Trading tax

Every swap pays tax in ETH inside the hook: 3% on buys, 6% on sells.

Where the trading tax goes

Tax on a 1 ETH buy: 0.03 ETH (3%)

35%

30%

20%

15%

• Buyback and burn35%0.0105 ETH
• Team30%0.009 ETH
• Contraction Vault20%0.006 ETH
• Reserve Vault15%0.0045 ETH

Choose a buy or a sell. The split is the same in every regime.

Tax	Rate	When it is taken
Buy tax	3%	In ETH, before the swap
Sell tax	6%	In ETH, after the swap
Bounds	Up to 10% each	A team setting, behind the 48-hour timelock; see Policies and bounds

Where the tax goes

Share	Destination	What it does
35%	Buyback and burn	Buys UNITED on the pool and destroys it, in every market
30%	Team	Paid in ETH; the team holds no token allocation
20%	Contraction Vault	Stacks ETH to step in against sharp drops; what the defence buys is burned
15%	Reserve Vault	Controlled by the team; buys tokenized assets, starting with tokenized gold. Holdings posted onchain

• Only the tax is split, at fixed shares, in every regime.
• The 35 / 30 / 20 / 15 split is fixed forever.
• The 35% buyback and burn runs in both expansion and contraction.
• At launch, taxes open at 90% and fall to 3% / 6% over the first hour; see Launch protection.