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TAIFOON PROTOCOL — TOKENOMICS
19TOKENOMICS

Tokenomics

TL;DR
1B FOON total supply. 70% to operators (50% base + 20% performance). Deflationary after Year 3 — equilibrium at 200–250M circulating. 3 functions: work incentivization, alignment bonding (100K–10M FOON tiers), governance (veFOON). Genesis operators: 200K FOON each at $0.10.

Taifoon is not software. It is a system layer — a coordination primitive, an inevitability engine. FOON is the economic substrate that makes deterministic, trustless cross-chain finality economically rational.

Every proof submitted to Taifoon carries an economic cost, an economic reward, and a reputation consequence. FOON aligns incentives across operators, validators, and participants through mathematically precise mechanisms.

FOON serves three functions: work incentivization (rewarding correct proof submission), alignment bonding (staking against malicious behavior), and governance coordination (veFOON voting). All figures in this document use the canonical 1,000,000,000 FOON total supply. Epoch mechanics, bond tiers, and staking thresholds are scaled to this supply.

Total Supply (hard cap)
1B
FOON
1,000,000,000 FOON. EVM: 18 decimals. Solana: 9 decimals.
Peak Circulating (Year 3)
~450M
FOON
Deflationary crossover Year 3. Long-run equilibrium: 200–250M FOON.
Operator Revenue Split
70
%
50% base + 20% performance pool. Non-negotiable by protocol design.
Genesis Allocation
100M
FOON
10% of supply. Treasury 40M · Operators 30M · Dev 20M · Reserve 10M.
Algorithmic Emission
900M
FOON
90% emitted via SuperRoot epochs. Activity-based, not time-based.
Diamond Bond Minimum
10M
FOON
10M+ FOON → 3.0× multiplier. Bronze entry at 100,000 FOON.
07TOKEN DISTRIBUTION

Token Distribution

Public Sale
300,000,000 FOON · Immediate unlock
30%
Team
200,000,000 FOON · 4yr vesting / 1yr cliff
20%
Treasury
200,000,000 FOON · Multisig 3-of-5
20%
Liquidity Provision
150,000,000 FOON · Immediate / 2-of-3 multisig
15%
Advisors
50,000,000 FOON · 2yr vesting / 6mo cliff
5%
Faucet
50,000,000 FOON · 3 FOON/req · 1hr cooldown
5%
Marketing
30,000,000 FOON · 12mo linear / 2-of-3 multisig
3%
Reserve
20,000,000 FOON · 3-year timelock
2%
Vesting Schedules
AllocationAmountCliffDurationMonthly ReleaseControl
Team200,000,000 FOON12 months48 months total~4,166,667 FOONMultisig 3-of-5
Advisors50,000,000 FOON6 months24 months total~2,083,333 FOONMultisig 2-of-3
Marketing30,000,000 FOONNone12 months linear2,500,000 FOONMultisig 2-of-3
Reserve20,000,000 FOON—3-year timelockNo early accessProtocol Timelock
Public Sale300,000,000 FOONNoneImmediate——
Liquidity150,000,000 FOONNoneImmediate—Multisig 2-of-3
08REVENUE MODEL

Revenue Model

70%
Operators
50% base reward + 20% performance bonus pool Reputation-weighted
20%
Validators
Synchronizers & Indexers Network verification layer Proof attestation
10%
Treasury
40% Protocol Dev 30% Ecosystem Grants 20% Marketing · 10% Emergency
Proof Fee Schedule
Proof TypeBase Fee (ETH)Reward MultiplierOperator Reward (70%)Notes
Single Block Proof0.001 ETH1.0×0.0007 ETHBase unit of work
Multi Block Proof0.002 ETH2.0×0.0014 ETH2× complexity
MMR Proof0.005 ETH3.0×0.0021 ETHMerkle Mountain Range
Three-Level Proof0.010 ETH5.0×0.0035 ETHFull cryptographic chain
Chain Registration0.500 ETH—One-timePer network onboarding
Fast Finality Premium2× base—Priority queueSpeed premium modifier
Revenue Projections
PeriodActive Operators / ChainsMonthly RevenueOperator Share (70%)Treasury (10%)
Month 15 operators$93,750$65,625$9,375
Month 320 operators$375,000$262,500$37,500
Month 12100 operators$1,875,000$1,312,500$187,500
Year 1 Total41 chains~$9,400,000~$6,600,000~$940,000
Year 250 chains$67,500,000$47,250,000$6,750,000
Year 3100 chains$225,000,000$157,500,000$22,500,000
Year 5500 chains · 250K proofs/day$1,125,000,000$787,500,000$112,500,000

Rewards paid in ETH/native tokens — FOON used for staking and governance only. Auto-distribution at 0.1 ETH pending per operator.

09DEFLATIONARY MODEL

Deflationary Model
Epoch Emissions & Burn Mechanics

Epoch Reward Formula — canonical 1B supply
Epoch Reward = Base Emission × Network Multiplier × Quality Factor × Halving Rate
Base Emission = 100,000 FOON // decreases 0.1% per epoch
Network Multiplier = (Active Networks / 17)^1.5
Quality Factor = Avg Reputation Score / 100
Halving Rate = 0.99995^Epoch Number
// 1 SuperRoot Epoch = successful aggregation of 17-network MMR SuperRoot
// min interval: 10 min · max interval: 24 hr
Genesis Allocation (10% · 100M FOON)
  • Protocol Treasury40,000,000 FOON
  • Genesis Operators (first 100)30,000,000 FOON
  • Development Fund20,000,000 FOON
  • Security Reserve10,000,000 FOON
Algorithmic Emission (90% · 900M FOON)
  • SuperRoot Epoch Rewards600,000,000 FOON
  • Network Expansion Bonuses200,000,000 FOON
  • Reputation Tier Bonuses100,000,000 FOON
Per-Epoch Distribution (100,000 FOON base)
Proof Operators
70
%
70,000 FOON — reputation-weighted
SuperRoot Aggregator
20
%
20,000 FOON — cross-chain aggregation reward
Validators + Burn
5+5
%
5,000 FOON validators · 5,000 FOON burned per epoch
Burn Mechanisms — all amounts scaled to 1B supply
TriggerFOON BurnedCategory
FOON Transfer (any)1% of amountTransaction Tax
Failed Single Block Proof1,000 FOONProof Failure
Failed Multi-Block Proof5,000 FOONProof Failure
Failed MMR Proof10,000 FOONProof Failure
Failed SuperRoot100,000 FOONProof Failure
Invalid Proof Submission10% of bondSlashing
Finality Violation50% of bondSlashing
Network Attack100% of bondSlashing
Bridge Fee Burn0.5% of bridged amountCross-Chain
Early Unbonding (<30 epochs)20% of bondUnbonding
Emergency Unbonding50% of bondUnbonding
Epoch Protocol Burn5,000 FOON per epochProtocol Burn
Long-Term Supply Projection (1B scale)
PeriodCirculating SupplyNet Change
Year 1~109,500,000 FOON+9.5M net
Year 3~450,000,000 FOONPeak supply
Year 5~378,000,000 FOON−72M net
Year 10~230,000,000 FOON−148M net
Year 20~200–250M FOONEquilibrium
Network Expansion Bonuses
Active NetworksBase Emission MultiplierNew Network Join Bonus
17 (baseline)1.0×—
251.2×1,000,000 FOON over 100 epochs
501.5×1,000,000 FOON over 100 epochs
1002.0×1,000,000 FOON over 100 epochs
500+3.0×1,000,000 FOON over 100 epochs

New network bonus: 50% to new network operators · 50% to existing operators. Linear over 100 epochs.