# Token Economics

**Overview of Token Economics**

The following diagram demonstrates the token economics of Sonet.

![Token Economics Overview](https://1839339857-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MklDpLG3WM9atdj9NKw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-66556925929546743f09abc91cc7b5c52af66c39%2Fsonet-tokenomics.png?alt=media)

The token economics works closely with Sonet runtime.

![Runtime of Sonet](https://1839339857-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MklDpLG3WM9atdj9NKw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d8ce10e2373e17fa035d6eec957fc99ec78528d3%2Fsonet-runtime.png?alt=media)

**Payment System**

In support of the middleware platform, we are creating a uniform payment system using the $Sonet utility token to reconcile payments and fees for end users so that developers can focus on their apps. 

* Sonet ($SON): Protocol governance and utility token that can be staked for Sonet and be used for Web application payment. 
  * $Sonet loosely represents the value of the Sonet. 
  * Certain percentage of $Sonet will be used to govern the value control of $Sonet.