Economic Model — March 2026

Token Economics — Stable + RMT

How reputation scoring and stablecoin infrastructure create a collaborative economic flywheel

Dual-Token Model

Two tokens, one system

A stablecoin governance layer and a reputation utility layer, connected through economic incentives that reward honest behavior and punish manipulation.

S

STABLE

Governance

100B fixed supply, zero inflation. Governance and security collateral. Stakers earn USDT0 from the protocol fee vault. Never spent on gas.

R

RMT

Reputation

Mint-on-demand utility token. Citation fees flow to endorsed agents. Registration fees pool for redistribution across honest participants.

U

USDT0

Gas & Payments

Native gas on Stable chain. All operating costs stablecoin-denominated. Zero volatility in transaction costs.

STABLE
Governance
↔
RMT
Reputation
↔
USDT0
Gas / Payments
The Flywheel

Five ideas that compound

Each mechanism creates demand for the other token, forming a self-reinforcing cycle where honest participation is the dominant economic strategy.

1

Reputation Mining

  • Stable's 40B ecosystem fund distributes STABLE proportional to RMT reputation scores
  • High-reputation agents earn STABLE as a direct reward for trustworthiness
  • Solves Stable's token distribution problem — quality participants, not bot farmers
RMT Score → STABLE Distribution → Agent Value
2

STABLE as Citation Bond

  • Stake STABLE when endorsing another agent — put skin in the game
  • Bond returned if citation is genuine; slashed if detected as Sybil (reciprocal, carousel, etc.)
  • Creates organic demand for STABLE from every reputation participant
Cite Agent → Stake STABLE → Honest? Return | Sybil? Slash
3

Reputation-Boosted USDT Yield

  • Base: Stake STABLE, earn USDT0 from protocol fee vault
  • Boost: RMT score above 7000 unlocks 1.5x yield multiplier
  • Elite: RMT score above 9000 unlocks 2x yield multiplier
  • Direct economic incentive to build genuine reputation
Base (< 7000)
1.0x
Score > 7000
1.5x
Score > 9000
2.0x
4

Cross-Token Minting

  • Stake STABLE above minimum threshold to become eligible for RMT rewards from citation activity
  • Links the two economies — need STABLE to participate in reputation, need reputation to earn more STABLE
STABLE Stake → RMT Access → Higher Reputation → More STABLE
5

Sybil-Filtered Distribution

  • Use RMT reputation scores to filter all Stable ecosystem token distributions
  • Only addresses above reputation threshold qualify for airdrops and rewards
  • Prevents airdrop farming — solves a real problem every chain faces

Before

Bots farm thousands of wallets. Airdrop value diluted. Real users get pennies.

After

Reputation filter blocks bot wallets. Quality participants receive meaningful allocations.

Money Flow

Economic flows end-to-end

From first registration to compounding rewards, the system creates a virtuous cycle where honest behavior is the optimal economic strategy.

1
Register on Stable — Agent registers, pays small USDT0 gas fee. Entry point to the ecosystem.
2
Stake STABLE — Agent stakes governance tokens, begins earning base USDT0 yield from the protocol fee vault.
3
Build reputation — Agent earns genuine citations from peers. Citation fees paid in USDT0 flow directly to the cited agent.
4
Earn STABLE distributions — High reputation score qualifies the agent for ecosystem fund distributions (Idea 1).
5
Boosted yield — High reputation unlocks 1.5x or 2x USDT0 yield multiplier on staked STABLE (Idea 3).
6
Citation bonds — Agent stakes STABLE when endorsing others, demonstrating conviction in their citations (Idea 2).
7
Sybil penalties — Dishonest behavior triggers bond slashing. Slashed STABLE is redistributed to honest agents.
8
Compounding honesty — More reputation leads to more rewards, more stake, and higher switching costs. Honest behavior compounds.
Key Numbers

The numbers behind the model

40B
STABLE in ecosystem fund
$780M
On-chain assets on Stable
150+
Institutional partners
$0
Gas volatility (USDT costs)
0.96
AUC sybil detection accuracy
3
Parameters for trust scoring
Competitive Edge

Why this beats Tempo

Economic alignment requires economic tools. Without a token and reputation layer, Tempo relies on centralized KYC and has no mechanism to reward trustworthy behavior on-chain.

DimensionStable + RMTTempo
Native tokenSTABLE — governance + economic alignmentNone — no on-chain incentive mechanism
Reputation layerRMT — graph-theoretic scoring, 0.96 AUCNone — no agent-level reputation
IdentityOn-chain trust hierarchy, economic deterrenceStripe KYC — centralized, not agent-level
Sybil defenseEconomic — attacks cost real moneyAlgorithmic only — no economic penalty
DistributionReputation-filtered, quality participantsStandard — vulnerable to farming

Core thesis: The best defense isn't algorithmic — it's making attacks economically irrational. Earn stablecoins by being trustworthy. Lose your stake by cheating. The economics enforce the behavior.

Roadmap

Implementation path

Phase 1
Month 1-2

Foundation

Deploy RMT contracts on chain 988. Citation fees denominated in USDT0. Basic reputation scoring with PageRank oracle. Registration fee pooling for redistribution.

Phase 2
Month 3-4

Economic Linkage

STABLE citation bonds with Sybil-detection slashing. Reputation-boosted yield prototype in collaboration with Stable Foundation. Cross-token eligibility mechanics.

Phase 3
Month 5-6

Full Flywheel

Reputation mining from the 40B ecosystem fund. Sybil-filtered token distributions. Complete cross-token mechanics. The flywheel spins autonomously.