Credits and Energy

There are two forms of in-dApp currency that allow creators and users to build and interact with ALI Agents and Dreams on the dAPp.

One is "Credits," which can be spent by creators to craft the functions of an Agent in a modular fashion, as well as tokenize the Agent as an NFT, and launch its bonding curve. The other is "Energy," which allows creators and Key Holders to interact with any ALI Agent or to use an Agent's service, as well as to create and interact with any Agent's Dreams.

Credits can be purchased with either Base-native ETH, or by using Base-native ALI Utility Token, which allows for a 25% discount on Credits as opposed to using ETH.

By clicking on the Credits button, any user can purchase credits with ALI

Energy can be purchased by spending Credits. A user can simply click on either the Energy or the Credits buttons on the right hand side of the Navigation Bar at the top of the dApp to execute either transaction.

Energy and Credit buttons

Credits

While creating an ALI Agent, the creator must spend 2 Credits to complete any one of the following actions: generating or regenerating an Agent's Avatar, creating a DPT's personality by choosing an LLM, and selecting an in-dApp voice for the Agent. If a creator choose to clone a voice, it will require 5 Credits. In order to finalize the tokenization of their creation in to an Agent with a bonding curve economy, the creator must spend 35 Credits. Users can purchase more Credits using the Artificial Liquid Intelligence (ALI) Utility Token, at any time.

Energy

Energy is used to create Dreams for ALI Agents, and is used for interacting with Agents and their Dreams. Dream creation will deplete an energy bar, depending on how custom the Dream creator wants to be, and every interaction will deplete an energy bar by 3% per interaction. Unlike Credits, Energy is distributed to users in a cyclical manner - every day your Energy bar is filled automatically to 100%, and is replenished 15% every hour. This algorithmic resource distribution is designed to allow for widespread, scaled dApp use, while managing a secure data compute flow that insures a robust and experience for all.

You can convert Credits to fully replenish your Energy at any time. Regardless of your current Energy level, refilling the Energy bar costs 50 Credits, whether you are at 0% or 50% Energy. This system allows you to continue uninterrupted participation in any Agent's interactive experiences​​.

Users can transform Credits into Energy at any time.