Core launched Rev+: the first profit-sharing mechanism that converts on-chain behavior into income.

On July 15, 2025, the Core Foundation officially launched Rev+ — the first protocol-level revenue-sharing mechanism, directly rewarding developers, stablecoin issuers, and decentralized organizations, providing incentives for projects that create real user value. Rev+ allows developers to earn continuous income from the Gas fees generated by their applications. Developers do not need to issue tokens or design monetization paths around complex governance mechanisms to generate revenue, which is a great blessing for developers.

For many years, the incentive structure of the blockchain ecosystem has been flawed. Despite stablecoins driving on-chain transaction volumes of over $35 trillion annually (more than twice the amount handled by Visa), most of the income has not flowed to the true builders and issuers supporting these transactions. Hong Sun, head of Core's institutional business, stated, "The launch of Rev+ will change the situation in which stablecoin issuers cannot derive revenue from transactions. Stablecoins now account for over one-third of decentralized finance revenue — through this benefit alignment mechanism, projects advancing Web3 can receive the rewards they deserve when their tokens circulate on-chain."

Working Principle

On the Core chain, any transaction activity triggered by smart contracts (such as stablecoin exchanges, collateralized liquidity, or treasury operations) allows the issuer to earn income, including: issuance at the time of the transaction, or distribution through the protocol layer income pool ( on a periodic basis ). This income pool will be allocated based on the project's overall contribution to the Core chain, including various dimensions such as total transaction volume, number of newly added independent addresses, nominal transaction amount, and accumulated Gas fees – this update provides multiple monetization paths for projects and token issuers.

Rev+ also has a reward pool to give back to developers, integrators, and all contributors who promote ecological growth. The more active the network usage, the larger the reward pool, and the higher the earnings for builders.

important significance

The launch of Rev+ will reward developers and promoters of stablecoin market activities. As stablecoins gradually become the dominant force in the crypto space, Rev+ promoted by the Core Foundation will distribute Gas fees to token issuers and provide additional incentives to developers and application teams based on usage frequency and transaction volume. Whether it’s stablecoins pegged to the US dollar, on-chain representations of real assets, NFT collections, or exclusive protocols, Rev+ is applicable to all assets on Core. It transforms daily transactions into a continuous source of income, providing a truly sustainable business model for projects of all sizes.

"The development of Rev+ is designed to reward the real actions that drive Core growth," said Hong Sun, head of the Core organization. "The more transactions there are, the greater the incentives—whether for issuers or builders. This is the first time a monetization model similar to that of Web2 companies has been realized for on-chain assets."

As of now, stablecoins account for about 30.8% of all fees in DeFi, while this figure was only 4.7% at the beginning of the year. This highlights the important role of stablecoins in trading, lending, and yield generation.

Web3 key turning point adopted

The benefits of Rev+ on Core are broader than the existing models in the market — as long as assets are called on Core, token issuers and developers will become important beneficiaries of this development. Replacing the previous "application-centric" model in the Web3 market, Rev+ introduced by Core adopts an "asset-centric" mechanism, creating a fair and sustainable incentive structure for all tokenized projects deployed on Core. This not only rewards dApp builders but also covers a wider range of Web3 contributing teams.

Through Rev+, Core further consolidates its position as a leader in Bitcoin scaling solutions—supporting self-custodied staking for Bitcoin, EVM compatibility, and now truly meaningful token monetization. As the issuance of stablecoins and DeFi activities continue to surge, Rev+ will ensure that projects can share in growth benefits, thereby stimulating stronger network effects and long-term development.

In the coming weeks, Core will collaborate with several leading stablecoin projects to promote the practical implementation of this new asset monetization model.

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About the Core Foundation

The Core Foundation is committed to promoting the development of the Core blockchain ecosystem. The foundation continuously facilitates growth and innovation on the Core blockchain by providing funding, investing in projects, and establishing partnerships. Core is the first and only network to provide an end-to-end Proof of Stake mechanism for Bitcoin, supporting non-custodial Bitcoin staking and building a BTCfi ecosystem compatible with EVM.