Profitability of TEA Ecosystem Participants
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There are multiple ways of achieving profitability in the TEA ecosystem. Being an investor in TApp or CML bonding curve tokens is one way to earn TEA value. But a more active way is to actually engage in the TEA ecosystem in one of the three following ways.
Hosting node miners earn gas fees from end users utilizing TApps on their hosting nodes.
Initial support is provided through Universal Basic Income (UBI) from the DAO Reserve during the early stages.
Miners have the option to subscribe to a state update service, ensuring faster state machine updates, with an associated subscription fee.
Miners are responsible for the maintenance costs of their hosting node machines, typically requiring Amazon Nitro hardware.
To operate on the TEA network, miners must acquire CML seeds (NFTs) serving as licenses for their hosting nodes.
Gas fees are measured through the TEA Project mini-runtime virtual machine's billing system, based on WebAssembly code execution. Comparable to Ethereum's ETH gas system but more cost-effective, miners earn higher profits as more users visit their hosting nodes, leading to increased code execution and gas fees.
During periods of low user activity, UBI from the DAO Reserve subsidizes miners, helping cover hosting node maintenance costs.
The state subscription fee is initially waived. When real-time state updates become available for hosting nodes, this fee will be implemented. This feature is especially relevant to applications like .
Hosting node revenue contributes to CML bonding curve tokens, with a percentage (theta %) directly benefiting the miner. This revenue-sharing design extends to CML bonding curve investors as dividends, establishing a symbiotic relationship. Investor support enhances the market cap of CMLs, improving their ranking and visibility, attracting more end user attention and traffic for miners.
TApp developers are relieved of server costs as miners cover their own machine expenses.
Revenue for TApp developers is generated through in-app purchases made by end-users, determined by the payment logic design in your app.
When TApps initiate transactions with the state machine or store data in the global state, associated costs are borne by the TApp and paid to state maintainer nodes. This expense is calculated using the TEA Project mini-runtime billing system and a memory tax algorithm.
Each TApp functions as a bonding curve token, with generated revenue directly contributing to the bonding curve token, akin to the revenue model for hosting miners.
The TEA Project relies on a minimum of three state machine nodes to uphold the system's state, often referred to as the ledger in the blockchain domain.
To ensure efficient transaction processing, a finite number of state machine nodes are required at any given time. An excess of nodes may impede transaction speed. Managing a state machine demands specialized expertise beyond the capabilities of every miner. During the initial phase of the TEA Project, the core team will oversee all state machine nodes until the system achieves stability for public hosting. Meanwhile, community members can participate in the SEAT competition to share the state machine revenue. Each state machine node is associated with a SEAT, representing its financial status. The SEAT owner is entitled to all revenue generated by the node after covering its associated costs.
Transactions submitted to the state machine incur a gas fee, dependent on their computation resource consumption. TApps storing data in the state are subject to a memory tax based on occupied data size and remaining free memory. Both gas fees and memory taxes are distributed evenly among active state machine nodes.
Running a state machine requires an Amazon Nitro machine, with rental fees paid in FDUSD to Amazon AWS. SEAT owners are responsible for covering these expenses during their ownership period. To ensure fairness among community members, a Harberger TAX, equivalent to 7% of a self-estimated price, is levied on each SEAT owner. This tax contributes to the DAO Reserve pool. ## SEAT Auction Individuals aspiring to own a SEAT can participate in the SEAT auction through the Harberger TApp. The highest bidder for a SEAT, determined by their self-estimated price, wins ownership during the next settlement window. Upon transfer of ownership, the new SEAT owner commences payment of AWS rental in FDUSD and the Harberger TAX, concurrently gaining access to revenue generated by the node.