Token Economics

The CROWD token aligns incentives across data providers, API consumers, and governance participants.

Token Distribution

Allocation	Percentage	Amount	Vesting
Community & Ecosystem	40%	40,000,000	4-year linear unlock
Team & Advisors	20%	20,000,000	1-year cliff, 3-year linear
Treasury	15%	15,000,000	DAO-controlled
Investors	15%	15,000,000	6-month cliff, 2-year linear
Liquidity Mining	10%	10,000,000	Distributed over 3 years

Revenue Model

CrowdProof generates revenue through API subscriptions:

Tier	Monthly Price	Revenue Share
Free	$0	—
Starter	$49	10% to stakers
Growth	$199	10% to stakers
Enterprise	Custom	10% to stakers

10% of all subscription revenue is distributed to CROWD token stakers proportional to their stake.

Token Utility

Use Case	Mechanism
Governance	Vote on protocol parameters, scoring model changes
Staking	Stake CROWD to earn share of API revenue
Dispute Bonds	Stake CROWD to file on-chain dispute escalations
Data Provider Incentives	Earn CROWD for contributing verified data
Fee Discounts	Hold CROWD for reduced API pricing

Staking

Token holders can stake CROWD to earn protocol revenue:

Staker Reward = (staked_amount / total_staked) × revenue_pool

• Minimum Stake: 1,000 CROWD
• Lock Period: 30 days (early withdrawal forfeits pending rewards)
• Reward Distribution: Monthly
• Slashing: Malicious data providers may have stake slashed

Inflation Schedule

CROWD has no inflation after initial distribution. Total supply is fixed at 100,000,000 tokens.

Fee Flow

API Subscription Revenue
         │
         ├── 90% → Protocol Treasury (operations, development)
         │
         └── 10% → Staking Reward Pool
                    │
                    └── Distributed monthly to stakers
                        proportional to stake weight