# Economic Model Overview

Orby AI implements a **tokenized economic layer** that governs all verifiable AI activity — from model registration and proof generation to execution rewards and RWA-based revenue distribution. Powered by the **$ORBY token**, this system aligns economic incentives with trust, performance, and decentralized ownership.

Everything is on-chain, transparent, and enforced by zk-proofs.

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**🧩 $ORBY Token Utility:**

| Use Case                           | Description                                                         |
| ---------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Inference Payments**             | Users pay for zk-verified inference jobs using $ORBY or stablecoins |
| **Staking for Access**             | Executors and validators stake $ORBY to participate in job routing  |
| **Reward Distribution**            | All successful participants earn $ORBY based on performance         |
| **Governance Rights**              | $ORBY holders vote on models, fees, upgrades, and agent behavior    |
| **Premium Access / Subscriptions** | Lock $ORBY for bulk inference, priority access, or enterprise SLAs  |

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**🎯 Dual Role: Fee + Reputation**

The $ORBY token acts both as:

* **Gas layer** for verifiable computation (execution, proof, scoring)
* **Reputation score** — long-term stakers gain higher access priority, governance influence, and better task routing

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**🌍 RWA Integration:**

* **RWA Collateralization:** $ORBY can be staked to back RWA-tokenized models or agents, securing yield streams or acting as underwriting.
* **Royalty Distribution:** $ORBY is used to distribute or claim revenue generated by tokenized AI models.
* **Proof-Based Earnings:** All payouts are triggered only upon zk-verified usage — ensuring $ORBY is spent/earned based on provable computation.

> $ORBY isn’t just fuel — it’s the governance, credibility, and cashflow backbone of verifiable AI on Ethereum.

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**💰 Example:**

A DAO uses a governance bot agent to automate treasury decisions. Each task costs 2 $ORBY. zk-proofs confirm execution. Revenue is distributed:

* 60% to the agent’s model owner (RWA-tokenized)
* 20% to the executor
* 20% to the validator