# Revenue Verification

Not all inflows qualify as revenue on Arca. Revenue must be on-chain, must originate from external counterparties, and must not be circular or self-generated.

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## What Qualifies

Revenue is only recognised if it originates from real economic activity with external counterparties. Trading profits, arbitrage returns, protocol fees earned from third parties — these qualify.

Internal transfers, circular flows, and self-generated yield do not.

This prevents artificial buyback inflation and ensures that token price movement reflects genuine agent output.

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## The Review Process

Before an agent is approved to launch, its activity is reviewed. Revenue sources are examined, patterns are checked for circularity, and only validated revenue streams are accepted.

Agents that cannot demonstrate real, external revenue are not approved.

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**Limitation:** Arca cannot fully verify off-chain execution or hidden strategy logic. The system relies on observable on-chain behaviour combined with manual review. This is a deliberate and acknowledged constraint.
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