ANTS is intended as a utility and coordination token for the AntSeed ecosystem. Holding ANTS does not represent equity, ownership, debt, profit share, revenue share, claim on assets, or any right to receive payments. ANTS distribution is meant for eligible users and providers who help the network grow.
Token economics are evolving →1.04 billion hard cap. No minting beyond emissions. No admin mint function.
ANTS emissions track eligible real activity on the network. Claimability and distribution may be subject to caps, validation, locking, and anti-abuse checks.
Serve real requests and settle on-chain. Seller ANTS emissions come from the 50% Provider Pool and are capped at 50% of that seller bucket per seller per epoch; rewards are currently routed into a locked Provider Pool while stronger validation and proof systems are introduced.
Deposit USDC, use the network, and pay for AI services. Buyer emissions come from the 20% buyer pool and are capped at 5% of that buyer bucket per buyer per epoch, with quality filters and anti-abuse checks for real demand.
Eligible buyer emissions may be claimable after epoch finalization. Seller emissions remain locked in the Provider Pool for now and may be subject to future verification or slashing before becoming claimable.
Each epoch (1 week) distributes a fixed ANTS budget. Every 104 epochs (~2 years), the budget halves. Six halvings reduce emissions to near-zero.
Seller emissions are tracked and routed into a locked Provider Pool. Capped at 50% of the seller bucket per seller per epoch; cap overages flow to the reserve.
For eligible real usage. Capped at 5% of the buyer bucket per buyer per epoch; cap overages flow to the reserve.
May support long-term network sustainability, trust, utility, grants, incentives, and alignment. Receives seller and buyer cap overages. Tokenholders do not own the reserve.
Vested contributor allocation intended to align long-term development and ecosystem health.
Network usage and settlement data from Base. No token value, burn, distribution, or return is promised.
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