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MESH is the inference gateway for the BETTER token. There is no separate MESH token. Every dollar of margin MESH earns from routing API calls becomes treasury that buys back $BETTER on the open market.

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The mechanism

Your API call → MESH router → Upstream provider
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            USDC margin → MESH treasury → $BETTER on-chain action
  1. You pay per call in USDC. The receipt headers show the split: x-mesh-upstream-cost-usd (what the provider charged) and x-mesh-margin-usd (MESH’s cut).
  2. MESH margin accumulates in the treasury wallet on Base.
  3. 100% of margin is allocated to BETTER value capture across four configured modes — none of it accrues to a separate equity holder. The token is the only equity surface.

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Value capture modes

The treasury runs four configurable buyback modes. The exact split is set per epoch by the operator and recorded on-chain.
ModeWhat happens
Treasury accumulationUSDC is held by the operator and $BETTER is accumulated over time via dollar-cost averaging into the treasury wallet.
Buyback & burnAllocated USDC is swapped for $BETTER and sent to a configured burn address, permanently removing supply.
Buyback & lockAllocated USDC is swapped for $BETTER and routed to a time-lock contract, extending the locked-supply runway.
Buyback & distributeAllocated USDC is swapped for BETTERanddeliveredtoastakingrewardscontractforBETTER and delivered to a staking rewards contract for BETTER stakers.
Every mode reduces float, extends locked supply, or rewards stakers. None leak value out of the BETTER ecosystem.

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Why this works

  • Aligned incentives. Every paying customer of MESH makes $BETTER more valuable, mechanically. There’s no investor cap table competing with the token.
  • Transparent receipts. The per-call cost split is in the response headers (x-mesh-upstream-cost-usd, x-mesh-margin-usd, x-mesh-total-usd) and in the audit trail at /v1/receipts/{id}. You can verify the margin number any time.
  • Public treasury. The treasury wallet is on Base. Inflows from MESH are visible on-chain. Buyback transactions are visible on-chain. Burns are visible on-chain.

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Buying $BETTER

$BETTER lives on Base. You can buy it through any Base-compatible DEX that lists the contract address — the homepage at meshrouter.app includes a one-click Uniswap link.

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Verifying the buyback

Each buyback action emits an on-chain event you can subscribe to. We surface the running totals on the public stats page. There’s no off-chain ledger you have to trust — every dollar MESH books is a transaction you can read.

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Receipts and accounting

The per-call receipt is the canonical source for what a single call cost and what MESH’s margin on that call was. See Receipts for the field shape and Payments for how USDC top-ups flow into your account balance.