Question 1

What is BABY?

Accepted Answer

BABY is the native token of Babylon Genesis, a proof-of-stake chain. It is used to pay gas for on-chain transactions and smart-contract execution, and for on-chain governance and network security; therefore, BABY is not merely a transferable asset, but a foundational unit that connects network resource use, validator economic incentives, and governance voting.

Question 2

Why can BABY be used to pay network fees?

Accepted Answer

When submitting transactions or executing smart contracts on Babylon Genesis, users pay gas in BABY. Gas prices the network resources consumed by validation and execution: BABY is required as the fee-settlement asset before an operation is processed and written on-chain; therefore, accounts that use applications or transfer assets generally need to retain enough BABY.

Question 3

How do BABY and BTC jointly secure Babylon Genesis?

Accepted Answer

Babylon Genesis's security model uses both BABY and BTC, but they participate through different paths. BABY holders delegate tokens to Babylon Genesis chain validators, enabling validators to validate on-chain information; BTC stakers delegate BTC to Finality Providers, which participate in securing finality for chain information. Both types of participants contribute to network security and receive BABY rewards from their respective inflation-reward arrangements.

Question 4

How can BABY holders participate in native staking?

Accepted Answer

BABY staking is native delegated staking: holders select a chain validator and delegate BABY, and the delegated position participates in network security. Holders receive inflation rewards allocated to BABY stakers according to their staking share. Staking uses an epoch-based processing and delayed-execution process, so submitting a delegation or undelegation does not mean it completes immediately; actual rewards also depend on the position's status and the validator's normal operation.

Question 5

Where do BABY staking rewards come from, and why are they not fixed income?

Accepted Answer

BABY staking rewards come from the portion of annual network inflation specifically allocated to BABY stakers, rather than from a fixed-rate promise. The actual amount an individual receives depends on the ratio of their effective delegation size to all effective stake, and is affected by validator performance, commissions, and on-chain parameters; therefore, the annual inflation rate cannot be directly treated as an individual delegator's actual yield.

Question 6

What validator-related risks come with delegating BABY?

Accepted Answer

Delegating BABY is not without slashing risk. According to the official documentation, a validator can be penalized for double-signing, meaning proposing two different blocks at the same height; when this occurs, 5% of the delegated position is slashed and the remaining 95% is returned to BABY delegators. Therefore, in addition to comparing commissions, validator selection should consider operational history and penalty records.

Question 7

What is the difference in governance rights between BABY staking and BTC staking?

Accepted Answer

BABY's on-chain governance rights arise from BABY token voting: token holders and the validators delegated to by them can vote on protocol changes and network upgrades. Although BTC stakers can participate in security through BTC staking and receive separate BABY rewards, they do not participate in Babylon Genesis BABY governance voting; security participation and governance rights are not the same thing here.

Question 8

What are BABY's initial supply and inflation mechanism?

Accepted Answer

BABY has an initial supply of 10 billion tokens and 6 decimal places, meaning 1 BABY equals 1,000,000 ubbn. The initial supply is not a permanent total-supply cap: the official annual inflation rate is 5.5%, and newly issued tokens are used for reward arrangements under network rules. Supply should therefore distinguish the 10 billion tokens at launch from subsequent inflationary issuance.

Question 9

What categories are included in BABY's initial allocation?

Accepted Answer

The planned allocation of the 10 billion initial BABY is: community incentives 15%, ecosystem building 18%, R&D and operations 18%, early private investors 30.5%, team 15%, and advisors 3.5%. These percentages indicate that tokens are reserved for different uses, but do not mean that every category becomes circulating at the same time; assessing potential changes in circulation also requires considering their respective vesting and unlock rules.

Question 10

Why will BABY not all enter circulation at once according to the initial allocation percentages?

Accepted Answer

Different initial allocation categories become available at different times. The 15% community incentives allocation has no lockup; ecosystem building and R&D and operations each have 25% unlocked at network launch, with the remainder unlocking linearly over three years starting from the first anniversary of launch. The locked portions for early investors, the team, and advisors unlock monthly over 36 months from May 2026 through April 2029; the team and advisors are also subject to vesting arrangements.

Question 11

How long until BABY can be used after unstaking?

Accepted Answer

After initiating BABY unstaking, tokens do not immediately return to a freely available balance. Babylon's staking process includes epoch processing and delayed execution, and uses Bitcoin timestamps to enable relatively fast unbonding; the official unstaking period is approximately two days. The waiting period allows the chain to complete the relevant security and state processing before the exit takes effect, so staked assets should not be considered freely transferable until unbonding is complete.

Question 12

What is ubbn?

Accepted Answer

ubbn is BABY's smallest unit of account, not another token. BABY uses 6 decimal places, so the conversion is 1 BABY = 1,000,000 ubbn; wallets, transaction records, or on-chain interfaces may account for smaller balances in ubbn, which should be converted at this ratio when reading them.

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