The Sarcophagus: Fees In. r33 Buried.
On Robinhood Chain, the live default for fee-only or ungauged Ramses pools sends 95% of swap fees to liquidity providers and 5% to the Sarcophagus. Those fees accumulate as tokens that anyone can claim by burying the live, onchain amount of r33.
Every completed burial sends r33 to 0x…dEaD, permanently removing it—and the liquid claim on its underlying xRAM and RAM backing—from circulation.
The Fee-to-Burn Loop
| Step | What Happens |
|---|---|
| 1. Trade | Fee-only and ungauged pools on Robinhood Chain generate swap fees from real trading activity |
| 2. Accumulate | The 5% protocol share builds a growing collection of tokens inside the Sarcophagus |
| 3. Bury | Anyone can select available tokens and bury the exact live r33 cost |
| 4. Claim | The contract sends its full balance of each selected token to the caller in the same transaction |
| 5. Burn | The buried r33 is sent permanently to the dead address |
More trading activity fills the Sarcophagus with more assets. As the value of those accumulated assets grows, burials become more attractive—and every completed burial permanently retires more r33.
Why It Matters
| Feature | Benefit |
|---|---|
| Funded by Trading Fees | The burn loop is powered by protocol activity, not new token emissions |
| Permissionless | Any user with enough r33 can complete a burial and claim available assets |
| Deflationary | Buried r33 cannot return to circulation or redeem its underlying backing |
| Transparent | Sarcophagus holdings, burial costs, completed burns, and claimed assets are visible onchain |
Fee Distribution
The live Robinhood Chain deployment uses the following default split. Current onchain configuration controls.
| Pool State | Liquidity Providers | xRAM Voters | Sarcophagus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gauged | 0% by default | 100% by default | 0% |
| Fee-only / Ungauged | 95% | 0% | 5% |
The Sarcophagus turns its share of fee-only and ungauged trading fees into a simple market-driven mechanism: users claim accumulated assets, and r33 is permanently burned in return.
What a Burial Burns
r33 is liquid-staked xRAM, and xRAM is backed by RAM. Burying r33 therefore removes more than a standalone reward token: it permanently removes a liquid claim on the xRAM and RAM backing represented by those shares.
The r33 is sent to 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000dEaD, permanently removing it from usable circulation and preventing it from redeeming its underlying backing. Ramses tracks completed burials onchain and reflects dead-address r33—including its underlying xRAM and RAM backing—in tokenomics.
How to Participate
- Choose assets — Select the tokens currently held by the Sarcophagus.
- Review the live cost — The interface displays the exact r33 amount required for the burial.
- Approve r33 — Approve only the current burial amount.
- Bury & claim — Submit one transaction to send r33 to the dead address and receive the selected assets.
The transaction is atomic: the r33 burn and asset claim either complete together or revert together.