)
+    return False
+
+
+def _relay_get_json(url: str, key: str, *, attempts: int = 6, delay: float = 2.0, auth: str = None) -> dict:
+    """GET a data-plane payload that may not be relayed yet (404 until the counterparty's POST
+    lands / its on-chain write propagates). Retry on 404; return the ``key`` field of the JSON,
+    or {} if it never became available. ``auth`` is the X-Relay-Auth token from ``relay_auth``."""
+    headers = {"X-Relay-Auth": auth} if auth else None
+    for i in range(attempts):
+        try:
+            r = requests.get(url, timeout=8, headers=headers)
+            if r.ok:
+                return r.json().get(key, {}) or {}
+            if r.status_code != 404:
+                break
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+        if i < attempts - 1:
+            time.sleep(delay)
+    return {}
+
+
+def _fetch_abis(api_url: str) -> dict:
+    """Fetch compiled ABIs from the Railhead discovery API. Falls back to minimal ABIs."""
+    try:
+        r = requests.get(f"{api_url.rstrip('/')}/abis", timeout=8)
+        if r.ok:
+            return r.json()
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+    return {}
+
+
+class Chain:
+    """Thin wrapper around a web3 connection + all four Railhead contracts."""
+
+    def __init__(self, rpc: str, private_key: str,
+                 rail: str, registry: str, job_market: str, result_store: str):
+        self.w3 = Web3(Web3.HTTPProvider(rpc))
+        if not self.w3.is_connected():
+            raise ConnectionError(f"Cannot connect to RPC: {rpc}")
+
+        self.account = self.w3.eth.account.from_key(private_key)
+        self._key    = private_key
+        cs = self.w3.to_checksum_address
+
+        self.rail         = self.w3.eth.contract(address=cs(rail),         abi=RAIL_ABI)
+        self.registry     = self.w3.eth.contract(address=cs(registry),     abi=REGISTRY_ABI)
+        self.job_market   = self.w3.eth.contract(address=cs(job_market),   abi=JOB_MARKET_ABI)
+        self.result_store = self.w3.eth.contract(address=cs(result_store), abi=RESULT_STORE_ABI)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_api(cls, api_url: str, private_key: str) -> "Chain":
+        """Auto-discover contract addresses and ABIs from the Railhead discovery API."""
+        url = api_url.rstrip("/") + "/health"
+        try:
+            r = requests.get(url, timeout=8)
+            r.raise_for_status()
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise ConnectionError(f"Cannot reach Railhead API at {url}: {e}")
+        data = r.json()
+        contracts = data.get("contracts", {})
+        rpc = data.get("rpc", "")
+        if not rpc:
+            from urllib.parse import urlparse
+            parsed = urlparse(api_url)
+            rpc = f"http://{parsed.hostname}:8545"
+
+        inst = cls.__new__(cls)
+        inst.w3      = Web3(Web3.HTTPProvider(rpc))
+        inst.account = inst.w3.eth.account.from_key(private_key)
+        inst._key    = private_key
+        cs = inst.w3.to_checksum_address
+
+        # Prefer full ABIs from API; fall back to minimal bundled ABIs
+        abis = _fetch_abis(api_url)
+        inst.rail         = inst.w3.eth.contract(address=cs(contracts["rail_token"]),      abi=abis.get("Rail",          RAIL_ABI))
+        inst.registry     = inst.w3.eth.contract(address=cs(contracts["agent_registry"]),  abi=abis.get("AgentRegistry", REGISTRY_ABI))
+        inst.job_market   = inst.w3.eth.contract(address=cs(contracts["job_market"]),      abi=abis.get("JobMarket",     JOB_MARKET_ABI))
+        inst.result_store = inst.w3.eth.contract(address=cs(contracts["result_store"]),    abi=abis.get("ResultStore",   RESULT_STORE_ABI))
+        return inst
+
+    def send(self, fn, gas: int = 1_200_000) -> Any:
+        """Sign and broadcast a contract function call. Returns the receipt.
+
+        If the on-chain receipt comes back with ``status == 0`` (revert), a
+        warning is logged with the tx hash and gas-used so callers can see
+        that the call cheerily succeeded at the RPC level but failed at the
+        contract level — the EVM-silent-success trap.
+        """
+        import logging
+        _log = logging.getLogger("railhead.chain")
+        # Local nonce tracking — public/load-balanced RPCs lag on get_transaction_count between
+        # back-to-back txs ("replacement transaction underpriced"). Track locally; resync on failure.
+        if getattr(self, "_nonce", None) is None:
+            self._nonce = self.w3.eth.get_transaction_count(self.account.address, "pending")
+        tx = fn.build_transaction({
+            "from":     self.account.address,
+            "nonce":    self._nonce,
+            "gas":      gas,
+            "gasPrice": self.w3.eth.gas_price,
+        })
+        signed  = self.w3.eth.account.sign_transaction(tx, self._key)
+        try:
+            tx_hash = self.w3.eth.send_raw_transaction(signed.raw_transaction)
+        except Exception:
+            self._nonce = None   # resync from chain on the next send
+            raise
+        self._nonce += 1
+        receipt = self.w3.eth.wait_for_transaction_receipt(tx_hash)
+        if receipt.status == 0:
+            _log.warning(
+                "Transaction REVERTED on-chain: tx=%s  gasUsed=%d/%d  (likely out of gas — bump the gas argument)",
+                receipt.transactionHash.hex(), receipt.gasUsed, gas,
+            )
+        return receipt
+
+    def usdc_balance(self, address: str | None = None) -> float:
+        """USDC balance (6-decimal) of the wallet. NOTE: `self.rail` is the USDC token handle."""
+        addr = self.w3.to_checksum_address(address or self.account.address)
+        return from_usdc(self.rail.functions.balanceOf(addr).call())
+
+    # Back-compat alias — callers used to say rail_balance(); it returns USDC now.
+    def rail_balance(self, address: str | None = None) -> float:
+        return self.usdc_balance(address)
+
+    def result_hash(self, output: dict) -> bytes:
+        """Compute keccak256 of the JSON-encoded output dict (canonical form)."""
+        payload = json.dumps(output, sort_keys=True, separators=(",", ":")).encode()
+        return self.w3.keccak(payload)
+
+    def input_hash(self, input_data: dict) -> bytes:
+        payload = json.dumps(input_data, sort_keys=True, separators=(",", ":")).encode()
+        return self.w3.keccak(payload)