ClearCPU: fresh prices at the moment they matter by Rob GungorClearCPU: fresh prices at the moment they matter by Rob Gungor

ClearCPU: fresh prices at the moment they matter

Rob Gungor

Rob Gungor

ClearCPU's pricing problem was timing. The protocol needed a current price when it valued collateral or decided whether a position should be liquidated. My first design delivered prices on a schedule.
That left a gap. Between updates, a price could become stale, creating room for arbitrage and liquidity risk. I needed to change how prices reached the program.

Owning the whole decision

I co-founded Clear Labs and own the work across its contracts, backend, product interface and brand. ClearCPU is our Solana protocol designed for AI agent and compute payments. Its underlying collateral system made price freshness a product requirement.
I replaced periodic pushed updates with prices pulled when needed. That removed the wait for the next scheduled push. I also built MetaVault, a hash-based signing system that lets the program verify where price data came from and detect changes to the signed data.
Those solve different problems. Pulling a price addresses freshness. Verifying its signature addresses source and integrity. A valid signature doesn't prove that the price itself is economically correct. Keeping those distinctions clear mattered to the architecture.

Connecting the protocol to a usable product

My work also covered the React and Next.js interface, wallet integrations, TypeScript SDK and Node.js quote API. I was responsible for implementation, testing, deployment and ongoing operation.
The swap screen shows the product around that infrastructure: a central transaction form, shared controls and a separate animated background. It is the actual ClearCPU interface, with its own visual identity.
ClearCPU is publicly launched. The specific result of the pricing redesign is an on-demand price path with signed data verification. It no longer depends on waiting for the next periodic push.
Pointer motion and output-token selection in ClearCPU's live swap interface.
If your product needs the interface, API, and underlying transaction to work together, I can own that integration across the stack. ClearCPU is founder work where I have carried those responsibilities through implementation and operation. Ask what I built and how I would scope a client integration.
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Posted Oct 1, 2026

Redesigning a Solana protocol from periodic price updates to on-demand quotes with signed data verification.