> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.dionysus.finance/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Value accrual

> Fees in, value back to the token. The mechanism is being finalised.

The design intent is simple: **the protocol's revenue is performance fees, and that revenue flows back into the token.**

## The flywheel, as intended

1. Vaults realise profit for depositors.
2. The exit fee on that profit is protocol revenue — earned only when users actually make money.
3. That revenue is directed into the token via buybacks and/or burns.

Because the fee model is [exit-only and profit-only](/fees/overview), token value accrual is tied to the one thing that matters: strategies that genuinely work. There is no revenue from deposits, TVL, or churn to dress up the flywheel.

## Status

The buyback-versus-burn decision (and every parameter downstream of it) is **not yet ratified**. This page will state the final mechanism — with contract addresses and verifiable flows — before the token exists. Until then, treat any specific claim about Dionysus tokenomics found elsewhere as fabricated.