The $RELAI Token
$RELAI is the protocol token. Holding it discounts your rate today; future mechanics route a share of fees back to the token.
Holder tiers (live)
The gateway reads your on-chain $RELAI balance per request and applies a discount to the locked rate: Base 0%, Bronze 5%, Silver 10%, Gold 20%. The discount derives from real holdings read live — nothing to take on trust. Responses carry an X-Relai-Tier header.
Buyback-burn
A share of treasury fees can buy $RELAI on the open market and burn it, permanently reducing supply. Every burn is a real Solana transaction with a public trail; the reduced mint supply is verifiable on Solscan. Buyback executes on-chain and verifiably, or it is not claimed.
Staking (in design)
Suppliers staking $RELAI to back service guarantees — with slashing for downtime — requires a dedicated on-chain program. It is security-critical and runs on devnet until deployed, tested, and audited. Not live, not claimed as live.