@MidnightNetwork $NIGHT #night
DUST is not meant to be a speculative token. It’s a shielded network resource used to access capacity: non-transferable, consumable (burned), and decaying when disconnected from the generating $NIGHT balance.
Implications: • No buying/selling DUST → fewer fee-token games and volatility shocks
• No hoarding DUST forever → decay prevents store-of-value behavior
• Shielded usage → reduced metadata leakage for everyday actions
Mechanically: DUST is created when @Night holder designates a DUST recipient address. It grows until a cap, burns on use, and decays if the association is severed.
What to watch: Adoption should show up as sustained DUST utilization (demand for capacity), not token price noise.
If fees were “energy” instead of money, what types of apps become easier to build?