Utility

• Staking for Validation – Validators must stake $VAT tokens to participate in validation tasks. Staked tokens act as collateral that can be slashed for dishonest or low-quality work, ensuring economic security and network integrity.

• Validator Rewards – Validators who submit accurate and consensus-aligned results are rewarded in $VAT. Rewards are distributed from the task pool based on performance, uptime, and participation frequency.

• Anchor Economy – Developers who create Memory Anchors earn $VAT royalties each time their logic is used in a validation task. This incentivizes high-quality Anchor creation and fosters a self-sustaining marketplace for trust logic.

• Governance Participation – $VAT token holders can propose and vote on key protocol upgrades, economic parameters, anchor standards, and system improvements. This ensures that the protocol remains community-driven and adaptable over time.

• Ecosystem Growth & Incentives – A portion of $VAT is allocated to ecosystem grants, partnerships, and early support programs aimed at accelerating adoption, use case development, and community expansion.