When a player presses Play, a node wakes up, a GPU spins, packets flow, and value moves, settled end-to-end on-chain. At the center of it is the $YOM token: the unit of account for compute, the reward for operators, and the supply that burns down with every session.
YOM settles on Avalanche C-Chain today, built as a LayerZero omnichain token (OFT); the Base deployment is next. A single global $YOM token is used network-wide. This is a deliberate choice: at current volume, Avalanche C-Chain is more than sufficient, and a premature migration would only fragment liquidity. A sovereign L1 with regional tokens is on the roadmap (see below), not the current state.
Compute Coordination, Not General-Purpose Chain
$YOM is not a general-purpose smart-contract play. It is the settlement and coordination layer for a global network of GPUs. Every rendered frame and streamed session is a micro-economy of compute, bandwidth, and reward.
Under the hood, HyperOrch, YOM’s edge orchestrator, sends each session to the nearest node with the GPU capability and free capacity it needs. The node launches the game in its own container, the session streams to the player, and the fee settles natively on-chain.
Rewards are tied to sessions served, not blocks validated, and priced in USD via fixed compute tiers (see Payout). This lets the network pay stable, predictable rewards without depending on the token’s spot price. Operators contract with the protocol; the protocol distributes 60% to the operator, 30% to network development, 5% to everyone who holds on to their payout, and retires 5%.
Operators earn by serving sessions. Separately, 5% of every session fee is shared with everyone who holds on to their payout. During the initial trading period, the ecosystem pool funds liquidity rewards on decentralized exchanges.
Deflationary by Construction
The token has a strict deflationary structure: no new tokens can ever be minted (fixed supply). On every session, 5% of the fee is retired, permanently removing supply. As usage grows, the float gets scarcer, aligning token holders with continued network activity rather than speculation.
Stewardship & Governance
The protocol and token are stewarded by the YOM Foundation, which runs the network’s settlement and governs the programme that grows supply. The Foundation operates the treasury and contracts professional market makers for token liquidity.
Control passes to the community in stages. First, token holders vote on the supply programme: operator incentive rates, treasury allocation, hardware standards and grants. Then community-elected council members begin replacing today’s founder representatives, from the second year after launch. Votes will be weighted 67% by XP, a non-transferable contribution score, and 33% by $YOM holdings, so that the people doing the work, not just the largest holders, steer the network.
Roadmap: Sovereign L1 & Regional Tokens
As transaction volume scales, YOM plans to migrate to a sovereign L1 and introduce regional tokens (e.g. $yEU, $yCHN), each in a burn/mint relationship against $YOM, enabling local markets to price compute independently while $YOM captures value globally. The migration is gated on transaction volume reaching the point where gas on the shared chain exceeds the threshold that justifies a dedicated L1, targeted 2027+. Until then, all settlement remains on Avalanche C-Chain with a single global $YOM.
For the full token model, allocation, and TGE detail, see Token Allocation.