Economic Model

🪙 1. Token Utility

CRDX serves 4 main roles in the Cardinal’s Blockchain Security ecosystem:

💸 Payment: Used to pay for smart contract audits, firewall protection, threat alerts, and API access.
🔒 Staking: Users stake CRDX to unlock premium services, fee discounts, and governance voting power.
🗳️ Governance: Stakers can propose and vote on key platform upgrades and treasury usage.
🎁 Incentives: Earned through staking rewards, community contributions (e.g., bug bounties, referrals), and activity-based airdrops.

📈 2. Supply & Distribution

Total Supply: 150,000,000 CRDX

Non-inflationary: no future minting beyond allocation cap

Allocation	Amount	Purpose
💼 Team	20M (13.3%)	Vesting over 18 months with cliff
🎯 Community Airdrop	15M (10%)	Growth hacking, user acquisition
🧑‍💻 Presale / Public Sale	30M (20%)	Early funding and DEX liquidity
🔒 Staking Rewards	25M (16.7%)	Incentives for stakers
🌐 Ecosystem Fund	30M (20%)	Future partnerships, integrations
🏦 Treasury Reserve	30M (20%)	Platform operations & emergency fund

🔁 3. Token Flow Diagram (Text Version)

                          +--------------------+
                          |  Ecosystem Partners|
                          +--------------------+
                                   |
                                   | Grants / Rewards
                                   v
+----------+     Payments      +---------+     Staking      +------------+
|  Users   |  ----------------> | Cardinal | <--------------- |  Stakers   |
+----------+                   +---------+                  +------------+
     |                              ^                             |
     |         Discounts / Access   |                             |
     |------------------------------                              |
     |                              | Rewards                     |
     v                              |                             |
+------------+                 +---------+                       |
|Governance  |<----------------| Treasury|<----------------------+
|Voting Power|   CRDX Locked    +---------+       Rebalance / Ops
+------------+

🧠 4. Incentive Model

Stakeholder	How They Earn CRDX	Why It Matters
Users	Discounts via staking, rewards	Encourages active engagement
Security Experts	Airdrops, bounty rewards	Attracts validators & white-hats
Developers	Grants, staking multipliers	Fosters integrations + growth
Token Holders	Governance power, staking APY	Aligns community with protocol goals

🪙 1. Token Utility

📈 2. Supply & Distribution

🔁 3. Token Flow Diagram (Text Version)

🧠 4. Incentive Model

🧨 5. Deflationary Mechanics