4.4 Scarcity and Value: A System That Strengthens Over Time

$SWEAT is designed to build and sustain lasting value. As mentioned in Section 4.1, the uncapped supply is carefully managed to create a deflationary model through more effort to mint over time and token burns. These mechanisms work alongside additional strategies to ensure $SWEAT becomes scarcer and more valuable as the Movement Economy scales:

1. Rising Minting Difficulty: The daily 12-step increase—from 1,000 steps at launch to 7,600 steps today—slows the creation of new tokens, making each $SWEAT harder to earn over time.

2. Foundation Buybacks: 50% of the SWEAT Foundation’s profits will be used to buy $SWEAT from the market and burn it, permanently reducing supply.

3. Community Burns: You vote through the DAO to burn tokens at key milestones—further tightening supply.

Picture This: As more people join, minting slows, profits fuel buybacks, and your votes trim the excess. It’s like a fitness challenge: the harder it gets, the stronger you become.

Add Growth Jars to the mix—over 1.3 billion tokens are already staked, locking them out of circulation while earning you yields. Growth Jars boost value by rewarding long-term commitment. But now, Step Jars take it further: they tie your rewards directly to your movement. The more you walk, the more you earn, boosting your staking yield.

It’s a double win: you’re unlocking more value with every step. Movement now fuels both minting and growing your rewards—tightening supply, increasing utility, and putting you at the heart of a system built to grow stronger with time.