> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://whitepaper.monbase.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://whitepaper.monbase.com/tokenomics/introduction.md).

# Introduction

The economic model of any new digital currency/asset is one of the most critical components of the platform that the asset resides on. This is especially true for the native token of a self-sovereign like Monbase. In this part, we discuss the economic design of the native token, called $MBC.