$CULT and $dCULT
Governance: Token holders can vote on proposals that affect the DAO's decision-making process.
Taxation: The DAO can impose fees or taxes on transactions to generate revenue for the organization.
Returns: Token holders can receive returns on their investment in the DAO, based on its performance.
Staking: Token holders can stake their tokens to earn rewards or influence the DAO's decision-making process.

Return Expectation:
Token holders believe burning $CULT and investment returns will increase token value.

Governance Participation:
Stakers vote on investment decisions, while Guardians propose decisions and have stronger incentives to hold $CULT.

Cult DAO solves the problems of high barriers to entry and centralized decision-making mechanisms, providing community members with a low-threshold group decision-making investment platform.

Value accrual to token:
$CULT token captures value through burning tokens and redistributing benefits to holders, allowing for increased scarcity and potential appreciation in value.

Value accrual to the protocol:
No value is directly accrued to the Cult DAO protocol treasury.

The business model for Cult DAO:

Revenue comes from:
0.4% tax on every transaction on-chain

Revenue is denominated in:
$CULT

Revenue goes to:
approved investment proposals, burnt tokens, and stakers in $CULT. Half of the investment return was burnt in $CULT, and the other half was distributed to stakers.