# Tokenomics ## Powering the Discovery Economy * **Token Symbol:** $KAI * **Hard Cap:** 5 billion $KAI (fixed, no additional minting) * **Emission Schedule:** Programmatic, trending toward deflationary via burn mechanisms ### Emission Split (Weekly) * 55% to creators (via Serendipity Oracle) * 25% to curators * 15% to GPU node runners * 5% to the treasury ### Protocol Revenue Sources 1. AI platform data subscriptions 2. Enterprise discovery licensing 3. Priority verification services 4. Anonymous discovery marketplaces ### Token Utilities: * **Earn:** For discoveries, validations, and curation * **Stake:** To boost rewards, participate in governance, and unlock advanced tooling * **Burn:** 10% of all protocol fees go to buy-and-burn mechanisms --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.kardiachain.io/docs/tokenomics.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.