# Economic Actors & Reward Mechanics

Orby AI’s decentralized economy is structured around **three primary roles**, each contributing to the zk-compute pipeline and earning $ORBY based on verified outputs:

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**👤 1. Model Owners**

**Role:** Register zk-compatible AI models to the on-chain registry. They define pricing and receive a share of all inference fees generated by their models.

**💸 Revenue Model:**

* Set a flat or dynamic price per inference call.
* Earn a **default 60%** share of every valid task using their model.
* Can tokenize model ownership as ERC-20/NFT to distribute income.

**🌍 RWA Integration:**

* **Tokenized ownership:** Revenue is streamed to token holders.
* **DAO-managed models:** Governance over fee structure, model updates, and upgrade rights.

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**⚙️ 2. Executors (zk-Inference Nodes)**

**Role:** Run the model’s zk-circuit off-chain and generate a proof.

**🧾 Participation Requirements:**

* Stake $ORBY to enter execution pools.
* Meet proof latency and compactness constraints.

**💰 Compensation:**

* Earn **20%** of inference fee per job.
* Bonus tiers for proof efficiency, model diversity, and low error rates.

**📈 Enhancements:**

* Performance history boosts future routing priority.
* zk-signed benchmarks can be published for discoverability.

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**✅ 3. Verifiers (Validation Nodes / Contracts)**

**Role:** Confirm the integrity of each proof and enforce correctness.

**🔍 Responsibilities:**

* Load model hash and verification key from the registry.
* Match proof → input → model → output.
* Trigger payment or slashing.

**💰 Rewards:**

* Receive **20%** of inference fee per successful verification.
* Long-term bonuses based on uptime and audit performance.

**⚠️ Slashing Conditions:**

| Misbehavior             | Penalty Applied           |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------- |
| Accepting invalid proof | Slashing of staked $ORBY  |
| Collusion with executor | Slash + blacklisting      |
| Missed validation SLA   | Loss of role + reward cut |

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**⚖️ Revenue Split Summary (Per Inference Job):**

| Actor         | Share (%) | Paid In | Notes                             |
| ------------- | --------- | ------- | --------------------------------- |
| Model Owner   | 60%       | $ORBY   | Can be auto-routed to RWA holders |
| Executor Node | 20%       | $ORBY   | zk-proof generation               |
| Verifier Node | 20%       | $ORBY   | On-chain proof validation         |

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> This system ensures that all compute work, validation, and model ownership is **financially accountable, proof-enforced, and natively composable** with RWA tokens and Ethereum protocols.