All shards will be incentivized for their launch and maintenance of shards via POKT rewards. Compensation for shards will be ongoing and tied to relay growth and retention. Shards will also be given upfront budgets to offset launch costs.
The economic model of the Triforce initiative has been finalized by Community Members and the DAO in the form of two proposals:
Now that consensus is achieved, shards have begun onboarding. Interested applicants are highly encouraged to read the above proposals to answer any questions about shard income. P.S. If you have not claimed your DAO vote, learn how to do so here!
Payments begin August 1st, 2022
Income rewards are paid out monthly based on the sum of daily relay rewards for the previous month (e.g. July rewards will be paid in August etc.). Please refer to the table below to see how each tier of relays translates into rewards.
<aside> 💡 Reward tiers are by 1M relays. Any daily relays below 1M will be rounded up to the first tier. Other relays will be rounded down or up accordingly per the 1M relay tiers.
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