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TOMI 2026: Product-Led, Creator-First, Transparent
TOMI 2026: Product-Led, Creator-First, Transparent
For a while, TOMI was a quiet promise: a private messenger where money could move as easily as information. What’s changing isn’t the soul of TOMI, but its size. We are shifting from talking about tokens to tools people use every day. Messages, payments, identities, and open markets are merging into a clear movement: when people use TOMI, $TOMI gains real value.
1. Previously: The Seed of an Idea
TOMI started with a simple challenge: making crypto feel like a natural conversation. This means a messenger with embedded non-custodial wallets and creator tools, working without bots or extra tags—paid posts, paid groups, and secrets—spreading as fast as words and messages.
2. Now: A Product-Led TOMI
Today, TOMI has evolved into a multifunctional Web3 app—messaging, money, identity, and community—created by growth tool creators, a mini app marketplace. A unified interface for chat, payments, group building, earning—never sacrificing your data.
Behind the scenes, this model is straightforward: transaction-based fees (paid access, paid browsing, tips, future subscriptions) drive TOMI’s recurring buybacks and burns. As usage climbs, demand meets a tightening supply. Surpassing daily transaction volume, the system shifts to net deflation.
Creator alliances today: Up to; until; at most; at most; maximum; until; 50% of the platform fees burned by TOMI may be reactivated for creators and affiliates, based on the value they drive—managed on-chain by the DAO. We are exploring increasing creators’ shares, but the current baseline remains at 50%.
3. Three Growth Engines (and How They Help $TOMI Grow)
3.1 Referral Program—Attract, Activate, Reward Real Usage
Bidirectional referral activation and genuine in-app actions.
Your invite, their join, actual use of TOMI; both sides benefit.
Mechanics (Principles):
Two layers (L1/L2): you get a higher share from direct invitees (L1), a smaller share from their invitees (L2).
Activation Gate: rewards trigger only after a simple path (create wallet → join a group → first paid action, like tips/unlock).
Practical Usage Bundling: ongoing micro-rewards tracking paid actions your network generates over time (tips, unlocks, paid access).
Value → $TOMI: activated users perform paid actions → fees → buybacks and burns. A baseline of up to 50% of the RMB Burns Fund reward pool for referrals.
3.2 Creator Program—For Creators
Centered on creator onboarding/activation rewards and ongoing monetization within chat (paywalls, subscriptions, tips)—plus onboarding concierge.
Mechanics (Principles):
Trusted Attribution: unique links, codes, and in-app handles connect audiences with creators after activation (not just installation).
Monetization via Credited Content: pay-per-post, set monthly logs, accept tips—all internal to TOMI.
Revenue Dashboard: a control panel showing tracked installs, activations, paying users, paywall revenue, and weekly expenses.
Value → $TOMI:
Creator monetization runs through TOMI’s fee engine → buybacks and burns. Up to 50% of the remint share yields higher returns for creators/subs who drive value, managed on-chain by the DAO.
The team is exploring increasing creator shares (to be discussed with the DAO); the baseline remains at 50%.
3.3 Mini App Marketplace—Small Apps, Big Impact
Planning a mini app marketplace inside TOMI: governance tools, lightweight DeFi utilities, education, social games—useful modules to meet people where they already talk.
Mechanics (Principles):
SDK and Listings: mini apps published by builders with clear permissions; listings show prices/free, ratings, and “Use TOMI Wallet.”
Revenue Model: one-time unlocks, micro-payments, freemium with paid add-ons, or related speed-sharing.
Co-Marketing & Discovery: featured rails, curated category pages, and group-level recommendations (e.g., “Your group uses governance → try Polls Pro”).
Value → $TOMI: paid mini apps and transaction fees contribute revenue share/commissions, which fund buybacks and burns—adding more utility → more app throughput → stronger flywheel.
How the Three Engines Combine
Expanding the funnel with genuine activation.
Integrating creators to achieve sustained, engaging monetization behaviors.
Mini-Apps to expand daily utility.
Four revenue streams → buybacks and burns, with up to 50% baseline returns continuously rewarding TOMI’s community. If the community later chooses to increase creator allocations, this decision will be made through the DAO—publicly and on-chain.
4. Mechanics Over Myth
Tangible public utilities: $TOMI supports payments, access to premium content, tips, fee discounts, and DAO voting within chat and mini apps. This is your symbolic usage.
Fees → Buybacks and Burns: paid content, tips, subscriptions, and mini app commissions are used to buy back and burn tokens on the market.
Gas Switch: tokens burned exceed those minted. Transparent on-chain.
DAO Governance: holders propose and vote; quorum is defined, execution is on-chain.
5. What This Means for Holders
A direct line from usage to value: more paid actions and mini app throughput → more fees → more systematic buybacks and burns.
Reasons to hold and consume: unlock discounts and convenient apps with $TOMI.
Voice in the System: holders influence creator allocations, market rules, and future parameters through the TOMI DAO.
This is the path TOMI has chosen: more hype and more tools to help a privacy-respecting messenger. Your wallet speaks—rewarding creators and community growth—without giving up ownership. A symbol that requires no faith, it earns; earns; profits—every time someone unlocks a post, tips a creator, joins a group, completes a task, or launches a mini app.
Create value through usage. Value rewards those who create it. That’s TOMI.