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Ostrum’s economy separates owning the market from using the market. Two tokens, one job each.
The token model is coming soon and isn’t live during the beta. Everything you do on the platform now still counts: beta usage will translate into the post-token model proportionally.

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At a glance

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The ownership token

The ownership token is a claim on the market itself. The supply is fixed and never inflates, so your share of the market is never diluted. It carries governance rights: parameters, policies, the direction of the market. And holding it continuously yields consumption tokens. Owning a piece of the market means owning a piece of its throughput, permanently. More information on how to get the ownership token is coming soon.

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The consumption token

The consumption token is the working currency of the market. Queries against the dataset are paid in it. Verified contributions are rewarded in it, as an upfront payment plus ongoing earnings (see How you earn). Its supply is variable on purpose. It tracks the real activity of the market rather than some fixed emission schedule, so the unit consumers spend and contributors earn stays tied to actual usage.

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Plus one non-fungible piece

Alongside the two fungible tokens, each verified contribution mints a non-transferable NFT representing that contribution’s ongoing dividend claim: the right to the stream of consumption-token earnings the contribution generates. It’s non-fungible because no two contributions are the same asset. Each NFT’s income reflects what its underlying information actually earns. Details in How you earn.

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Why the split works

Consumers get a stable unit they can spend without timing a market. Contributors get paid in the same unit their information is consumed in, so rewards track real demand. Owners get an undilutable claim on everything flowing through the system. Each role gets the token shaped for it.