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Tokenomics
W3AI is a utility token denominating compute. The economy is engineered to be deflationary under usage.
Summary
| Symbol | W3AI |
| Type | Utility — pays for compute, secures operators. |
| Initial supply | 1,000,000,000 |
| Settlement chain | Solana |
| Net issuance | Deflationary above ~12% annual usage growth. |
Supply & distribution
| Community & ecosystem | 35% — grants, incentives, partnerships. |
| Operators & stakers | 25% — earned through compute over 4 years. |
| Team | 18% — 4-year vest, 1-year cliff. |
| Treasury | 12% — DAO-controlled after Phase 4. |
| Investors | 10% — 3-year vest, 1-year cliff. |
Stake → compute → burn
Operators stake W3AI to earn the right to serve intents. Users pay W3AI per intent. Each settlement burns a fixed fraction of the fee. As usage grows, burn outpaces emission and net supply contracts.
Why a burn?
Burning ties the token directly to network usage. Holders capture value not through inflationary yield, but through scarcity created by every real intent served.
Fee split
| Operator | 60% — compute and capability. |
| Stakers | 20% — yield to delegators. |
| Treasury | 10% — protocol grants. |
| Burn | 10% — permanent reduction. |
Emissions
The Operators & stakers allocation emits on a smooth curve over four years, front-weighted to bootstrap the network. Emission stops at the end of Year 4; thereafter, all operator revenue comes from user fees.
Curve checkpoints
| Year 1 | 40% of operator allocation. |
| Year 2 | 30% of operator allocation. |
| Year 3 | 20% of operator allocation. |
| Year 4 | 10% of operator allocation. |
Velocity & sinks
| Sink 1 — Stake | Operators lock supply to serve intents. |
| Sink 2 — Budgets | Users prepay intent budgets that remain in escrow until settlement. |
| Sink 3 — Burn | 10% of every settled fee leaves supply forever. |
| Sink 4 — Treasury | DAO-managed; releases are governed and disclosed. |