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Tokenomics view

See Tokenomics → BINI Sinks for how the burn portion contributes to deflation.

The split

Every swap on BaiDEX charges a 1.00% total fee (100 basis points), split three ways:

How it works in practice

When you swap on BaiDEX:
  1. Router intercepts the trade
  2. Computes fee = 1.00% of input amount
  3. Allocates fee to LPs, burn address, and referrer/treasury per the split
  4. Executes the underlying V3 swap with the remaining 99.00%
LPs see the 0.50% portion as their realized fee. The 0.50% they “miss” vs Uniswap V3 is going to burn + referrer.

Burn slice impact

The 0.25% burn is permanent — every swap removes BINI (or wBINI / USBI / Agent Token, depending on input) from circulation forever. For wBINI swaps, this is a direct BINI sink (sink #3 in BINI Sinks). For other input assets, the burn affects that asset’s circulating supply.

Daily burn projections (wBINI)

If wBINI/USBI volume is $V/day:
At $10M/day wBINI volume, that’s ~76M BINI burned per year — comparable to the Year 4 emission rate.

Referrer slice

The 0.25% referrer share goes to:
  • The user who referred the trader (if applicable), OR
  • The platform treasury (if no referrer)
Referrer payouts are credited per-trade. The referral system itself is on-chain (referrer address is encoded in the swap call).

LP slice mechanics

The 0.50% LP fee accrues to LPs proportional to their share of the in-range liquidity at the moment of the swap. Standard V3 semantics:
  • Fees accumulate per position
  • LPs collect fees by calling collect() on their position NFT
  • Out-of-range LPs earn nothing during periods their range is bypassed

Why 1.00% total?

The 1.00% rate is calibrated for:
  • Sustainability of burn: 0.25% is enough to materially shrink supply at moderate volume
  • Competitive LP returns: 0.50% to LPs is comparable to Uniswap’s 0.30% tier on volatile pairs (with the trade-off of higher slippage protection from agents)
  • Functional referrer mechanic: 0.25% gives referrers a non-trivial commission
Lower total fees would reduce the burn rate. Higher total fees would deter swap volume.

Comparison

AMM mechanics

Where the fee router fits

Tokenomics: BINI Sinks

The burn portion

Pools

Where fees accrue

Tokenomics: Agent Token Sinks

How fees compound for Agent Token holders