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# The Role of $EITHER

**$EITHER** remains central to the launchpad economy, but its role is now more selective and more structural than simply acting as the default pair for every permissionless launch.

Its role includes:

* curated launch pair formation
* liquidity coordination
* ecosystem alignment
* value capture from launch activity across the platform

This gives **$EITHER** a direct relationship to what happens at the launch layer, even as the permissionless system moves toward native-chain pairs such as **SOL** and, over time, other chain-native pairs such as **Base**.

As more projects launch through the system, **$EITHER** remains tied to the economic activity forming around new assets entering the ecosystem. That relationship now comes less from being the automatic pair for every launch, and more from the way launch activity feeds back into the token economy.

In practical terms, that means **$EITHER** benefits through:

* curated and vetted launch structures where appropriate
* residual fee flow from permissionless launch volume
* periodic buyback and burn supported by launchpad activity
* its position as the core economic layer of the wider Eitherway ecosystem

This design is intended to make **$EITHER** more than a passive platform token. It sits at the center of the launch economy, not by forcing every permissionless launch to pair directly against it, but by ensuring that launch activity across the platform continues to strengthen the wider **$EITHER** ecosystem over time.