NETWORK ECONOMICS
Usage creates the economy.
Nine potential fee sources. One of them collects anything today, and it is ordinary gas.
01 · REVENUE FROM USAGE
Revenue from usage
Economic activity can come from real infrastructure usage. Different providers earn revenue by performing useful services for network participants.
Revenue is not issuance. A fee exists only where a service was performed, which means every source on this page is a consequence of work rather than a schedule.
02 · THE NINE SOURCES
The nine sources
One of nine collects anything today. The statuses vary, so each row carries its own badge.
- Blockchain transaction feestestnet
- Ordinary EVM gas, collected on the testnet today.
- Compute feesplanned
- A fee on compute the network coordinates.
- AI execution feesplanned
- A fee on AI execution and inference.
- Gateway feesplanned
- A fee on routing work to external infrastructure.
- Marketplace feesplanned
- A fee on coordinating an order through the marketplace.
- Escrow feesplanned
- A fee on transactions an escrow provider secures.
- Liquidity feesplanned
- A fee on liquidity routed between assets and resources.
- OTC feesplanned
- A fee on negotiated or large execution.
- Provider registration and collateralplanned
- Economic commitment required to act as a provider.
03 · WHERE REVENUE COMES FROM
Two layers of revenue
A fee exists where a service was performed. The upper layer performs none yet, so it collects none — the emptiness is a consequence, not a gap.
- compute fees
- AI execution fees
- gateway fees
- marketplace fees
- escrow fees
- liquidity fees
- OTC fees
- registration & collateral
Eight sources. Each one is a fee on a service the network does not yet coordinate, so none of them can collect anything — the layer has to exist before its revenue can.
blockchain transaction feesOrdinary EVM gas
One source, collecting today. The block is produced, the gas is paid, and the service performed is the transaction itself.
04 · COMPETE ON SERVICE, NOT ACCESS
Compete on service, not access
Kronex aims to avoid permanently privileged infrastructure operators. A competitive provider economy makes the network stronger as participation grows.
05 · WHAT EXISTS TODAY
What exists today
The testnet collects ordinary transaction fees and nothing else. Eight of the nine sources on this page require the marketplace, which is not built. No rate, no split, no projection and no yield is stated anywhere — the source gives none.
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