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Market Lifecycle

How an Activity Market works. Activity, Miners, price discovery, spot market, continuous issuance, final supply.

How an Activity Market works

  1. Activity

  2. Miners

  3. Price discovery

  4. Spot market

  5. Continuous issuance

  6. Final supply

  1. 01

    Activity Oracle

    Measures real economic contribution.

  2. 02

    Miners

    Top contributors earn temporary market-creation rights.

  3. 03

    Genesis

    A market discovers its initial price.

  4. 04

    Spot Market

    Open secondary trading begins.

  5. 05

    Mines

    Additional supply can enter through market demand.

  6. 06

    Burn / Finalization

    Unissued supply can disappear according to the market's rules.

Miners do not need to receive free speculative inventory.

Demand pays for issuance; contributors can earn from that demand.

A genesis auction in the Zaps app: the clearing price chart and the bid panel
Genesis in the Zaps app: one clearing price for every winning bid. Testnet preview.

How the current test is set up is on Current Testnet Parameters.