$NOTA
The utility token powering verification, governance, and protocol incentives across the Notareum network.
What $NOTA does
Staking & Validation
Validators stake $NOTA to participate in the verification network. Higher stakes unlock access to higher-value verification tasks and greater reward multipliers.
Verification Fees
Users pay small $NOTA fees to submit resources for verification. Fees are distributed to validators who process the verification.
Governance
$NOTA holders vote on protocol upgrades, parameter changes, fee structures, and treasury allocation. One token, one vote, with delegation support.
Reputation & Trust Scoring
Long-term stakers build on-chain reputation scores that influence their weight in verification consensus and governance decisions.
Distribution
4-year linear unlock
3-year cliff + linear
Ongoing distribution
1-year cliff, 3-year vest
At launch + 2-year vest
DAO-controlled
Allocation Summary
Minting and burning that adapts
Goal-Oriented Minting
New $NOTA is minted only when protocol milestones are achieved: verification volume thresholds, new chain integrations, validator count targets. This ties supply expansion to real network growth, not arbitrary schedules.
Multi-Faceted Burning
$NOTA is burned through four mechanisms:
- ●A percentage of verification fees
- ●Slashed validator stakes from dishonest behavior
- ●Protocol upgrade activation fees
- ●Voluntary token burns by ecosystem projects
The result is a token model where supply responds dynamically to network activity, creating natural deflationary pressure as usage grows.
By the numbers
Learn more about the economics
Read the full token economics section in our whitepaper.