ANTS is earned, not bought. Sellers and buyers who create real economic activity on the network receive ANTS proportional to their contribution. Hard-capped at 1.04B with automatic halvings.
1.04 billion hard cap. No minting beyond emissions. No admin mint function.
Each epoch (1 week) distributes a fixed ANTS budget. Every 104 epochs (~2 years), the budget halves. Six halvings reduce emissions to near-zero.
Pro-rata by USDC volume settled. Capped at 50% of seller pool per seller per epoch.
Pro-rata by USDC spent. Rewards active usage and seller diversity.
Unclaimed allocations and seller cap overages flow here. Funds ecosystem growth.
Vested to core contributors. Aligned with long-term network health.
Real economic activity backing the token. All settlement happens on Base.
No mining. No staking ANTS. Just use the network.
Stake USDC, serve requests, settle on-chain. Your share of the 50% seller pool is proportional to your USDC volume that epoch. Capped at 50% of seller pool per seller.
Deposit USDC, use the network, pay for AI services. Your share of the 20% buyer pool is proportional to your USDC spend that epoch. Diversity bonus for using multiple sellers.
At epoch end, call claim with the epoch numbers you participated in. ANTS are minted directly to your wallet. Unclaimed emissions flow to the protocol reserve.
Download AntStation, join the network as a provider or buyer, and start accumulating.