🪙Overview

The mechanism that separates contribution from speculation.

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🪙 The Design Principle

💎 BLTBY	🏠 EQTBLT
Capital flows in	Value stays in
Tradeable investment token	Soul-bound equity token
Market-determined price	$1 redeemable value
External liquidity	Internal governance

🎯 Core Insight: You can buy a stake in Built By DAO. You cannot buy power over it. Voting weight must be earned.

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The Problem with Single-Token DAOs

Most DAOs use one token for everything: investment, voting, rewards, speculation. This creates predictable failure modes:

Problem	What Happens
💰 Plutocracy	Whales buy voting control
🏃 Mercenaries	Contributors dump tokens instantly
📤 Value extraction	Speculators extract faster than builders create
📉 Volatility	Governance depends on market mood

Built By DAO solves this with two tokens, two purposes.

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Token Flow Overview

flowchart TB
    subgraph External["External Capital"]
        INV[/"💰 Investors"/]
        DEX[/"💱 DEX Trading"/]
    end

    subgraph BLTBY["💎 BLTBY Token"]
        BANK["BLTBYBank"]
        INVEST["Investor NFT Mint"]
    end

    subgraph DAO["Built By DAO"]
        TREASURY["🏛️ Treasury"]
        WORK["🔨 Tasks & Work"]
        RENT["🏠 Rent Payments"]
        GOV["🗳️ Governance"]
    end

    subgraph EQTBLT["🏠 EQTBLT Token"]
        MINT["Earned & Minted"]
        VOTE["Voting Power"]
    end

    INV -->|"Purchase"| BANK
    INV -->|"Purchase NFT"| INVEST
    DEX <-->|"Trade"| BANK
    BANK -->|"Funds"| TREASURY
    INVEST -->|"Funds"| TREASURY

    TREASURY -->|"Pays for"| WORK
    WORK -->|"Earns"| MINT
    RENT -->|"7-12% converts"| MINT
    GOV -->|"Participation earns"| MINT

    MINT -->|"Powers"| VOTE
    VOTE -->|"Controls"| TREASURY

Key insight: Money flows in through BLTBY. Governance power flows through EQTBLT. They connect at contribution—the only way to convert financial stake into voting power.

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💎 BLTBY

💎 The Investment Token

BLTBY is how capital enters the ecosystem. It's a standard ERC-20 token—tradeable, liquid, market-priced.

Property	Value
📜 Standard	ERC-20
📊 Max Supply	7,000,000,000
🔢 Decimals	18
🌐 Network	Base (Ethereum L2)
📅 Mint Cap	5% per year
⏰ Mint Lockout	365 days between mints

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What BLTBY Does

Use	Purpose
📈 Investment	Stake in DAO growth
📝 Proposal staking	2 BLTBY to submit proposals
💳 Payment	DAO services and fees
💧 Liquidity	DEX trading pairs

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What BLTBY Doesn't Do

BLTBY cannot buy voting power.

You can own a million BLTBY tokens. Your governance influence remains zero until you contribute—complete tasks, pay rent, participate in governance. Only then do you earn EQTBLT, which carries voting weight.

This is the firewall against plutocracy.

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Security Features

Feature	Purpose
🔒 Immutable	Non-upgradeable for DeFi trust
🔐 Dual control	Minting requires MINTER_ROLE + MULTISIG_ROLE
⏸️ Emergency pause	Transfer halt during exploits
📊 Hard caps	5%/year, 365-day lockout

🏠 EQTBLT

⚖️ Why Two Tokens

🎫 NFTs

📈 Value Design

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📊 Complete Token Comparison

Aspect	💎 BLTBY	🏠 EQTBLT
Standard	ERC-20	Modified ERC-20
Supply	7B max	Unlimited
Decimals	18	0
Transferable	✅ Yes	❌ No
Tradeable	✅ Yes	❌ No
Buyable	✅ Yes	❌ No
Primary source	Investment	Contribution
Primary use	Capital	Governance
Value basis	Market	~$1 redemption
Voting power	❌ None	✅ Yes
Contract	Immutable	Immutable

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🔗 Deep Dives

Token	Documentation
💎 BLTBY	Technical Details
🏠 EQTBLT	Technical Details
⚖️ System Design	Dual-Token Architecture
🔄 Redemption	How Redemption Works

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🔗 Related Pages

BLTBY TokenEQTBLT TokenDual-Token System🗳️Overview