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THEO is a productive token — its value is anchored to real, recurring activity across the Autheo network rather than speculation. Every major operation in the ecosystem involves THEO.

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Transaction fees

Every transaction on Autheo Chain requires a fee paid in aauth (the base denomination of THEO). Fees compensate validators for including transactions in blocks and are partially recycled through the Autheo Storage & Compute Fund (ASCF).
Typical transfer fee: ~5,000,000 aauth (0.000005 THEO).

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Staking and validator access

Staking is the mechanism by which THEO secures the network. Bonded THEO is subject to slashing for validator misbehavior.

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NFT license emissions

Active NFT license holders earn per-block THEO from the x/emissions module: Emission rewards must be manually claimed via claim-nft-rewards. Rewards accumulate indefinitely and do not expire.

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Compute and AI services

As Autheo’s decentralized compute layer rolls out on mainnet over the coming months, AI task execution, cloud compute operations, and data storage transactions are designed to settle in THEO. Usage fees are designed to flow into ASCF and be redistributed to validators and ecosystem pools, sustaining the productive deflation cycle.

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Developer access (stake-to-build)

Developers stake THEO to access:
  • SDKs and orchestration tools at higher tiers
  • Increased visibility in the DevHub marketplace
  • Eligibility for ecosystem grants
This “stake-to-build” model aligns developer incentives with long-term ecosystem participation.

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Protocol governance

Certain chain-level actions on Autheo Chain are executed through the network’s on-chain governance module rather than through ordinary transactions. THEO is a utility token and does not carry voting rights over these actions. Governance-executed actions include:
  • Chain parameter changes
  • Module upgrades
  • License revocations and reinstatements (MsgRevokeLicense, MsgReinstateLicense)
  • Emissions cap adjustments (within predefined bounds)

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Fee recycling (ASCF)

Fees and compute revenue are redistributed through the Autheo Storage & Compute Fund:
As network activity grows, ASCF revenue increasingly replaces inflationary emissions as the primary incentive source — this is the productive deflation model described in the Tokenomics paper.