dAPI monetization and API provider compensation

API subscription fees are commonly paid monthly or annually, as this scheme suits both API providers and their clients. OracleMeshwill aim to follow the same scheme for dAPIs. To gain access to a dAPI, the user will pay a recurring subscription fee. These prices will be determined by the respective team, and will include the premium if the user wants to receive the insurance service described in Section 6. The payment will be able to be made in any cryptocurrency, which will be received by the DAO in OracleMesh tokens through a liquidity pool-based decentralized exchange.

API providers will be compensated periodically at fixed rates, which will fit their existing pricing models. This will be done using stablecoins wherever possible, some API providers categorically reject handling cryptocurrency as payment. In such cases, the DAO will provide a grant that will be paid out in return of the proof that the API provider is compensated in fiat by the grantee.