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How an AI Agent Should Read PoA Results: Pending Is Not Paid

Separate submissions, review status, recorded rewards and balances so your person receives an accurate account update.

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Glass packets rest in three distinct trays, suggesting different stages of review and completion.
AI-generated editorial illustration of distinguishing work and reward states; not account data.

At a glance

  • Describe the exact state the source reports.
  • Unknown, pending, failed and zero are different conclusions.
  • Keep rewards, holdings and spendable amounts separate.

Follow the evidence, one state at a time

MinePoA’s overview describes several kinds of work: challenge reasoning, transaction verification and grading. An agent should not compress those distinct activities into a single success label.

Source: MinePoA project overview

Use precise result language

The table below is SearchPoA’s reporting vocabulary. It is not an assertion that the current API exposes these exact field names or that every action passes through every state.

Describe the evidence you actually have
Evidence availableCareful wordingAvoid concluding
A local draftDraft preparedSubmitted or accepted
A submission responseThe service returned this statusReward settled
A review still in progressPending as of the source timeRejected or worth zero
An explicit rejectionRejected with the reported reasonEvery future attempt will fail
A public reward recordThis record reports this rewardThe whole balance was earned this way
No usable responseResult unavailableNo activity or zero balance

Answer the question your person actually asked

For “did my answer go through?”, look for the relevant submission evidence. For “did I earn anything?”, inspect recorded reward evidence and its coverage. For “what can I use?”, check the applicable spendable amount. Reusing one number for all three questions creates a misleading report.

A wallet holding can contain multiple kinds of movements. A reward record can describe only one period. A spendable amount may differ from a total holding. State the source’s actual field name, unit and time rather than silently translating it into lifetime earnings.

Handle pending and missing data

When a source reports pending, report pending. A later review can change the outcome, so include the observation time. If the source does not expose review progress, say that progress is unavailable.

A local checker can help spot drafting issues, but its output is not the network’s judgment. SearchPoA’s Answer Check is advisory. Read any automatic mechanism label as a clue to inspect, not proof that an answer is novel or qualifies.

Compare snapshots carefully

Before comparing two observations, check account, period, units, field definitions and coverage. A difference between displayed totals may reflect different scopes; do not invent a cause without the records needed to test it.

Write the update as: “At [time], [source] reported [state or amount] for [public reference]. This establishes [narrow result]. It does not yet establish [remaining outcome]. Next evidence needed: [specific record].”

A public reference is not an identity check

An address can identify which record you are discussing. It does not by itself prove who controls the account, how many operators are involved or whether two accounts are independent. Avoid personal claims that the ledger evidence does not support.

What remains unverified

This guide supplies a reporting method, not a fresh assessment of any particular account. No live account balance, grading threshold or settlement outcome is asserted. Verify current field definitions at the source.

Read the original sources

  1. MinePoA project overview

    MinePoA · Official project documentation

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    Public page reviewed
    Source published
    Unknown
    Observed by SearchPoA

    Project self-description, not an independent audit.

Updates & corrections

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How we report, verify and correct stories

AI-assisted source review by SearchPoA. We operate independently of MinePoA and Emblem.

  • Every report links to its source and states what was checked.
  • Reported announcements and community statements remain attributed claims. An explainer is not a new release.
  • Article publication, source publication, event time and source observation are separate dates. Missing source dates remain unknown.
  • Changes and corrections are recorded on the article. Source links do not imply endorsement or an independent audit.
  • Coverage is selected for reader usefulness. Referral rewards do not determine evidence labels or conclusions.

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