## Incentives for Brilliance Quadron’s tokenomics align incentives so **credible insight becomes investable**. The $QUAD token underpins **validation, staking, rewards, settlement, and governance** across the RWA 2.0 stack. ### Purpose - **Reward credible contribution** (originators, collaborators, reviewers). - **Incentivize validation** (separate signal from noise). - **Enable settlement** when assets are reused or licensed. - **Steward governance** of attribution rules and rewards. ### Design principles - **Provenance-first**: attribution is anchored in receipts (who, what, when, why). - **Privacy-by-default**: walled gardens; scoped disclosure only when approved. - **Evidence-thresholds**: rewards unlock when lenses/criteria are met. - **Neutral substrate**: works across orgs, tools, and protocols. ### Roles & flows 1) **Contributors** record insight in Quads (provenance). 2) **Validators** apply lenses, stake $QUAD, and help resolve claims. 3) **Backers** support high-signal concepts early (print pools, bounties). 4) **Organizations** govern exposure and approve printing. 5) **[[07.05. Asset Printer|Asset Printer]]** converts eligible insight into on-chain, attribution-native assets. 6) **Settlement** routes value back to contributors, validators, and backers when assets are reused/licensed. ### $QUAD utility - **Staking/validation**: stake $QUAD to prioritize reviews and signal confidence; earn when correct. - **Validation markets**: contested claims can resolve via evidence-weighted staking. - **Settlement token**: reuse/licensing fees settle via $QUAD, distributing rewards per attribution splits. - **Print pools**: cohort funding for promising concepts; upside tied to performance. - **Governance**: token-weighted votes on attribution weights, validator rewards, pool parameters, and treasury spend. ### Earning mechanisms - **Contributor rewards**: attribution-based splits on reuse/licensing; retroactive rewards for proven impact. - **Validator rewards**: share of settlement for correct validation; slashing/penalties for bad signal. - **Backer rewards**: print pool returns, bounties/prizes for targeted outcomes. - **Community programs**: quadratic rewards for high-signal contributions across domains. ### Attribution & splits (overview) - **Originators**: base share for initial contribution. - **Collaborators**: weighted by provenance (citations, code, experiments, reviews). - **Validators**: portion of settlement tied to correct signal and timeliness. - **Treasury**: funds ecosystem growth (primitives, grants, audits). > Exact weights are governed on-chain; scoring is based on verifiable receipts and lens outcomes. ### Printing & settlement - **Eligibility**: evidence thresholds met (e.g., novelty/readiness lenses) + org approval. - **Minting**: the **Asset Printer** creates attribution-native assets with provenance and policy. - **Settlement**: reuse/licensing fees flow via $QUAD to credited parties; validator and backer shares paid automatically. See [[07.05. Asset Printer|Asset Printer]] for the conversion mechanics. ### Supply & emissions (anticipated) - **TGE** targeted **12–18 months** post-raise. - **Initial float**: conservative; majority locked with cliffs/vests. - **Allocations** (indicative): community/validators, ecosystem/treasury, contributors, pilots/partners, investors, team (long vest). - **Emissions** favor **proof-of-credibility**: rewards weighted by validated impact, not spam/volume. > Final parameters subject to governance and jurisdictional guidance. ### Beta & early participation - **Points & founding recognition** for early beta users (contributors, validators, pilots). - Points and status are designed to **translate into future rewards** at/after TGE. - Your **credibility today becomes your capital tomorrow**. ### Why this matters - **Aligned incentives**: the right work gets done, and the right people are rewarded. - **Liquidity for ideas**: printed assets can be priced, traded, and reused. - **Lower waste, stronger portfolios**: organizations fund what’s credible, not just loud. --- ## Explore Next Want to go deeper? Jump into: - [[04. Vision|Future Vision]] - [[05.00. Explorers|Explorers]] - [[06.00. Organizations|Organizations]] - [[07.00. Primitives|Primitives]]