Fee Model & Token Utility
Orbion’s fee model is designed to ensure economic sustainability, user accessibility, and validator alignment, without over-financializing the protocol. Rather than chasing short-term extractive yield, Orbion treats its native token — $ORB — as a coordination asset, not a speculative instrument.
Fees are not a revenue stream. They are a signal: of usage, of congestion, and of value flow. And like any signal, they must be designed for clarity and fairness.
⚙️ Fee Mechanism Design
Orbion implements a base fee + tip structure similar to EIP-1559, with modifications optimized for modular execution and parallel block inclusion:
Base Fee Adjusts dynamically based on block demand, ensuring that the network remains stable under varying load conditions.
Tip (Priority Fee) Incentivizes validators to include specific transactions sooner without enabling gas wars or MEV centralization.
Fee Burn A portion of base fees is burned to create long-term value alignment between protocol usage and token scarcity.
Module-Specific Fees In Orbion, system-level modules (e.g., staking, governance) can define their own fee behavior — allowing future implementations of zero-fee voting, custom bridge fees, or dynamic validator incentives.
🪙 Token Utility: The Role of $ORB
$ORB is not just a token — it is the unit of trust, stake, and governance in the Orbion protocol. Its utility is directly tied to the protocol’s core functions:
Staking & Delegation $ORB is required to participate in consensus, either directly (as a validator) or indirectly (as a delegator).
Transaction Fees All on-chain actions — including contract execution, bridging, and governance proposals — are paid in $ORB.
Governance Rights Token holders may vote on protocol upgrades, economic parameters, and module changes. Voting power is proportional to stake.
Security Budget $ORB inflation, if applied, funds validator rewards and future protocol development — governed transparently via community proposals.
Ecosystem Access Builders and protocols may use $ORB for staking-based access to shared resources, bootstrapping liquidity, or participating in governance-curated registries.
A Utility Rooted in Purpose
Orbion does not believe in inflating complexity to justify a token. Instead, the token exists because a decentralized protocol needs a shared stake to secure, govern, and evolve itself.
$ORB is not meant to dominate the protocol. It is meant to anchor it.
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