The short version
A machine economy
Engine Works is a machine economy for tokenized stocks.
Users own Machines. $WORKS powers those Machines. Protocol fees buy tokenized stocks, and the $WORKS paid to mint Machines is split in half: one half is burned, the other half is distributed. Every eight-hour epoch, active Machines receive a proportional share of both streams according to Machine weight.
- Machine
- The owned unit that participates in Engine Works production.
- $WORKS
- The token paid to mint a Machine and burned through Machine actions to build weight.
- Weight
- A Machine's proportional claim on an epoch distribution.
- Epoch
- One repeating eight-hour production cycle.
Three inputs / one output
The mechanism
Engine Works combines three paths. The Machine path determines who receives what share. The capital path determines what the protocol can purchase. The Works path determines how much $WORKS leaves supply and how much returns to Machines. All three meet when an epoch settles.
Interface vocabulary
Reading the product
The product is organized like a mechanical operating system. Garage holds Machines. Dyno measures weight. Production shows the epoch. Reserve shows the Stock Pot and the Works Pot. Foundry shows distribution output. Activity records protocol events.
Reading documentation and public protocol state does not require a wallet. A wallet identifies the owner when an authorized onchain action is available.
Open the Engine Works dashboard