Creator economics
Fee structure
When you create a vault, you set two values:
| Field | Range | Applied to |
|---|---|---|
Entry fee (feeInBps) | 0–3% | Every deposit (including yours at deploy) |
Exit fee (feeOutBps) | 0–3% | Every withdraw |
On top of your fees, the protocol takes a fixed cut:
- 0.5% on deposit (immutable per vault)
- 0.5% on withdraw (immutable per vault)
Protocol fees sit on top — they don't eat into your share.
Example: 1 ETH deposit, 1% creator fee
| Cut | Amount |
|---|---|
| Creator fee (you) | 0.01 ETH |
| Protocol fee | 0.005 ETH |
| Net invested in basket | 0.985 ETH |
Where fees land
Direct to your wallet in the same transaction as the deposit/withdraw. No claim flow — you don't have to do anything. Fees arrive in your wallet on every action.
Same for the protocol's 0.5% — routed to treasury immediately.
What the protocol does with its 0.5%
90% of every protocol fee buys back $BASKIT on the open market. The buyback is automated and continuous — every deposit and every exit across every vault feeds the buyback line. The remaining 10% covers infrastructure cost (RPC, hosting, oracle reads, gas refills for keepers).
In practice that means $BASKIT has a permanent bid proportional to protocol volume. A $1M-TVL day with average 0.5× turnover routes ~$2k into buybacks; scale-up days route more. The buyback is unconditional — it fires regardless of price action.
No vesting unlocks, no treasury sell pressure, no team allocation to drip out. The buyback is the only token-side flow tied to protocol revenue.
Tracking earnings
- Vault page —
FEES EARNEDchip = cumulative ETH on this vault /my-vaults— cross-vault view of all your vaults with their cumulative earnings/leaderboard— public ranking of creators by fees earned + TVL
Fee strategy
| Pattern | Use case |
|---|---|
| 0/0 | Free / public-good baskets; volume-only play |
| 1%/1% | Standard managed vault — most users accept this |
| 3%/3% | High-conviction curation, smaller audience — also the cap |
Lower fees = more deposits, less per deposit. Higher fees = fewer deposits, more per deposit. The 0.5% protocol fee is constant; you're dialing only the creator portion (0–3%).
Immutability
Fees are fixed at deploy time — you can't change them later. If you want different fees, deploy a new vault.
A fee-update mechanism with a 24h timelock is on the roadmap, not shipped.
Withdrawing earnings
Fees land as ETH directly in your wallet. To use them, just spend them — they're already yours. To move off Base, use a bridge (across.to, official Base bridge) or a CEX deposit.