HairDAO Laboratory Token (HLT): Turning Attention into Research, While Preserving HAIR’s Primacy

Summary: This proposal recognizes the HairDAO Laboratory Token (HLT), launched on pump.fun, as a laboratory utility token whose economic activity - principally creator/trading fees - feeds directly into HairDAO’s research budget. The HAIR token remains the sole instrument of governance and treasury control, and it is important to state plainly that HAIR has funded all HairDAO research to date, including the laboratory from which we are currently streaming. HLT is not a substitute for HAIR; it is a complementary utility pass designed to widen participation and convert market energy into funded experiments that HAIR governance directs.

Why HLT matters (the value proposition): HLT creates a simple flywheel: participation around the lab (speculation, community discovery, and product usage) drives trading volume; creator fees accrue; all of the fees in the creator pool are remitted to the HairDAO treasury; HAIR holders vote those funds into real work - bench experiments, data labeling, tooling, and publications. Beyond fees, HLT also functions as a telehealth and lab access pass for Anagen.xyz discounts and proprietary research/data views, which helps onboard new contributors and customers who might not yet be engaged via HAIR governance. In other words, HLT expands the top of the funnel and translates activity into funding, while HAIR converts funding into outcomes through governance.

Discounts and access: HAIR first, HLT additive: To avoid any confusion or cannibalization, the policy is straightforward: for any published discount or access threshold, a HAIR holder receives the same or a better benefit than an HLT-only holder at the equivalent level. If we introduce HLT-specific incentives, they will be explicitly framed to encourage HAIR holding (e.g., pairing bonuses where HAIR+HLT unlock the best benefits). Put simply: HAIR holders are never worse off in the discount/access structure; HLT helps newcomers participate and gives existing HAIR holders added levers to deepen engagement.

What HLT is (and is not): HLT is a utility/access token - a participation key to discounts and research feeds that also generates creator-fee revenue for HairDAO research. HLT is not a governance token, does not claim treasury rights, and does not change HAIR’s scope. All budget approvals, research priorities, partnerships, and parameter updates remain the sole domain of HAIR governance.

Revenue model: from creator fees to experiments: The HLT operations wallet will aggregate creator/trading fees from the canonical pools and transfer all realized proceeds to the HairDAO treasury on a predictable cadence (e.g., weekly or biweekly), tagged as HLT Research Funding. A public page will summarize creator fees (if any, e.g., required infra), and the net remittance to HairDAO. Those funds slot into our existing HAIR-governed grant and experiment processes. Today’s ~$12k in one day is a practical example of how impactful this can be; this HIP formalizes the path from HLT activity → HairDAO research.

Parity of access and the treasury-mint gate: Some data/tools are already gated for HAIR holders. HLT may attain access parity (access only; never governance) once a treasury-mint condition is met: a defined allocation of HLT must be minted to the HairDAO treasury wallet; once received and attested, a registry flag (“PARITY_STATUS”) is enabled and equivalent access thresholds are published for HLT and HAIR. Until that point, HAIR-gated access remains superior. Even after parity, governance stays HAIR-only.

Implementation: Access thresholds will be documented with the HAIR-first rule clearly stated, and any HAIR+HLT pairing incentives will be highlighted as such. The treasury-mint transaction that satisfies the parity gate will be submitted for HAIR vote. On-chain reporting will summarize creator-fee inflows, transfers to the HairDAO treasury, and adoption metrics (wallets meeting thresholds, Anagen checkout redemptions tied to HLT).

What the DAO is being asked to approve: Formally adopt HLT as the laboratory utility token whose creator-fee revenue is routed to the HairDAO treasury for research; affirm that HAIR remains the governance and treasury token, with HAIR holders receiving equal or better benefits at any published threshold; authorize publication of thresholds and any HAIR+HLT pairing incentives; and approve the treasury-mint parity condition for any future access-level equalization (not governance). No buybacks, price promises, or treasury claims by HLT are introduced here - this HIP is about converting HLT activity into HAIR-directed research while recognizing that HAIR has funded everything we’ve built so far, including the live laboratory.