# ⚡ Token Utility

### 1. 🏗️ <mark style="color:$primary;">Publishing Engine</mark>

Authors use RICO to publish content.

* **100 RICO** is used per listing
* listing activity contributes to recurring token utility
* listing fees are designed to support scarcity through burn logic

> 📚 More content can mean more RICO utility.

### 2. 💳 <mark style="color:$primary;">Transaction Layer</mark>

RICO is also used as part of book purchase activity.

* **5 RICO** is used per purchase
* purchase activity connects token utility directly to user demand

> 👥 More readers can mean more recurring token use.

### 3. 🗳️ <mark style="color:$primary;">Decentralized Curation</mark>

Community members can use RICO in curation systems such as:

* voting on books
* voting on authors

This creates an economically meaningful quality layer for the ecosystem.

### 4. 💰 <mark style="color:$primary;">Yield & Staking Utility</mark>

Holders can stake RICO to access:

* APY-based rewards
* bonus incentives
* redistribution rewards
* compounding strategies
* airdrop eligibility

This turns RICO into productive ecosystem capital.

### 5. 🔐 <mark style="color:$primary;">Access Economy</mark>

Purchased content can be represented through soulbound access models.

That means RICO supports a broader Web3-native ownership infrastructure tied to education and publishing.

### 6. 🎁 <mark style="color:$primary;">Loyalty and Ecosystem Rewards</mark>

Holders and stakers may also qualify for reward layers such as:

* airdrops
* ecosystem incentives
* future participation systems

<mark style="color:$success;">Next: 🔄 Token Utility Flywheel</mark>