Bostrom Tokenomics

The Four Tokens

bostrom separates four economic functions that most blockchains compress into a single token:

Every token derives from the one above it. $H requires staked $BOOT. $V and $A require burned $H. Every unit of network resource has a provable, on-chain opportunity cost denominated in committed stake.

Why Tokens Grow

• Supply decay is irreversible — every bostrom/mint makes the next one more expensive, embedded in protocol math
• The graph gets more valuable — more cyberlinks attract more neurons, demand grows while supply gets scarcer
• Writing is scarcer than reading — $V gets expensive 8x faster than $A
• Speculation feeds the machine — 2% burn fee on moving A and V permanently destroys supply on every transfer
• Everything costs stake — $V and $A require burn of $H which requires bostrom/staking $BOOT, spam is economically impossible

The Learning Loop

The knowledge graph learns through economic commitments. Every token operation is part of a cycle that makes the graph more valuable over time.

BOOT --stake--> H --mint(burn H)--> V + A
  ^                                  |   |
  |                          cyberlinks  focus weight
  |                          (burn V)    |
  |                              v       v
  |                        knowledge graph <-- diffusion (GPU)
  |                              |
  |                          cyberank
  |                              |
  +--- 80% exec fees <-- autonomous programs <-- energy routes (V/A)

1. neuron stakes $BOOT → receives $H → burns $H → receives $V or $A
2. neuron spends $V to create cyberlinks — each link is a costly signal, an economic commitment that two particles are related
3. diffusion computes focus distribution across all particles on GPU, weighted by $A balances
4. cyberank measures particle quality — emerges from the graph structure without external votes

The more neurons link, the better cyberank gets, the more valuable $V and $A become.

Energy Mint

A neuron burns $H through bostrom/mint to create $V or $A. The cost follows a supply decay curve: every bostrom/mint makes the next one more expensive. Details and formulas: bostrom/mint.

Fees

• burn fee on moving A and V — 2% burn on every $V and $A transfer. Speculators pay a tax that permanently reduces supply.
• collect fee on moving A and V — 1% fee on $V and $A transfers directed into reward pools for staking on particles and staking on cyberlinks.
• x/liquidity — 0.3% swap fee (retained in pool reserves), 40M $BOOT pool creation fee (community pool).

Energy Grid

The grid module routes $V and $A to cosmwasm programs via energy routes. Programs that receive routed $V can create cyberlinks — enabling autonomous knowledge graph expansion. cosmwasm execution fees return 80% to the program creator, creating a reinvestment loop back into bostrom/staking → $H → $V/$A.

Source References

• x/resources — bostrom/mint logic, supply decay
• x/cyberbank — $H mint/burn, 2% transfer burn
• x/rank — diffusion (GPU/CUDA)
• x/grid — energy routing
• x/graph — cyberlinks, $V and $A tracking