Token Distribution and Allocation
AMAX is the governance and coordination token of the StarMiner network. While AGPU powers the execution and exchange of computational resources, AMAX determines how the network evolves, how its resources are allocated, and how capital flows are managed over time.
In decentralized infrastructure protocols, effective governance is just as critical as throughput. AMAX ensures that policy, funding, and protocol rules remain in the hands of the community not centralized actors or opaque committees.
Primary Functions
Governance Participation
AMAX holders can propose, support, and vote on network-level decisions such as:
Protocol upgrades
Economic policy (e.g., reward rates, emissions schedules)
Treasury spending and grant approvals
Validator and node onboarding standards
All votes are conducted on-chain through a token-weighted governance module.
Protocol Coordination
AMAX serves as the stake and security bond for:
Validator node registration
Oracle trust rating and slashing protection
Treasury council eligibility and audit permissions
The token helps align incentives for long-term actors who contribute to the stability and correctness of the system.
Economic Utility
AMAX may be used to:
Unlock enhanced staking multipliers
Gain access to private node networks or exclusive task types
Delegate to Validator Nodes and earn a share of governance rewards
Supply and Distribution
AMAX has a governance-controlled issuance model, with no inflation beyond what is required to:
Incentivize validator performance
Fund public goods within the ecosystem
Support governance participation from long-term community members
Allocation Overview
35%: Governance Treasury (DAO-controlled)
20%: Validator Rewards & Security Pool
15%: Developer Ecosystem and Strategic Grants
15%: Team and Core Contributors (vesting)
15%: Institutional and DAO Partnerships
All emissions and unlocks are transparently visible on-chain, subject to time-locks and multi-sig controls.
Safeguards and Anti-Whale Mechanics
To ensure AMAX represents governance quality not just capital concentration the protocol supports:
Quadratic voting modules for key proposals
Delegate reputation scoring to track voting activity and slashing records
Proposal submission thresholds to prevent spam governance
In future releases, the protocol may support Reputation-Weighted Governance (RWG) where AMAX AI holders earn influence based not just on quantity staked, but contribution history, uptime, and past voting alignment with successful protocol outcomes.
AMAX vs. AGPU
Primary Role
Governance & Coordination
Access to GPU Compute
Token Emission
Proposal-driven & vested
Task-based, utility-tied
Use Cases
Voting, Staking, Treasury
Payments, Job Execution
Holder Incentives
Governance rewards, delegation
Compute income, staking yield
Stake Risk
Slashing for bad behavior
Burned via task settlement
Together, they ensure StarMiner operates as a self-sustaining, self-governing compute economy.
Summary
AMAX is the coordination layer of StarMiner ensuring that infrastructure decisions, treasury flows, and long-term governance remain in the hands of the network's contributors. It empowers the community to shape how decentralized compute evolves, while aligning decision-making power with performance, participation, and long-term commitment.
As AGPU powers the grid, AMAX steers its direction.
Token Distribution and Allocation
The long-term success of the StarMiner protocol depends not only on utility and governance, but also on how its native tokens — AGPU and AMAX — are introduced, distributed, and vested across the ecosystem. The distribution model is designed to ensure:
Sustainable, utility-driven growth
Aligned stakeholder incentives
Fair access to participation
Strategic flexibility for ecosystem expansion
Both tokens follow distinct allocation structures tailored to their respective functions: AGPU as a usage-based utility token and AMAX as a governance and coordination asset.
AGPU Token Distribution
AGPU’s emission is primarily performance-based and designed to reward real-time network contributions. There are no arbitrary airdrops or passive emissions. Tokens enter circulation through meaningful roles such as compute provisioning, validation, and protocol expansion.
Initial AGPU Allocation:
Compute Mining Rewards
50%
Earned by Provider Nodes through task execution, benchmarked and verified.
Ecosystem Incentives
20%
Referral programs, user onboarding rewards, and liquidity incentives.
Strategic Reserves & R&D
10%
Held for future protocol developments, R&D funding, and emergency balancing.
Liquidity Bootstrap Programs
10%
Initial AMM pool seeding, CEX/DEX market-making, and community-driven LP incentives.
Core Team and Advisors (Vested)
10%
Gradual unlock over multi-year schedules with performance-based release triggers.
AGPU tokens are released gradually and in sync with network usage to avoid oversupply and maintain demand integrity.
AMAX Token Allocation
AMAX AI is the governance backbone of the StarMiner protocol. Its distribution is structured to ensure progressive decentralization, with strong support for community control, validator security, and developer engagement.
Initial AMAX Allocation:
Governance Treasury (DAO-controlled)
35%
Funds community proposals, strategic grants, and protocol expansion.
Validator Rewards & Security Pool
20%
Staking and slashing insurance, incentivizing long-term validator reliability.
Developer Ecosystem & Grants
15%
Distributed to open-source builders, SDK/tooling contributors, and third-party integrators.
Team & Founding Contributors (Vested)
15%
Released under long-term vesting contracts with accountability metrics.
Institutional & Strategic Partnerships
15%
Allocated to DAOs, research orgs, and aligned funds with multi-year lockups.
The AMAX token release schedule is governance-controlled, with future emissions adjustable via token-holder proposals to reflect adoption milestones and macroeconomic conditions.
Vesting and Release Schedule
To maintain stability and reduce short-term speculation, StarMiner enforces:
12–48 month linear vesting for team, advisors, and strategic partners
6–12 month lockups for early supporters and ecosystem partners
Real-time unlocks for contributors performing active compute, staking, or governance roles
All vesting contracts are on-chain, transparent, and monitored via public multisig or time-lock contracts.
Alignment with Real Usage and Value Flow
What makes StarMiner’s distribution model uniquely sustainable is its alignment with real productivity:
AGPU flows to those who provide value: compute, validation, referrals, or liquidity.
AMAX flows to those who protect and grow the protocol: governance participants, long-term contributors, and infrastructure coordinators.
This structure prevents passive capital accumulation and ensures StarMiner remains an active, work-based ecosystem, rather than a speculative asset shell.
Summary
StarMiner’s token distribution is engineered to balance utility, equity, and sustainability. It ensures that tokens flow to contributors, not spectators and that every token in circulation represents value generated, not value assumed.
Whether you're powering the network, building on it, or helping govern its future, StarMiner ensures you're economically aligned from genesis through maturity.
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