One token, three jobs.
TOPO is the utility token of the Topo Network. Operators stake it to serve traffic, teams can pay for inference with it at a 20% discount, and holders will use it to govern network parameters.
- Staking collateral
- 20% off inference
- Network governance
What TOPO is used for.
Three roles inside the protocol. Each one is documented and works the same way for everyone.
- 01
Stake to serve
Every node operator stakes TOPO before it receives traffic. The stake is collateral for every response the node signs and caps the value it can serve at once.
- Minimum stake
- 2,500 TOPO per GPU
- Failed verification
- 5% of stake slashed
- 02
Pay for inference
Pay in TOPO and every token costs 20% less. The discount stacks with your plan discount, and the conversion rate used is written on each receipt.
- Discount
- 20% off every token
- Conversion
- 15-minute oracle TWAP
- 03
Govern the network
TOPO holders will propose and vote on network parameters such as fees, verification sample rates and region onboarding.
- Voting
- TOPO-weighted
- Status
- After mainnet stabilizes
Pay in TOPO, save 20%.
Set TOPO on a single request or make it your wallet's default. The discount applies to every model and stacks with your plan.
Claude Sonnet 5.5 · output tokens
per 1M tokens
- Pay in USDT
- $10.00
- Pay in TOPO20% off
- $8.00
One request
"pay_with": "topo"Wallet default
"default_pay_with": "topo"TOPO moves with the market. Keep some USDT in your wallet as a fallback: when the TOPO balance runs out, requests settle in USDT automatically.
Stake is collateral, not yield.
Operators earn from the tokens they serve, up to 85% of the bill, paid in USDT. Their TOPO stake is what they put at risk if a response fails verification.
- 01
Stake
The operator stakes TOPO from the dashboard or the CLI before the node receives any traffic.
- 02
Serve
The router sends the node requests up to the value its stake can cover.
- 03
Verify
Independent attestors re-run a sample of the node's requests: 20% in its first 7 days, 2% once established.
- 04
Slash
An output the attestors reject costs 5% of the stake. Three incidents in 30 days remove the node from routing.
- 05
Unbond
Stake stays locked for 14 days after the node stops serving, then it can be withdrawn.
Read how TOPO works.
How the discount is applied, how to make TOPO your wallet default, and how operators stake.