$SHADE
The token gates access. The buyback rewards performance.
$SHADE is an ERC-20 token deployed on Base. The token is launched fairly and directly on Uniswap v3 against WETH — no launchpad intermediary, no third-party deployer fees. The full LP position is time-locked until the year 2100.
Utility tiers
Hold to unlock. Burn nothing.
- Delayed signals
- Public caster leaderboard
- Daily digest
- Real-time signals
- Encrypted research (TEE)
- Sniper auto-feed
- Semaphore zk subscription
- Authenticated API access
- Higher rate limits
- Webhook delivery
Threshold quantities T₁, T₂ are denominated in $SHADE and adjusted by governance to maintain a target subscriber base.
Value accrual
Fees buy $SHADE. Top performers earn the buyback.
Revenue
Premium access is paid in ETH or USDC. The protocol does not custody user funds at any point.
Operational cost
A capped slice covers infra, audits, and TEE attestation cost.
Buyback
All non-operational fee revenue market-buys $SHADE on Base via a programmatic TWAP executor. The buyback contract emits events.
Reward pool
The acquired $SHADE funds a weekly reward pool distributed via Merkle drops with public root commitments, paid to the top public snipers ranked by realized PnL.
Launch guarantees
- No presale
- No team allocation at launch
- No vesting cliff hiding insider supply
- LP position time-locked until 2100