# Trace Commons

> Privacy-first AI data protocol on NEAR AI: your agent traces stay on your device, and you earn credits usable on NEAR AI when they help improve an AI.

**Categories:** Dapp
**Phase:** still building
**Updated:** 2026-09-17

## What is Trace Commons?

Trace Commons is a privacy-first AI platform built on NEAR AI. It records what your AI agents do on your own computer: anything you type is stripped out before any record leaves your device, a sealed system scores whether a trace taught an AI something new, and when it does you earn non-transferable Trace Credits — recorded publicly on NEAR and usable on NEAR AI. Run your agents in Ironclaw, decide what to share, and earn credits for the work that makes AI better.

## Links

- Website: https://tracecommons.ai

## Related categories

- [Dapp](https://nearcatalog.xyz/category/dapp)

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