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# Two-token Design

# Concept

Financial characteristics are inherent in every blockchain. A proper economic model is one of the fundamental elements in a blockchain ecosystem, and a key factor for its success. We have learned from our business partners, especially corporations and enterprise business owners, that one of major obstacles to adopting blockchain technologies is the unpredictability of the cost of using blockchain, thanks to the volatility of cryptocurrencies. To tackle the problem, we design a bi-token system that includes the VeChain Token (VET) and VeThor Token (VTHO). The function of VET is to serve as value-transfer medium, or in other words, smart money, to enable rapid value circulation within the VeChainThor ecosystem. On the other hand, VTHO represents the underlying cost of using VeChainThor and will be consumed (or, in other words, destroyed) after on-chain operations are performed. According to our design, VTHO is generated from holding VET with a constant speed. In this way, we are able to detach the direct cost of using VeChainThor from the VET price. Let be the amount of VET, the amount of time (in terms of the number of blocks) and the VTHO generation speed. Mathematically, we can write

where denotes the amount of VTHO generated from holding VET. On the other hand, for each transaction, given be the amount of Gas required to process the transaction by the system and the gas price in VTHO given by the transaction sender, we can calculate the amount of VTHO consumed for the transaction as:

Velocity is a constant equal to VTHO per VET per block. In other words, if you had 10K VET, you would be given at most 4.32 VTHO every 24 hours. The gas price can vary in the range where is a parameter that can be adjusted according to the market supply and demand of VTHO. Currently, we set .

# VeChain Token (VET)

VET
Type Native Coin
Precision 18 decimal places
Total supply 86,712,634,466

# VeThor Token (VTHO)

VTHO
Type VIP180 (opens new window)
Token contract address 0x0000000000000000000000000000456E65726779
Precision 18 decimal places
Supply VTHO is the energy or the cost of carrying on the payment and smart contract transactions on the VeChainThor blockchain. VTHO is generated from VET in each block over time in a linear manner. (0.00000005VTHO is generated per VET per block)
Consumption 70% of the transaction fee paid in VTHO in each block is burned and the remaining 30% is rewarded to the Authority Masternode which produces the block

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