🔥 Burning Mechanism

Automatic token burns reduce supply and support long-term value appreciation.

How Burns Work

Automatic Monthly Burns

10% of protocol fees burned every month:

  • Fee collection: All revenue accumulated in burn wallet

  • Monthly execution: Last day of each month

  • Public transaction: Fully transparent on-chain

  • Burn report: Detailed monthly summary

Burn Sources

Revenue Source
Burn Rate
Frequency

Trading fees

10% of 1.2% spread

Monthly

Bridge fees

10% of cross-chain fees

Monthly

Liquidation fees

100% of penalties

Immediate

P2P listing fees

50% of order fees

Monthly

Burn Calculation

Example Monthly Burn

Trading Volume: $50M Trading Fees: $600K (1.2% of volume) Burn Amount: $60K (10% of fees) At $0.10/token: 600K tokens burned Annual Impact: ~7.2M tokens burned per year

Volume Impact on Burns

Monthly Volume
Monthly Fees
Tokens Burned/Year
Supply Impact

$10M

$120K

1.4M

0.14%

$50M

$600K

7.2M

0.72%

$100M

$1.2M

14.4M

1.44%

$500M

$6M

72M

7.2%

Deflationary Timeline

Phase 1: Launch to Year 1

  • New tokens: ~160M from rewards

  • Estimated burns: 5-10M tokens

  • Net inflation: +150M tokens

  • Circulating: ~750M tokens

Phase 2: Year 2-3

  • New tokens: ~100M from rewards

  • Estimated burns: 15-25M tokens

  • Net inflation: +75-85M tokens

  • Circulating: ~850M tokens

Phase 3: Year 3+

  • New tokens: ~40M from rewards (decreasing)

  • Estimated burns: 30-50M tokens (increasing)

  • Net deflation: -10 to +10M tokens

  • Target: <500M circulating by 2030

Burn Transparency

Real-time Tracking

Live dashboard at burns.0qp.finance:

  • Burn wallet balance: Current fees awaiting burn

  • Next burn date: Countdown to monthly burn

  • Historical burns: All previous burn transactions

  • Supply metrics: Total vs circulating supply

Monthly Burn Reports

Detailed analysis includes:

  • Revenue breakdown by source

  • Burn amount in USD and tokens

  • Supply impact percentage

  • Comparison to previous months

  • Future projections

Verification Methods

  • Public burn address: 0x000...000 (provably unspendable)

  • Transaction hashes: All burns publicly viewable

  • Third-party tracking: CoinGecko, CoinMarketCap integration

  • Community verification: Open source burn tracking tools

Economic Impact

Supply Scarcity

Reduced supply over time:

  • Basic economics: Lower supply + same demand = higher price

  • Accelerating effect: Burns increase with protocol success

  • Compound benefits: Higher price attracts more users

  • Long-term value: Deflationary asset premium

Holder Benefits

Burns benefit all token holders:

  • Proportional value increase: Your % of supply grows

  • No dilution: Unlike inflationary tokens

  • Success alignment: Protocol growth = more burns

  • Passive benefit: No action required from holders

Governance Control

DAO Burn Decisions

Community can vote to:

  • Adjust burn rate: Increase/decrease from 10%

  • Add burn sources: New revenue streams

  • Emergency burns: Special one-time burns

  • Burn schedule: Change from monthly to different frequency

Historical Precedent

Successful burn programs:

  • BNB: Quarterly burns, price appreciation

  • ETH: EIP-1559 burns, supply reduction

  • CAKE: Regular burns, sustained value

  • 0QP advantage: Higher burn rate + growing revenue

Burn Projections

Conservative Scenario

Assumptions: Steady $25M monthly volume

  • Year 1: 3.6M tokens burned

  • Year 3: 10.8M tokens total burned

  • Year 5: 18M tokens total burned

  • Supply reduction: ~2% by year 5

Optimistic Scenario

Assumptions: Growing to $200M monthly volume

  • Year 1: 7.2M tokens burned

  • Year 3: 43M tokens total burned

  • Year 5: 108M tokens total burned

  • Supply reduction: ~11% by year 5

Bull Case Scenario

Assumptions: Major adoption, $1B+ monthly volume

  • Year 1: 14M tokens burned

  • Year 3: 150M tokens total burned

  • Year 5: 500M tokens total burned

  • Supply reduction: ~50% by year 5

Burn Strategy Benefits

For Traders

  • Value protection: Burns support token price

  • Lower volatility: Reduced supply = more stable price

  • Predictable mechanism: Transparent, automated burns

  • Success reward: More trading = more burns = higher value

For Stakers

  • Enhanced rewards: Fewer tokens in circulation

  • Compound benefits: Staking APY + burn appreciation

  • Long-term value: Deflationary pressure over time

  • No dilution: Supply decreases while you earn

For Protocol

  • User incentive: Burns attract long-term holders

  • Value proposition: Deflationary tokenomics

  • Growth alignment: Success directly benefits token holders

  • Sustainability: Self-reinforcing positive cycle

Monitoring Burns

Key Metrics to Watch

  • Burn rate consistency: Monthly execution

  • Volume correlation: Burns increase with usage

  • Supply impact: % of total supply burned

  • Price correlation: Burns vs token appreciation

Burn Alerts

Get notified at alert.0qp.finance:

  • Pre-burn: 24 hours before monthly burn

  • Burn execution: Real-time transaction alerts

  • Burn reports: Monthly summary delivered

  • Milestone alerts: Major burn achievements

Key insight: Burns are fully automated and transparent. No manual intervention or potential for manipulation.

Comparison to Competitors

Protocol
Burn Rate
Mechanism
Transparency

0QP

10%

Automated monthly

Real-time dashboard

BNB

20%

Manual quarterly

Basic reporting

CAKE

Variable

Manual irregular

Limited data

UNI

0%

No burns

N/A

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