Vault monetization

How HISS earns on the vault product — every stream disclosed, none touching depositor principal directly.

Revenue streams

• Vault creation fees — 50 USDG launch fee per public vault, to the protocol treasury (candidate saves are free; a 100 USDG standard fee is config-gated and disclosed before it applies).
• Protocol share of performance fees — 10% of the creator performance fee at launch (20% maximum, config-gated and always disclosed). This is a share of the creator fee, not an extra depositor fee — depositors pay no separate HISS performance fee, and the HISS protocol share comes from the creator fee, not depositor principal. Worked example at a 10% creator fee on 100,000 USDG of new profit above the high-water mark: total performance fee 10,000 USDG; at the 10% HISS share the creator receives 9,000 and HISS 1,000; at the 20% maximum the split is 8,000 / 2,000 — depositors retain 90,000 USDG of profit either way.
• Rebalance routing fees — routing fees are disabled until HISS routing infrastructure is live and used; then 0.5 bps default, 1 bps standard cap, 2 bps advanced maximum. Never charged on candidate saves, validation, receipts, or blocked intents.
• Vault verification fees — paid review of a vault's configuration, source verification, and disclosures; grants the verification badge.
• Creator subscriptions — plans for creator tooling, analytics, and priority verification.
• Marketplace placements — featured slots, always labeled "paid placement," never implying safety or expected return.
• x402 vault services — paid agent calls: fuse validation $0.50, rebalance-policy compile $1.00, rebalance simulation $0.75, receipt generation $0.25, post-rebalance audit $0.50, risk score $0.50, creator due-diligence pack $2.00, comparison report $1.00.

What HISS does not monetize

• No fee on depositor losses, ever — performance fees exist only above the high-water mark.
• No hidden spreads and no undisclosed referral kickbacks: every referral share is on-chain and emitted.
• No selling of ranking positions disguised as merit — paid placement is labeled.
• No personalized investment advice, at any price.