Fee Structure

Platform Revenue

The platform earns a percentage of yield generated on active reserves.

Core user actions are not directly charged:

No fee on deposits
No fee on redeem-style exits
No fee on withdraw-style exits
No fee on project-token claims

The fee model is intentionally simple: one fee source tied to productive capital.

Fee Flow

Gross strategy yield
-> Platform fee (global %)
-> Net yield to project
   -> Ecosystem budget
   -> Buyback and burn

Platform fee percentage is global governance/configuration policy.

DAO Allocation

The platform fee (10% of yield) goes to the DAO. The DAO is the platform — there is no separate platform treasury.

Gross strategy yield
-> 10% platform fee -> DAO
-> 90% net yield -> project

The DAO receives the full platform fee and governs its allocation toward operations, governance, and ecosystem development.

What Projects Pay

No upfront listing fee is required in the described model. Project cost is implicit through share of yield.

project cost = generated yield * platform fee %

Illustrative annual example at 10% platform fee:

Raise Size	Avg APY	Gross Yield/Year	Platform Fee/Year	Net to Project/Year
$1M	4%	$40K	$4K	$36K
$10M	4%	$400K	$40K	$360K
$100M	4%	$4M	$400K	$3.6M

What Investors Pay

Investors do not pay explicit platform transaction fees for core flow actions. Investor value proposition is principal protection + project token exposure, not yield distribution to investor wallet.

Fee Percentage Status

Exact global fee percentage is a launch/governance decision and may evolve based on:

Project competitiveness
Platform sustainability
Market yield conditions

Tracking context from draft planning:

https://github.com/orgs/Maia-DAO/projects/37?pane=issue&itemId=158818682

Design Intent

The model aligns platform revenue with active productive reserves:

Higher active capital and healthy yields increase platform revenue
Platform incentives favor long-lived, healthy raises
Project incentives favor preserving reserve productivity and trust