> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://whitepaper.usegpu.app/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://whitepaper.usegpu.app/introduction/why-use-gpu.md). # Why USE-GPU? Understand why USE-GPU starts with trading activity and chooses Solana as the foundation for its economic model. Many DePIN models begin with hardware. They deploy machines, incur costs, and then need to find users and demand. USE-GPU takes the opposite direction. It begins with economic participation, using token trading activity to generate creator fees. The treasury can then accumulate before the project targets GPU hardware. This is the reason for the fee-funded mining model. The project aims to establish activity and a mining community before pursuing infrastructure expansion. ### Why Solana USE-GPU is built on Solana because the source identifies it as an environment with high transaction throughput, low transaction fees, and an active memecoin trading culture. The token launches through pump.fun, a major token launch environment in that ecosystem. After graduation, PumpSwap is the post-graduation trading venue described by the source. Trading activity is central to the model: * Trades generate the creator fee * The creator fee funds the economic system * The treasury is intended to support hardware acquisition over time This does not imply a partnership or endorsement from pump.fun. The project uses its creator fee mechanism as part of the stated model. ### Why GPU compute GPU compute is the project's long-term infrastructure direction. The source frames GPUs as the hardware the treasury is intended to acquire after the initial fee-funded phase. NVIDIA is a reference point for the broader GPU compute market, not a USE-GPU partner. USE-GPU has no NVIDIA partnership or affiliation. The intended sequence is deliberate. Trading activity funds creator fees. Creator fees support mining rewards and treasury growth. Treasury growth can support later GPU acquisition. Later phases describe additional GPU operators, rental activity, and an inference API. None of those GPU services are current Phase 1 revenue. Phase 1 has no GPUs. Its revenue source is the pump.fun creator fee generated from trades. The model connects Solana trading activity with a longer-term infrastructure direction without treating future hardware revenue as present. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter, and the optional `goal` query parameter: ``` GET https://whitepaper.usegpu.app/introduction/why-use-gpu.md?ask=&goal= ``` `ask` is the immediate question: it should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. `goal` is optional and describes the broader end goal you are ultimately trying to accomplish on behalf of the user. GitBook uses it to tailor the answer towards what is most useful for that goal. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.