Territory node ownership · Permanent · On-chain · Transferable
Claim a district, county, or country node on the XRP Ledger. Collect a percentage of transfer fees from every transaction in your territory — automatically, enforced by the protocol, without serving a single customer yourself.
How it works
Every NFU minted on the platform carries a transfer fee set at mint time. When that NFU changes hands — or when a payment processes against it — the XRP Ledger deducts the fee and pays it to the issuer. The platform then redistributes it up the geographic chain to every node holder above the transaction. No manual payouts. No "trust us." The ledger does it.
A merchant in your territory processes a payment, or a collectible item sells on the Emporium. The XRP Ledger records the transfer.
The transfer fee — set immutably at mint time — is deducted automatically by the protocol and paid to the platform as the original issuer. This is a ledger action, not a platform action.
The collected fee is paid out to every qualifying node holder in the transaction's geographic lineage — in XRP, to their wallet. Your district, county, and country node holders each receive their configured portion.
Directly, non-custodially. You see it in Xaman. The transaction is public on the ledger — verifiable by anyone at any time. No trust required.
Node levels
Each level is a permanent NFU on the XRP Ledger. Higher levels receive fees from a broader territory; lower levels from a more targeted one. Most early activity concentrates at District level — closest to where real commerce happens.
| Level | What it covers | Examples | Earns from | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L2 Region | Continent | Europe, Asia, Americas, Africa, Oceania, Middle East | Every transaction across an entire continent — all verticals, all categories, all districts | By invitation |
| L3 Country | Nation | United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, United States | Every transaction in the country — all verticals, all districts, all categories beneath it | Contact us |
| L4 District | County / postcode / state | Devon, SW1, Yorkshire, Bavaria, Manhattan | Every PayWithXRP payment and every Emporium sale in the district, plus every future vertical that launches there | From 50 XRP |
| L5 Category | Business category within a district | Food & Drink, Retail, Professional Services, Hospitality | Every transaction within that business category in the district | From 25 XRP |
| L6 Sub-category | Specialist niche within a category | Cafés, Vehicle Dealers, Independent Bookshops, Street Food | Every transaction within that specific niche in the district | From 10 XRP |
Pricing is indicative. Node positions are available via The Collectors Emporium. Levels L2 and L3 are offered by invitation — contact us if you are interested in a country or region node.
Earnings illustration
This is an illustrative example — not a projection or guarantee. Actual earnings depend on transaction volume in your territory.
10,000 transactions/day · Average 2 XRP each · Transfer fee: 1% · District share: 0.25%
10,000 transactions per day is modest for a city's food and drink district. A market town might start at 200–500 per day and grow. The district node costs a fraction of its first year's earnings at meaningful volume — and that node is a permanent, transferable, on-chain asset.
All redistribution transactions are public on the XRP Ledger. Every payment is verifiable. No node holder needs to trust the platform — the chain IS the accounts.
Multiple revenue streams
The geographic hierarchy — L2 through L4 — is shared infrastructure across every vertical that runs on the paym8s protocol. When you own a district node, you earn from every mode of commerce that happens in that territory. You don't need a separate node for each vertical.
Asset value
A district node with 200 active merchants processing 5,000 transactions per day has a documented, on-chain earnings history. That history cannot be altered, fabricated, or selectively shown. It is public, timestamped, and permanent.
Buying a going-concern district node is like buying a franchise territory — except the revenue record is not a management account or a spreadsheet. It is the XRP Ledger. No buyer needs to trust the seller's numbers. They check the chain.
Node positions are permanent NFUs on the XRP Ledger — transferable at any price the holder chooses. As the territory grows (more merchants, more transactions, more verticals), the node's value compounds. The node can be sold, gifted, or inherited. It does not reset. It does not expire.
A district node holder who actively onboards local merchants — visiting businesses, helping them set up Xaman, listing their products — builds a territory with calculable value. The more merchants they onboard, the higher their node's earnings and market price. This is a real-world business built on a ledger-guaranteed income stream.
You don't have to onboard anyone. As the platform grows, merchants in your area will join organically. Your node earns from every one of them automatically. The ledger enforces it. You don't need to be involved in any individual transaction.
Node value = (daily fee earnings × 365) × a multiple appropriate to growth stage. As transaction volume increases and new verticals launch, both the numerator and the multiple expand. Early nodes — before significant volume — carry the most upside. That is the nature of infrastructure.
Get started
Nodes are claimed via The Collectors Emporium — the first live vertical on the protocol. The same process applies for every vertical. Most districts are still unclaimed.
Go to the Browse page on The Collectors Emporium. Search by county, postcode prefix, or region. Unclaimed districts show as available — green. Claimed ones show the holder's wallet address.
Scan the QR with Xaman. The platform proposes the mint transaction — you confirm it in Xaman. Your wallet seed never leaves your device. The platform is non-custodial throughout.
The district NFU is minted to your wallet on the XRP Ledger. Its metadata records its geographic position — permanently. The node is yours from that moment.
From the moment you hold the node, every qualifying transaction in your district earns you a transfer fee percentage. No further action required. The ledger handles distribution automatically.
Beyond geography
Founder positions sit at L1 — above the geographic hierarchy entirely. They earn from the founder pool across every vertical, every territory, every transaction. 35 positions available: 5 Gold, 10 Silver, 20 Bronze.
6× weighted pool share. The highest-weight founder tier. One position is held by the genesis wallet — permanently visible on-chain as the founder's own stake in the network they built.
Mid-tier founder position. Proportional pool share across all verticals and territories. Available to those committed to building and promoting the network in a specific region or category.
Entry-level founder position. 20 available — the broadest involvement in the founder pool. A permanent, on-chain record of early involvement in a network designed to outlast any individual platform decision.