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, with cross-chain bridging to Base via LayerZero OFT. 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, the HyperOrch scheduler assigns the optimal node by latency, capacity, and reputation. The node launches the game in a secure 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 40% to the operator, 55% to the Foundation, and burns 5%.
Because payout is earned by providing compute, $YOM is not staked for yield. Instead, holders can lock $YOM into liquidity pools on decentralized exchanges (including YOM’s own) to earn farming rewards, and a soft-staking mechanism accrues XP that lifts a holder’s standing from day one, securing the network and deepening trading liquidity at the same time.
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 burned, 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 (Seychelles, non-profit), structurally independent of the commercial entities that build on the network. The Foundation operates the treasury and contracts professional market makers for token liquidity.
Governance decentralizes over time. On-chain DAO voting on protocol parameters activates as the network matures (targeted 2027), with voting weight blending XP reputation (~67%) and $YOM holdings (~33%) so that the operators 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.