Payments & pricing

GENESIS services accept two tokens.

	Before launch	After launch
HYPE (Elysium native coin)	Accepted	Accepted
GENESIS (ElysiumPad token)	Not yet live	Accepted, always cheaper in value

How GENESIS stays cheaper

Every price is set once, in HYPE. The GENESIS price is derived from it:

GENESIS price = HYPE price × (GENESIS per HYPE) × (1 − GENESIS discount)

• The GENESIS discount is 10% by default. The contract won't accept 0%, so GENESIS can never cost the same or more.
• The GENESIS/HYPE rate comes from a price feed, which can be a GENESIS Data Oracle feed, or from a fixed rate until one exists. If GENESIS doubles in value, its fee halves automatically.
• If the rate is missing or stale, GENESIS payments pause and HYPE keeps working.

Example with a 0.001 HYPE VRF fee, a rate of 1 HYPE = 1,000 GENESIS, and a 10% discount:

Pay with	Fee	Value in HYPE
HYPE	0.001 HYPE	0.001
GENESIS	0.9 GENESIS	0.0009 (10% less)

Staking GENESIS adds a further 10–40% off, whichever token you pay with.

Where each token is used

Use	How to choose the token
VRF and Fair Selection fees	Send HYPE as msg.value, or approve GENESIS and send no value
Automation upkeep funding	Pass the token when registering. GENESIS-funded jobs pay a smaller keeper premium
Commit–reveal bonds	The round creator picks the token
Keeper and operator stake	Either token. Each has its own minimum, and the GENESIS minimum is lower in value

Requests, rounds and upkeeps always settle in the token they started in. Operators and keepers are paid in that same token.

Quoting fees

const { hype, genesis, genesisSavingsBps } = await client.quoteVrfFees(myAddress);
// hype.amount, genesis?.amount, and the saving in basis points (1000 = 10%)

uint256 hypeFee = feeManager.quote(VRF_REQUEST, account, address(0));
uint256 genFee  = feeManager.quote(VRF_REQUEST, account, genesisToken);