Golden Gate
Golden Gate is the credit and access gateway for Golden Bridge. It is designed to let closed beta testers try governed AI runs, buy or receive Golden Credits, and return to the Golden Bridge Orchestrator without exposing private API keys or owner credentials.
Status: closed beta planning interface. Public paid use, automatic crediting, crypto automation, and public checkout are not live.
Buy Golden Credits
Golden Credits are the planned usage balance for Golden Bridge. After the 1 free public-safe Quick Check is used, Golden Credits are needed to continue.
10 Golden Credits = $1 CAD tax-included.
Mini Top-Up
$1 CAD tax-included
10 Golden Credits
Smallest available closed-test top-up for edge cases or tiny tests.
Starter Pack
$5 CAD tax-included
50 Golden Credits
Recommended first paid closed-test package.
Closed beta payment flow
- Choose Mini Top-Up or Starter Pack.
- Ray provides private Wealthsimple / Interac payment instructions.
- Send the exact amount with the order note Ray gives you.
- Ray confirms receipt manually.
- Golden Credits are granted after confirmation.
- Return to Golden Bridge and run with your balance.
Payment details are provided privately during closed beta. No public payment instructions, crypto addresses, automatic crediting, public checkout, or public paid access are live yet.
Credit counter
The floating Golden Credits counter appears across the site. It shows the current balance, pending holds, free-check status, and a shortcut back to the Golden Gate.
The counter is only the display. The wallet ledger is the source of truth. When a tester returns, the balance should refresh from the wallet record.
Free Quick Check rule
Closed beta testers get 1 free public-safe Quick Check. A second free attempt should be blocked and direct the tester back to Golden Gate to buy or receive Golden Credits.
- 1 free Quick Check per tester.
- Public-safe only.
- No private, sensitive, legal, medical, financial, or confidential content.
- No uploads in the free check.
- Small input and output caps.
Simple idea
A visitor should not need to understand OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, Grok, or provider token pricing. They should see one simple system:
- Try 1 free public-safe Quick Check.
- Use the floating Golden Credits counter to check balance.
- Enter Golden Gate when credits are needed.
- Choose a $1 or $5 closed-test package.
- Ray confirms payment manually.
- Credits appear after confirmation.
- Return to the Orchestrator and run if gates pass.
Gateway Reserve
The Gateway Reserve is the planned platform-support portion included in paid usage. It helps cover model/API costs, hosting, retries, failed runs, maintenance, abuse protection, and service continuity.
The reserve should be clear before a user runs anything. No hidden fees. No surprise charges after the user clicks.
Reservoir protection
The finished system should protect both the user and the owner. Public or closed beta usage should stop automatically if the system is not healthy enough to run safely.
- User stop valve: no credits, no paid run.
- Provider stop valve: if an AI provider reservoir is too low, that provider is paused or replaced.
- Global stop valve: if the master reserve is too low, public runs pause.
- Privacy stop valve: private or sensitive questions cannot be treated like public-safe demo content.
- Abuse stop valve: suspicious or excessive usage is throttled or blocked.
Future run types
Golden Bridge should sell governed outcomes, not raw model access. Possible future run types include:
- Quick Check: a small, low-cost first pass.
- Website Audit: a governed review of a public website.
- Idea Audit: a structured check of a concept or plan.
- Focus Group Simulator: simulated reactions from different user types.
- Falsifier: a run focused on finding weak points.
- Full Golden Bridge Review: a higher-cost multi-AI governed review.
Privacy modes
Public use requires clear privacy choices before launch.
- Public-safe mode: suitable for non-private questions that may be summarized in public ledger records.
- Private mode: future mode where public ledger records are redacted and full content is not exposed publicly.
- Project mode: internal project work controlled by the operator.
Until privacy and redaction are fully built, public use should remain public-safe only.
What users should not enter
Public demo or closed beta use should not include private, sensitive, legal, medical, financial, confidential, or personally identifying information.
The future service should warn users clearly before they run a query.
Owner dashboard goal
The owner should not need to manually calculate provider tokens during normal operation. The future dashboard should show simple health signals:
- Master Reservoir: safe / watch / blocked
- Gateway Reserve: current balance and safety floor
- Provider Tanks: OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, Grok, Llama
- Public Gate: open / closed
- Free Demo Gate: open / closed
- Emergency Stop: available at all times
Payment methods
The finished system can be designed to support multiple payment methods, but not all need to launch at once.
- Wealthsimple / Interac manual confirmation: selected for the closed beta collection rail.
- Manual crypto confirmation: future/manual only; no automatic crediting.
- Card / wallet checkout: parked for later automation.
- Admin-granted credits: for support, testing, and manual confirmations.
- Promo or focus-group credits: non-purchased credits that are tracked separately from purchased credits.
Public use status
Public visitors can currently read the Golden Bridge documentation and AI-readable routes. Public visitors cannot directly run the full Orchestrator yet.
The current access token remains the gate. Golden Gate is the future system for safe, funded, limited public use.
Use rule
Golden Gate does not expose raw API keys, webhook tokens, private credentials, admin authority, or direct provider account access.
Closed beta payments are manually confirmed by Ray before Golden Credits are granted. Payment data stays private and does not belong in the public ledger.