Carrots and OS explained

bunnyOS runs on two things that work together: Carrots and $OS. This page explains what each one is and how they fit together. It stays at the concept level: the step-by-step how-tos live on their own pages, linked below.

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Carrots: the credit you spend

Carrots are the usage credit in bunnyOS. You spend them to run bunny in the cloud on the bunnyCompute network, currently 10 Carrots per request. Cloud-run bunnyApps spend Carrots the same way. Running bunny privately on your own device is free and spends nothing. So you only reach for Carrots when you want cloud power. Holding a balance of Carrots is like holding prepaid capacity to run bunny: the more you have, the more cloud requests you can make. New accounts get a one-time starter grant of Carrots, so you can try the cloud right away without doing anything first.

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OS: the token you stake

$OS is the bunnyOS token, held on the Base network. You can lock it up (stake it) to earn a steady daily stream of Carrots. Staking is one of the ways Carrots are created for you, so $OS is how you turn a token holding into ongoing usage credit.

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The two side by side

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Ways to get Carrots

There are two ways to build up a Carrot balance:

• Stake $OS: lock the token on Base to earn a daily stream of Carrots. See Stake OS to earn Carrots.
• Contribute compute: let your computer do jobs for the network and earn Carrots per job. See How contributing works.

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How it fits together

The economy is a simple loop. People who need bunny spend Carrots to run it in the cloud. People who supply that cloud power, by contributing compute or staking $OS, earn Carrots in return. That exchange is what keeps the network running: the spenders fund it, and the suppliers keep it fast and available.

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