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Token Utility & Purpose

WL is the native asset of the WorldLand mainnet and serves multiple critical functions within the ecosystem.

Four Pillars of Utility

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                     WL Token Utility                           │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                                 │
│   ⛏️ Mining Rewards      💨 Gas Fees                            │
│   Security incentive     Transaction costs                      │
│                                                                 │
│   ☁️ Service Fees         🏛️ Governance                         │
│   Compute payments       Protocol decisions                     │
│                                                                 │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

1. PoW Mining Rewards

WL is issued as rewards for Proof-of-Work mining, securing the WorldLand network.

ParameterValue
Block Reward20 WL per block
Block Time10 seconds
Daily Issuance~172,800 WL
Monthly Issuance~5,184,000 WL
Block Reward Distribution:
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Miner:    80% (16 WL)
Treasury: 20% (4 WL)
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Treasury Funding

A fixed 20% of each block reward flows to the Ecosystem Treasury, creating direct funding from chain security to long-term ecosystem development.

2. Transaction Fees (Gas)

WL is used to pay gas fees for all on-chain transactions.

Fee-Required Actions

  • Job commitments
  • Challenge submissions
  • Settlement receipts
  • Governance actions
  • State modifications

Benefits of Gas

  • Spam Resistance - Prevents network abuse
  • Resource Pricing - Fair allocation of block space
  • Network Sustainability - Ongoing operational funding

3. Protocol Service Fees

WL is the settlement currency for all protocol services.

Supported Services

ServiceDescription
GPU ComputeRent GPU resources for AI/ML workloads
StorageDecentralized storage services
Verification LayerProof verification services
AI InferenceRun inference on distributed GPUs
AI TrainingTrain models on the network

Payment Flow

Customer                    Protocol                    Provider
    │                          │                           │
    │   1. Pay WL for job     │                           │
    │ ────────────────────────▶│                           │
    │                          │   2. Allocate resources   │
    │                          │──────────────────────────▶│
    │   3. Use compute         │                           │
    │ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────▶
    │                          │   4. Settle payment       │
    │                          │──────────────────────────▶│
    │                          │                           │

4. Governance

WL holders participate in protocol governance.

Governance Scope

AreaExamples
Consensus ParametersECCVCC difficulty adjustment, block stability
Verification ParametersAudit rates, challenge windows, response deadlines
Fee PolicyGas pricing, service fee structures
Treasury PolicyBudget allocation, grants, security spending

Upgrade Policy

All protocol upgrades follow an on-chain governance process:

Proposal → Review → Vote → Timelocked Activation
  • Parameter changes treated separately from code upgrades
  • Emergency actions narrowly scoped with post-incident ratification
  • Stakeholder time to evaluate and react to changes

Utility Summary

UtilityWho BenefitsFrequency
Mining RewardsMinersEvery block (10s)
Gas FeesAll usersEvery transaction
Service FeesCustomers & ProvidersPer service usage
GovernanceAll holdersPer proposal

Economic Model

                         WL Economy

         ┌────────────────────┼────────────────────┐
         │                    │                    │
         ▼                    ▼                    ▼
    ┌─────────┐         ┌─────────┐         ┌─────────┐
    │ Miners  │         │ Users   │         │Providers│
    │         │         │         │         │         │
    │ Secure  │         │ Pay     │         │ Earn    │
    │ Network │         │ for     │         │ from    │
    │    │    │         │ Service │         │ Service │
    │    ▼    │         │    │    │         │    ▲    │
    │ Earn    │         │    ▼    │         │    │    │
    │ Rewards │         │ Use     │─────────│ Provide │
    └─────────┘         │ Compute │         │ Compute │
                        └─────────┘         └─────────┘

Next Steps

Decentralized GPU Infrastructure for the AI Era