CRIOS is a four-step pipeline. Each step is run by a different actor, each step leaves a public record, and no step can be skipped.
Measurement is the foundation. CRIOS does not generate data — accredited partners do. Voltenex, our first live partner, captures real-time generation data directly from utility-grade inverters and certified IoT meters.
Each data stream is signed by the measurement partner. The signature, the device serial, the firmware version, and the meter calibration date are all preserved as part of the provenance record.
Raw measurements are not credits. CRIOS applies methodology — grid emission factors, vintage windows, additionality checks, double-counting prevention — before any token is minted.
Methodologies are versioned and public. Voltenex Methodology v1.2 governs CRIOS-RE issuance today; future categories will reference Verra, Gold Standard, Puro.earth, and Isometric methodologies as they integrate.
Once verification passes, the CRIOS contract issues category-specific tokens to the earner's wallet. CRIOS-RE tokens are never co-mingled with CRIOS-EE, CRIOS-EV, CRIOS-SF, or CRIOS-DAC.
Every mint emits a provenance receipt with the attestation hash, the on-chain transaction hash, the methodology citation, and the underlying activity record. The receipt is the canonical record of the credit's origin.
Buyers acquire tokens on the CRIOS marketplace, segregated by category. Order books are per-category — there is no aggregated 'carbon credit' price.
Retirement burns the token and emits a public, downloadable certificate naming the buyer, the amount, the underlying mints retired, and the reason for retirement (compliance, voluntary, on-behalf-of-customer).