Frequently Asked Questions

What is the presale price?

$0.0005 USDC per SOVAI — a 50% discount to the $0.001 DEX listing target price.

What is the hard cap?

$7,500 USDC. 15,000,000 SOVAI (15% of total supply) are available. Once the hard cap is reached, the presale closes.

How much can I buy?

Minimum $10 USDC, maximum $1,000 USDC per wallet. This keeps the presale accessible and prevents whale concentration.

What payment method is accepted?

USDC on Base network only. You'll need a wallet connected to Base (e.g. MetaMask) and USDC in your wallet.

When can I claim my SOVAI?

30 days after the presale closes. This cliff is enforced on-chain by the SovaiPresale contract — no exceptions.

When does the presale open?

Q2 2026. Contracts are written and tested. We deploy to Base Sepolia testnet first, then mainnet. Join the waitlist on the presale page to be notified.

Where does the staking yield come from?

Real protocol revenue — not token emissions. SovereignSwap collects a 0.1% referral fee (10bps) on every swap via Jupiter. The inference API charges per-token for external developers. Revenue is converted to USDC and deposited into the staking contract weekly.

What lock durations are available?

30 days (1.0×), 90 days (1.25×), 180 days (1.5×), and 365 days (2.0×). Longer locks earn a proportionally higher share of weekly distributions.

Can I unstake early?

No. Lock periods are enforced on-chain. You can claim USDC rewards at any time, but your staked SOVAI is locked until the lock duration expires.

What is the GPU oracle bonus?

Verified GPU contributors who run AI inference nodes through the SovereignAI network earn up to +0.5× on top of their lock multiplier. Oracle verification is wired in Phase 3.

What is the total supply?

100,000,000 SOVAI. Fixed forever — the deploy script renounces mint authority after the initial distribution. No inflation is possible.

What network is SOVAI on?

Base (Ethereum L2). Base was chosen for low gas costs (~$0.01 per transaction), strong DeFi liquidity, and Coinbase ecosystem alignment. A cross-chain bridge to Solana is planned for Phase 3.

When will SOVAI list on a DEX?

Phase 3 (Q3 2026). The plan is to seed an initial Uniswap v3 pool on Base at $0.001/SOVAI using the 10% liquidity allocation (10M tokens + matching USDC).

What happens to the team's tokens?

The 20M team allocation (20%) is held in the SovaiVesting contract with a 12-month cliff and 36-month linear release. No team tokens can be sold for at least one year post-deploy.

Have the contracts been audited?

Not yet. The contracts are written in Solidity 0.8.24 using OpenZeppelin libraries, with 75 Foundry tests covering edge cases. A formal audit is planned before mainnet deployment.

Are the contracts upgradeable?

No. There is no proxy pattern or upgrade path. The logic is immutable once deployed — what you see is what runs.

Can the owner rug pull?

Mitigations are in place: team tokens are vested (can't dump immediately), staking rewards are in the contract (not withdrawable by owner), and presale USDC can only be withdrawn by the owner after the presale closes. Contracts are open source and auditable.

Where can I read the contracts?

The contracts are written, tested, and will be published to GitHub and verified on Basescan at deploy. See the /contracts page for architecture details.

What is SovereignSwap?

SovereignSwap is a Solana DEX frontend powered by Jupiter aggregation. It collects a 0.1% referral fee (10bps) on every swap — this revenue flows to SOVAI stakers.

What is the inference API?

SovereignAI runs AI models (currently sovereign-v2 for trading signals) exposed via a per-token API. External developers pay for API calls — this is a second revenue stream for stakers.

How does GPU staking work?

SOVAI holders stake tokens to register as GPU nodes. The node runs AI inference jobs and earns a proportionally higher share of weekly rewards based on uptime and verified compute. Full GPU oracle integration is Phase 3.

Why is SOVAI on Base if SovereignSwap runs on Solana?

The two chains serve different roles. Solana handles trading: sub-cent fees, 65,000 TPS, and Jupiter aggregation across 50+ DEXes. Base handles ownership: ERC-20 tooling, Uniswap v3 liquidity, and Coinbase ecosystem trust. SOVAI lives on Base; swap revenue earned on Solana is bridged to Base stakers automatically.

How will the bridge work?

In Phase 3, $SOVAI is registered with the official Base–Solana bridge, powered by Chainlink CCIP and Coinbase. This uses a lock-and-mint model: tokens are locked on the source chain and a wrapped version is minted on the destination. Bridge time is ~2 minutes with relay fees of roughly $0.10. The same bridge infrastructure is used by Zora, Aerodrome, and Virtuals.

How does swap revenue get from Solana to Base stakers?

SovereignSwap earns 0.1% referral fees (10bps) in swap tokens on Solana via Jupiter. In Phase 3, these fees are automatically bridged to Base as USDC using Across Protocol — median bridge time is 5 seconds, and it uses native USDC via Circle CCTP (no wrapping). The SovaiStaking contract then distributes the USDC to stakers weekly.

Will SOVAI ever be native on Solana (not wrapped)?

Yes, that's Phase 4. We plan to upgrade $SOVAI to the LayerZero OFT (Omnichain Fungible Token) standard, which enables burn-and-mint bridging across 160+ chains with no wrapping — one canonical supply everywhere. This requires a contract upgrade and third-party audit, which we'll scope after Phase 3 volume validates the need.