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$UNIT – Native Utility Token

Role in the Network​

$UNIT is Treasurenet’s governance and utility token. Unlike cryptocurrencies backed by reserves or speculative supply caps, $UNIT derives its value directly from verified real-world output. As productive activity increases across the network, $UNIT supply expands proportionally, establishing a built-in connection between tangible value and token issuance.

Core Functions​

  • Staking: Required to operate validator nodes and participate in consensus.
  • Governance: DAO-based governance is planned for a future release.While not yet live on-chain, Treasurenet is designed to support decentralized proposal creation and protocol-level voting.
  • Transaction Fees: Functions as the base currency for gas fees.
  • Incentive Rewards: Distributed to validators and delegators for securing the network.

Productivity-Based Issuance​

Whereas Bitcoin enforces a fixed halving schedule every four years, Treasurenet employs a dynamic emissions model that adjusts in response to real-world productivity:

  • Block rewards are not predetermined by time.
  • Instead, they decrease proportionally based on the volume of REP Score minted during each period.

This mechanism ensures that new $UNIT tokens enter circulation only when Producers contribute measurable value—making supply a function of productivity, not scarcity.

Asset-Based Design Principles​

$UNIT is issued at the base layer of the Treasurenet protocol and conforms to a commodity-style issuance model:

  • Value Backed by Effort: Every $UNIT minted corresponds to validated real-world activity. The system anchors value creation in tangible effort rather than speculative reserves.
  • Not a Financial Security: Due to its asset-based nature, $UNIT avoids classification as a financial security. It has no external profit guarantees or centralized reserve dependencies.
  • Natural Supply Floor: The inherent economic cost of producing real-world assets enforces a baseline issuance threshold for $UNIT, ensuring that token supply growth reflects actual productive effort.