The lightthat fuelsAtomOne
PHOTON is the dedicated fee token of the AtomOne blockchain — born from burning ATONE, capped at 1 billion, non-inflationary by design. A return to the original Cosmos vision of separated token roles.
Why separate fee tokens from staking?
Most blockchains use a single token for everything. AtomOne splits the roles on purpose — and the security implications are profound.
Security isolation
Buying PHOTON gives you zero consensus power. Attackers can't accumulate fee tokens to take over validation. The staking token stays illiquid and locked.
Non-inflationary fees
PHOTON has a hard cap of 1 billion. No inflation, no dilution. While ATONE inflates 7-20% annually to incentivize staking, your PHOTON holdings never get diluted.
Deflationary by design
Every PHOTON minted requires permanently burning ATONE. And as more gets minted, the conversion rate drops — early adopters get more PHOTON per ATONE.
Stake · Vote · Secure
Inflationary staking token. Liquid staking derivatives banned. Direct voting only — no delegation of votes.
Pay · Transfer · Transact
Non-inflationary fee token. Capped at 1B. Used for all tx fees, IBC, and ICS payments across all shards.
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