Sales tax

Paid in the same proof

When you pay a shop, one zero-knowledge proof pays the shop and the sales tax together. The tax is settled on the spot, and nobody learns who paid.

• Part is burned.
• Part pays the couriers who carry proofs and keep the network private.
• The rest goes to the project treasury, a multisig that pays the running costs.

The tax is paid in ETH, like every payment here. The rates are fixed when the contracts are deployed, and can't exceed 10%. Shops put down a stake, and a shop that asks to be paid around the tax can be slashed: see random inspection.

There's no token behind any of this: the tax pays for the network, not for anyone's investment. Nothing here is investment advice.