MOON Whitepaper
A moonlit economy protocol for creators, payment use cases, and community public goods. This document describes proposed rules and the roadmap. Live contracts, proposals, and on-chain records will be the reference for implemented features.
Don't Just Say To the Moon. Build MoonCoinPay.
MOON is a moonlit economy protocol for creators, payments, and community public goods. MoonDust burns follow community governance, MoonProof records contributions, and MoonCoinPay is designed for real payment use cases.
MoonDust Pool Burn
0.5% of ecosystem transaction fees flows into the MoonDust pool. Each quarter, MoonDAO votes on the burn ratio. LP burns and MOON buybacks and burns are executed with transaction hashes, amounts, and proposal IDs made public.
- LP burns lock liquidity
- Buybacks are burned to a dead address
- Announce each burn 7 days in advance
The first burn record will be published after execution. No unexecuted burns are shown as completed.
Non-transferable Contribution Reputation
MoonProof records contributions in creation, curation, node operation, and governance. MOON determines economic weight; MoonProof determines governance reputation. Reputation cannot be transferred or bought.
- Cross-validation against Sybil attacks
- Time weighting and random audits
- Disputes go to MoonDAO arbitration
MoonCoinPay Payment Use Cases
Give creators, merchants, and communities a reason to use MOON.
Merchant Payments
Accept MOON through MoonCoinPay for subscriptions, event tickets, and in-person moonlit markets.
Creator Tips
Readers can tip work and tutorials with MOON. The proposed platform fee is lower than that of traditional platforms, and tip records can be verified on-chain.
MoonVault Grants
The community votes to fund public creative work, translation, regional events, and open-source tools.
MOON Tokenomics
Total supply: 1,000,000,000 MOON, with a fixed cap. Allocations are transparent and vesting follows defined rules.
- Community and Creator Incentives: 40% — Released over 4 years based on MoonProof contributions
- Ecosystem and Public Goods Fund: 25% — MoonDAO Governance
- Team and Core Contributors: 15% — 12-month cliff, then 4-year linear vesting
- Early Supporters: 10% — 12-month cliff, then 3-year linear vesting
- Liquidity: 5% — Transparent DEX/CEX liquidity management
- Emergency Reserve: 5% — Multisig management; unlocked by governance
Token Uses
Payments · Tips · Staking · Governance · Grants · Access Premium Tools
MoonDAO Governance
The community votes on burn ratios, the ecosystem fund, and the roadmap.
Voting Weight
60% of voting weight comes from staked MOON and 40% from MoonProof reputation, with caps to prevent unilateral whale control.
Governance Process
7 days of forum discussion → temperature check → formal on-chain vote → multisig execution and quarterly review.
Governance Limits
The burn pool must be disclosed, and every burn must be announced 7 days in advance.
Roadmap
Phase 0: Moonlight Prelude
Launch the mooncoinpay brand page and Moon Archive beta, start #MoonProof, and establish 100 genesis Moon Nodes.
Phase 1: MoonDust Protocol
Begin MoonProof private testing and fund the first 50 public creative projects through MoonVault.
Phase 2: Moonbase
Launch mainnet, open Moon Node staking, activate MoonDAO governance, and complete the first quarterly MoonDust burn with public on-chain records.
Phase 3: Moonlight Economy
Introduce cross-chain bridging, regional Moonbase incubators, brand collaborations, and in-person moonlit markets.
Phase 4: Moon Public Layer
Open the SDK, support third-party Moon applications, and establish a decentralized content arbitration network.
Risk Disclosure
Digital assets can be highly volatile. MoonCoinPay, MoonProof, MoonDAO, the burn mechanism, and roadmap include features still in development or subject to governance. Their availability, timing, and outcomes are uncertain. Verify the contract and on-chain records, and assess smart contract, liquidity, and market risks before participating.