$SINKY
The token that secures the settlement layer.
$SINKY powers Solinkify's DePIN network, the relay nodes that route third-party payments. It's a work-and-utility token: you stake it to run a node and earn real USDC. It is not the currency customers pay in. Those are stablecoins (USDC / USDT / PYUSD).
Devnet mint: EAMR…Ka8R- Ticker
- $SINKY
- Network
- Solana
- Total supply
- 10,000,000
- Decimals
- 9
- TGE price
- $1.00–1.25
- Circulating at TGE
- 6–8%
Supply
10,000,000 $SINKY, transparently allocated.
2.5M · Capped emission over ≥5 years
2M · Governance-controlled
1.7M · 12-mo cliff + 36-mo linear
1.5M · 3–4 years
1.2M · 6–12-mo cliff + 24–36-mo linear
700K · TGE (LP locked)
400K · TGE
Utility
Four ways $SINKY is demanded.
Node staking
Buy and lock $SINKY to run a node. Every new node net-locks supply for roughly 3–4.5 years.
Buyback-and-hold
50% of treasury revenue (USDC) buys $SINKY and holds it. Buy pressure scales with real volume, not a burn gimmick.
Creator fee discount
Stake ≥500 $SINKY and your protocol fee drops from 1% to 0.8%, a sink that grows with your business.
Governance
Holders vote on the fee, emission, and burn parameters, recalibrated quarterly.
Staking
Four node tiers, from a phone to the backbone.
Stake per device. The ladder is explicit: Lite → Bronze → Silver → Gold. Splitting a stake loses the weight multiplier, which is the main anti-Sybil gate. (Capital shown at a $1.25 TGE price.)
| Tier | Lane | Stake | Capital | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lite | Phone (coordinator) | 25 SINKY | $31 | Distribution & community |
| Bronze | VPS / server | 100 SINKY | $125 | Entry infrastructure |
| Silver | VPS | 500 SINKY | $625 | Serious operators |
| Gold | VPS | 2,000 SINKY | $2,500 | Network backbone |
Emission
Capped per-node accrual: no one can drain the pot.
Daily emission is min(1,370/day, Σ tier-rate × uptime) × volume_clamp. Few nodes online means small emission (the leftover budget is never minted); the clamp scales it down when the network is quiet. Emission guarantees nodes don't lose money waiting. Volume is what makes them profitable.
| Tier | Rate / day | Value @ $1.25 | Target APR | Stake payback |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lite | 0.015 | $0.019 | ~22% | ±4.5 yr |
| Bronze | 0.07 | $0.088 | 25% | ±3.9 yr |
| Silver | 0.41 | $0.51 | 30% | ±3.3 yr |
| Gold | 1.92 | $2.40 | 35% | ±2.9 yr |
Rewards
A node earns three streams, in two assets.
Instant USDC
0.375% of every transaction the node relays, paid immediately. (Live on devnet.)
Epoch USDC pool
A shared 0.375% pool split each epoch by verified relay work (ADR-007).
SINKY emission
Capped daily emission by tier: guarantees nodes don't lose money while volume ramps up.
Scoring is a rolling 24-hour uptime window per epoch, with no seniority or tenure bonus: a 2-day-old node at full uptime scores the same as a 2-year-old one. Reliability is paid by a continuous 100% score, not by age.
Flywheel
Value accrues from real usage.
Price drivers
When does the price rise? Simulate it.
$SINKY has structural support when two conditions are met: (1) volume-driven buyback exceeds the capped emission, and (2) more supply is staked and locked than is circulating for sale. Drag the sliders to see the mechanics.
Total payments settled per month across all five pillars.
2,500,000 SINKY locked by node operators & stakers.
Illustrative price / SINKY
Volume vs baseline
1.1×
Float scarcity (staking)
1.33×
Annual buyback demand
$5,688
Max annual emission
500,050
Structural price support
Building
Volume covers the baseline and staking starts to tighten the float.
Illustrative model of the v2 mechanics, not a prediction or financial advice. The price is anchored at the $1.25 TGE for a $250k/month baseline, then scales with the square root of volume (diminishing) and inversely with the free float as staking locks supply. Buyback assumes a blended 0.3% treasury fee with 50% routed to buyback-and-hold; emission is capped at 1,370/day.
Rules of the game
Public and verifiable from day one.
- Rates, caps, sub-budgets, thresholds, and vesting schedules are published.
- Emission rates are recalibrated quarterly by governance to keep the dollar-APR reasonable.
- Liquidity is locked; team vesting is on-chain and independently verifiable.
- Honest positioning: stake and participate to earn USDC when the network is used, not “install and earn.”
Status
What's live today.
$SINKY parameters are the locked v2 tokenomics (4 Jul 2026). The token is live on Solana devnet; mainnet, the TGE, and final number calibration follow a security audit and a pre-TGE governance review. Rewards are earned by staking and running a node while the network is used. This is not “install and earn,” and nothing here is financial advice.
Put $SINKY to work.
Stake, run a node, and earn USDC as the network settles real payments.