REKT TOKENEconomic Design & Sustainability Model

THE PROBLEM WE'RE SOLVING

Every play-to-earn game faces the same fundamental tension: players earn tokens and sell them immediately, creating constant downward price pressure. If more tokens leave the economy than enter it, the price falls. Prizes become worthless. Players stop playing. This death spiral killed Axie Infinity, Pegaxy, and hundreds of others between 2022 and 2025.

The research is clear on what sustainable 2025-2026 models look like. Gameplay comes first. Tokens are tools within the experience, not the reason to play. And critically — every token that flows out needs real buy pressure flowing in.

The Core Decision: Charge USDC, Reward REKT

Players pay 0.10 USDC per game — a stablecoin everyone already holds. This removes the barrier of needing REKT before trying the game. Phase 1 (now): 70% of fees go to the weekly USDC prize pool, 30% to operations. Phase 2 (post token launch): 50% buys REKT off the open market for prizes, 20% buys and burns REKT permanently, 30% operations.

The more people play → the more REKT gets bought → the higher the price → the more valuable the prizes → the more people want to play. This is the virtuous cycle.

THE FAIR LAUNCH MODEL

REKT launches on Hey.LOL using a fair launch bonding curve — the same proven model popularised by Pump.fun on Solana. There is no presale, no team allocation, no VC bags, no whitelist, no early access for anyone. Every single person who buys REKT — including the dev team — buys it from the open market at the same price as everyone else.

Why the Dev Team Holds Zero Tokens

This is deliberate and important. The dev team does not receive any REKT allocation. If we want REKT, we buy it from the market like everyone else. This means we have no ability to dump tokens on the community — because we have no tokens to dump.

Developer revenue comes entirely from the 30% treasury cut of game fees. The only way we make money is if people play the game. Our incentives are perfectly aligned with yours: we need the game to be good and the token to hold value, because that's what keeps people playing and paying fees.

Permanently Locked Liquidity

Once liquidity migrates from the bonding curve to Jupiter, it is locked permanently — not for 12 months, not for 24 months. Permanently. The lock contract address will be published and verifiable by anyone on Solana Explorer. There is no mechanism to remove this liquidity. REKT will always be tradeable.

THE FEE FLOW MODEL

Every 0.10 USDC game fee is split three ways and processed manually by the team. Initially this process is handled by hand — automation via smart contract will be introduced as volume grows.

Breaking Down Each Split

50% — Weekly Prize Buyback. This USDC goes to Jupiter DEX and buys REKT off the open market at current price. That REKT is held in the weekly prize pool and distributed to the top 3 players on Monday. Every game = a real market buy order on REKT. 500 games a week = 500 buy orders. This is the primary buy pressure mechanism.

20% — Permanent Burn. This USDC also buys REKT on the open market, then sends it immediately to a verifiable dead wallet. Gone forever. With a fixed 1 billion supply and ongoing burns, circulating supply decreases with every game played. Burns are publicly announced and verifiable on-chain.

30% — Development & Operations. This is how the dev team is paid — entirely from game revenue, not from selling tokens. Covers server hosting, development work, marketing, legal, and keeping the game running and improving. Transparent and necessary. Without this the game dies and so does the token.

WEEKLY PRIZE STRUCTURE

Prizes reset every week. Best single game score counts — not cumulative. This rewards genuine skill in a single session rather than whoever plays the most hours. Leaderboard resets every Monday at 00:00 UTC. Winners paid within 24 hours.

Prizes are paid in REKT tokens. The REKT amount depends on the token price at the time the team processes the weekly buyback. Prize values in USD are not fixed or guaranteed — they fluctuate with the market price of REKT. A rising price means more valuable prizes; a falling price means less. Do your own research.

Hall of Fame — Permanent Winner Record

Every weekly winner is recorded permanently on the Rekt Defender website and in this document: wallet address, score achieved, week, and REKT amount paid. This is a public, immutable record. Anyone can verify prizes were paid. No winner is ever forgotten or unpaid without the community seeing it immediately. This is how we build trust — not promises, but receipts.

THE BURN MECHANISM

20% of every game fee is used to buy REKT on the open market and send it to a publicly verified dead wallet — permanently removing it from circulating supply. Initially this is processed manually by the team. Burns are publicly announced and verifiable on-chain as they occur.

With a fixed supply of 1 billion REKT and no ability to mint more (authority permanently revoked), ongoing burns mean the total circulating supply decreases over time. If demand stays constant and supply falls, each remaining REKT represents a larger share of the total ecosystem.

LAUNCH PHASES

RISKS & MITIGATIONS

THE FULL PICTURE

Someone finds Rekt Defender. Plays live. Enjoys it. The in-game score is displayed as a $ portfolio value — this is purely a game mechanic and has no relation to prize amounts. Prizes are paid in REKT tokens based on the weekly pool, not on your score's dollar value. They buy some REKT on Hey.LOL, connect wallet, pay 0.10 USDC to play for real. That 0.10 USDC is processed by the team — 50% used to buy REKT for prizes, 20% used to buy and burn REKT permanently, and 30% to treasury. They score high. Monday comes. They win REKT. They tell a friend. The friend plays. More USDC flows in. More REKT gets bought and burned. Price rises. Prizes are worth more in USD terms. More people want to compete.

The dev team makes money only if people play. People only play if the game is fun and prizes feel worth winning. Prizes only feel worth winning if the token holds value. The token only holds value if people keep playing. Every incentive points in the same direction.