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ORB Supply generates sustainable revenue through mining activity, which is automatically used to support the protocol’s deflationary mechanisms and staking rewards.

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Protocol Revenue

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Contribution Fee (1%)

1% of all BNB deployments are automatically collected and sent to the treasury:

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Mining Rewards Fee (10%)

10% of all BNB mining rewards are automatically collected as protocol revenue:
Example:
  • Total BNB deployments in a round: 10.0 BNB
  • Contribution fee to treasury: 10.0 × 0.01 = 0.1 BNB
  • Total BNB rewards distributed: 9.0 BNB
  • Protocol revenue: 9.0 × 0.10 = 0.9 BNB
This revenue is collected automatically from every mining round. No manual intervention required.

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Revenue Sources

Protocol revenue comes from:
  • Contribution fee: 1% of all BNB deployments (goes to treasury)
  • Mining rewards: 10% of all BNB distributed to winners
  • Continuous: Every round generates revenue
  • Automatic: Collected without user action
Protocol revenue is directly tied to protocol activity. More mining = more revenue = more buybacks = more value for token holders. It’s a self-sustaining cycle.

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Automatic Buybacks

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The Process

100% of protocol revenue is used to automatically purchase ORB from decentralized exchanges (DEX) on BNB Chain:
  1. Revenue accumulates in the protocol
  2. Automatic buyback executed via DEX swaps
  3. ORB purchased at market price
  4. Distribution: 90% buried, 10% to stakers
Buybacks happen automatically. The protocol doesn’t hold revenue—it immediately converts it to ORB and distributes it.
Buybacks are executed automatically through DEX at market price, creating constant buy pressure and reducing available supply.

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Burying Tokens

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What is Burying?

“Burying” is a term the community uses to describe tokens that are:
  • Removed from circulation (like burning)
  • Stored in protocol reserves (unlike burning)
  • Available for future mining (if below max supply)
Burying is different from burning. Burned tokens are permanently destroyed. Buried tokens are stored in the protocol and can potentially re-enter circulation through mining.

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How Burying Works

  1. ORB Purchased: Protocol buys ORB via buybacks
  2. 90% Buried: 90% of purchased ORB is buried
  3. Removed from Circulation: Buried tokens no longer count toward circulating supply
  4. Available for Mining: Can be mined again if supply is below max

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Distribution Split

90% of purchased ORB is buried:
  • Removed from circulating supply
  • Can be mined again (if below max supply)
  • Creates deflationary pressure
10% of purchased ORB goes to stakers:
  • Distributed as staking yield
  • Non-inflationary (funded by revenue)
  • Rewards long-term holders
This split ensures both deflationary pressure (burying) and staking rewards (distribution) are funded by protocol activity.

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Impact on Supply

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Circulating Supply Reduction

Burying reduces circulating supply:
  • Tokens no longer tradeable
  • Not counted in market cap calculations
  • Creates deflationary pressure

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Total Supply

ORB has a total supply of 1 billion tokens:
  • 300M ORB (30%) stored in verified proxy contract for mining
  • Up to 3000 ORB per epoch can be distributed from proxy (2500 ORB to miners + 500 ORB to Orbload)
  • Burying reduces circulating supply
  • Buried tokens can potentially be mined again
The combination of mining emissions (up to 3000 ORB/epoch) and burying (deflation) creates a dynamic supply model. Net supply can fluctuate between limited inflation and uncapped deflation, depending on protocol activity.

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Net Supply Calculation

Scenarios:
  • High activity: More buybacks → More burying → Net deflation
  • Low activity: Less buybacks → Less burying → Net inflation
  • Balanced: Mining ≈ Burying → Stable supply

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Purpose of Revenue

Revenue serves three purposes:
  1. Deflationary pressure: 90% of purchased ORB is buried, reducing supply
  2. Staking rewards: 10% goes to stakers as non-inflationary yield
  3. Protocol sustainability: Self-sustaining tokenomics without external funding

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Key Numbers

Protocol revenue is the engine that drives ORB Supply’s deflationary tokenomics. By automatically converting activity into buybacks, the protocol creates sustainable value for all participants.