LIX & Economy

HELIX has a real, platform-wide economy. Two currencies:

• Coins — soft currency, earned and spent across worlds.
• LIX — hard currency, bought with real money. 100 LIX = $1.

LIX pays for premium items, collectibles, platform services, and in-world purchases. Creators earn LIX and can cash it out; stipend LIX is spend-only.

The wallet

Helix.wallet reads balances and initiates purchases.

const { lix, coins } = await Helix.wallet.getBalance();

In-world purchases (IWP)

To sell something for LIX, the client requests and the server authorizes and settles. The SDK gives you an idempotency key so retries can't double-charge.

// client: request a purchase
const result = await Helix.marketplace.purchaseItem('premium_sword_001');
if (result.status === 'completed') {
  // item is now in the player's inventory, charged server-side
}

local result = Helix.marketplace.purchaseItem("premium_sword_001")
if result.status == "completed" then
  -- granted + charged server-side
end

For full control (consumables, custom pricing) the server validates and calls the authoritative grant/charge APIs — see the Inventory execution tiers and the Sell an item for LIX guide.

The marketplace

Helix.marketplace lists items, collectibles, and listings, and initiates purchases. Rare collectibles trade peer-to-peer for LIX (redistribution, never minted), which is the core anti-inflation mechanism — low drop rates protect LIX value.

Fees & payouts (platform policy)

• Platform commission ≈ 25% (creators keep ~75%), down to ~10% for top tiers.
• Resale/trade fee ≈ 10%, down to ~3% by tier.
• Creator earnings are cashable (with KYC); stipend LIX is not.

These are platform-enforced — you don't implement them.

Reference

• Web SDK → Helix.wallet / Helix.marketplace
• Guide → Sell an item for LIX