# Business Model

**Phase 1**

**Fees:** Cerebrum will charge a fee for scheduling jobs between Model Hosts (Cerebrum Nodes) and Customers:

* 0.2% from the fees collected from the Customer
* 0.2% from the fees collected from the Model Host (compute provider)
* Total: 0.4% from every job

**Settlements:**

* Payments settled in a USD equivalent (USTD, USDC, etc., depending on the chain we launch) will incur a fee of 1.5%.
* Payments made in our native $CBM token will be free of any fees.

**Phase 2**

**Fees:** Fees will increase to:

* 0.5% from the fees collected from the Customer
* 0.5% from the fees collected from the Model Host (compute provider)
* Total: 1% from every job

**Settlements:** The fees for settlements will remain the same as in the first phase.

**Buybacks**

* The 1.5% transaction fees collected from non-$CBM settlement channels (USD equivalents) will be used for $CBM token buybacks and will be completely burned. This strategy ensures that deflationary pressure is consistently applied.


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