The native coin you earn and spend for compute
MATRIX is the native coin of the Matrix L1 consensus chain, and the single source of truth for balances and supply. Every compute job and every LLM inference request settles in native MATRIX through consensus. A bridged wrapped ERC-20 mirror (wMATRIX) lets the same coin be represented on Base, backed 1:1 by native MATRIX locked on the L1.
Native first, one currency end to end
Public launch provider emissions are zero. Providers publish MATRIX-denominated quotes and earn buyer payments; no stablecoin peg, oracle or per-block token emission subsidizes the price.
- Native coin of the Matrix L1: the single source of truth for balances and supply
- 9 native decimals, capped at 1,000,000,000 whole MATRIX (no unlimited minting)
- All compute and inference settlement is native MATRIX applied through consensus
- The same 1,000,000,000 MATRIX maps to the 18-decimal wrapped mirror by an exact 1e9 factor
The bridge: a wrapped mirror for listing
wMATRIX is not the settlement token. It is a mirror, minted only against native MATRIX locked in escrow, so it can be represented on Base. The production deployment on Base is live, source-verified, and reconciled 1:1 against native escrow. Verify the contract and its immutable values yourself before signing.
- WrappedMatrix
- 0x0ec1…C87c
- Founder vault
- 0x7A23…038d
- Backing mint
- 0xaba8…b145
- Native lock to wrapped mint: a lock is at least 100 MATRIX, and minting requires a threshold of the fixed secp256k1 attestors registered at WrappedMatrix deployment
- Fixed EVM attestors are separate from the dynamic native bonded-open validator set; validator joins and exits do not update the contract committee
- Wrapped burn to native unlock: confirmed Burned events are always ordered through native consensus and applied exactly once
- The user submits Base transactions and pays Base gas from their own wallet; there is no relayer
- Backed 1:1 by locked native with an exact 1e9 decimal conversion; this is not a USD, USDC or stablecoin peg
- Production mint ceiling: 6% of native maximum supply, while every minted unit still needs collateral
- The launch record publishes the source revision, verified addresses, raw constructor arguments and reconciliation snapshot
Understand the coin
Compute marketplace
See how native MATRIX changes hands when buyers pay providers for compute and inference.
Architecture
How supply, the reward pool, and the wMATRIX bridge fit into the wider Matrix design.
Earn and spend native MATRIX
Run a node, serve compute, and settle in the coin of the Matrix L1. Download a build or read the docs to begin.