Question 1

What is OBT?

Accepted Answer

OBT is Orbiter Finance's ERC-20 token, which the official project describes as a governance and staking token. It serves the protocol's decentralized development direction rather than acting as a substitute for the ETH, BTC, or other assets users transfer when bridging. Therefore, two types of objects need to be distinguished: the cross-Rollup service handles the native assets users want to move from one network to another, while OBT is a protocol-level token. Holding OBT does not automatically convert ETH or BTC into OBT, nor does it make OBT a wrapped version of those assets.

Question 2

What problem does Orbiter Finance primarily solve?

Accepted Answer

Orbiter Finance is infrastructure for cross-Rollup transactions. Officially, it supports transfers of Ethereum and Bitcoin native assets across multiple networks. It addresses the connection issue in which, when assets are on different Rollups or networks, users need to initiate on the source network and obtain corresponding asset availability on the destination network. A transfer involves at least a source network and a destination network: the user submits the transaction on the source side and bears that side's network costs, while delivery and availability on the destination side also depend on the selected route and destination-network conditions. The official description includes the sum of the base network costs of EOA transactions on both sides as part of its fee description; supported networks, arrival time, and available assets are subject to the route displayed in the interface when the transfer is initiated.

Question 3

What are OBT's basic uses?

Accepted Answer

OBT is fundamentally positioned for governance and staking. Governance use means participating in governance according to the rules effective for the protocol at the time; staking use means locking tokens under mechanisms announced by the project to participate in the corresponding arrangements. These two labels do not mean that fixed returns, fixed voting weight, or unconditional eligibility for cross-chain services have already been promised. To actually exercise either use, live rules must still define who may participate, how much must be locked, how long it must be locked, how to exit, and whether rewards or penalties exist. If these conditions are not specified in the relevant product rules, specific economic returns cannot be inferred from the positioning of OBT as a “governance and staking token.”

Question 4

How is OBT allocated?

Accepted Answer

OBT is allocated as follows: 40% to the community, 20% to ecosystem and growth, 15% to the Orbiter Foundation, 15% to the team and contributors, and 10% to investors. These percentages total 100% of the full supply and describe the token shares assigned to different uses or participants. Allocation percentages are not circulating percentages. A category being allocated tokens does not mean all tokens in that category have been unlocked, entered the market, or become sellable; release schedules for different categories cause the tradable supply to change over time.

Question 5

How much OBT was circulating at launch?

Accepted Answer

OBT's initial circulating supply at the token generation event (TGE) in January 2025 was 2.8 billion tokens, representing 28% of the total supply. Here, “initial” refers to the point in time of the TGE, not a fixed description of circulating supply on any later date. Whether and when the remaining tokens not included in the initial circulating supply become circulating depends on each category's release schedule. Therefore, 28% can be used to understand the starting point of the tradable supply at launch, but cannot alone be used to calculate the current circulating supply, future unlock amounts, or price impact.

Question 6

Does holding OBT affect cross-chain use?

Accepted Answer

Holding OBT does not itself replace the source assets, network fees, or route selection required for a cross-chain transaction, nor does it guarantee that a cross-chain transaction will succeed. Whether a cross-chain operation can be initiated and completed depends first on the selected source chain, destination chain, asset, route, and network conditions on both sides. OBT is the protocol's governance and staking token, whereas what users transfer through Orbiter is the corresponding ETH, BTC, or other supported asset. Their roles differ: the former may play a role in announced protocol mechanisms, while the latter is the object of the transfer. Therefore, holding OBT alone should not be taken to imply fee reductions, priority delivery, or a guarantee of cross-chain outcomes.

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