16. IROA Token Economy

The priority of the token economy is sustainable real-world service, not token price. The token supports Node deployment and operation, verified participation, and research and development. Node operators rely primarily on service fees in KRW or regulated payment methods; tokens are performance rewards. Users do not need tokens for booking, mobility, ordering, check-ins, or other essential functions.

16.1 Supply principles and token roles

Maximum supply is fixed at 10,000,000,000 IROA, with no additional issuance.
Nodes earn performance rewards after verified completion and compliance with availability, security, deletion, and accessibility requirements.
Users, helpers, evaluators, institutions, hospitals, stores, and local access points share one ecosystem-participation pool.
Research allocation funds accessibility AI, secure execution, robot safety, privacy technology, and field validation.
There is no promise of fixed price, fixed return, principal protection, repurchase, exchange listing, or appreciation.
Safety, privacy, cancellation rights, and essential access cannot be limited by token holdings or voting power.

16.2 Token allocation

Allocation	Share	Amount	Primary use
Node deployment and operation rewards	25%	2,500,000,000	Equipment, verified work, availability, security, and quality
Ecosystem participation rewards	23%	2,300,000,000	Users, helpers, evaluators, institutions, hospitals, stores, and local access points
Research and development	15%	1,500,000,000	Accessibility AI, security, robot safety, and field research
Team and advisors	15%	1,500,000,000	Core development and long-term operation
Initial investors	10%	1,000,000,000	Initial product and server foundation
Foundation and operating reserve	7%	700,000,000	Audit, legal, security incident, and contingency operations
Initial liquidity	5%	500,000,000	Initial circulation and market infrastructure
Total	100%	10,000,000,000

Node, ecosystem, and R&D receive 63%. Ecosystem participation uses one managed pool rather than many small participant-specific pools. Payment basis and use by participant category are disclosed quarterly.

16.3 Initial circulation and vesting

Category	Circulation and vesting principle
Initial circulation	2% of maximum supply
Remaining initial liquidity	Linear release over 36 months beginning in month 1
Initial investors	18-month lock, then linear release over 42 months
Team and advisors	24-month lock, then linear release over 72 months
Foundation and operating reserve	12-month lock, then linear release over 84 months
Node rewards	Staged emissions over 12 years
Ecosystem and R&D	Each deployed progressively over 10 years

Baseline scenario for cumulative IROA circulating supply

Baseline cumulative circulation is 2.0% at launch, 11.3% at year 1, 63.6% at year 5, and 98.5% at year 10. Team and investor allocations do not circulate at launch. Their maximum combined monthly unlock is spread to remain at or below 1.98% of the previous month’s cumulative circulating supply.

16.4 Node reward model

Node token reward
= verified request completion
+ availability and response
+ accessibility and quality
+ security proof and deletion compliance
- failure, duplication, and delay penalties
- fake-work, security, and privacy penalties

Registering a Node or leaving equipment on does not create fixed returns. Result Receipts, cancellation and disputes, disability-specific quality, security state, and real service use are evaluated together. Fake requests and inflated Node counts can cause reward holds, suspension, and clawback.

Average token reward dilution as the number of Nodes grows

In the 12-year stress test, the simple average token amount per Node declines sharply as the fixed pool is shared across more Nodes. In the baseline scenario, the year-12 average is approximately 1/1,083 of the year-1 average. Token emissions alone therefore cannot guarantee server, electricity, connectivity, or security-staff cost. If request fees and institutional contracts do not grow, new Node expansion slows and reward rates are recalculated.

16.5 Ecosystem and R&D execution

One ecosystem pool covers users, helpers, accessibility evaluators, institutions, and local access points. Rewards depend on verified completion, accessibility improvement, safe handoff, field operation, and error discovery—not personal-data volume or time spent. Qualified professional help is restricted to verified professionals or institutions.

R&D priorities are disability-specific accessibility and plain language; Node isolation, attestation, minimization, and deletion proof; recovery, duplicate prevention, and outcome verification; on-device wearable, companion, and robot safety; standards-based hospital, welfare, and public integration; independent security audit, privacy impact assessment, and co-evaluation with affected users.

16.6 Financial and governance controls

Team, investor, and foundation wallets, schedules, and execution records are disclosed. Foundation and R&D budgets use multisignature control, annual budgets, staged payment, and quarterly disclosure. Conflicted decision-makers recuse. Smart contracts and reward formulas receive independent security audit. Securities, virtual-asset provider, tax, accounting, user-protection, and privacy questions receive separate review before issuance or circulation. Features lacking legal, security, and accounting clearance are not deployed publicly.

16.7 Simulation validation results

Validation	Criterion	Result	Decision
Allocation total	100%	100%	Pass
Initial circulation	5% or less	2.0%	Pass
Team and investor initial circulation	0%	0.0%	Pass
Maximum monthly team and investor unlock impact	2% or less of prior circulation	1.98%	Pass
Node reward period	10 years or more	12 years	Pass
Node, ecosystem, and R&D share	60% or more	63%	Pass
Fixed Node return	Prohibited	Service fees plus performance rewards	Pass

This baseline validates token quantities and unlock structure. It does not predict price, return, listing, exchange rate, or Node profitability. During operation, actual request volume, service revenue, Node cost, reward concentration, sell pressure, and reserve depletion are recalculated quarterly.