Validators earn rewards from their network, and those rewards rise and fall with network conditions. Rather than pass that straight on to you, each pool pays a daily rate: a percentage of your delegated money for each day, shown on the pool's page. We set it deliberately below what we expect the validator to earn.
When rewards are paid
- Rewards arrive every 24 hours, counted from when you delegated.
- They are paid on the money you have delegated. Money that is unbonding does not earn.
- Money you add to a delegation starts earning from its next 24 hours.
- Rewards go into your rewards balance, which you can withdraw along with your available balance.
The reserve
On a good day the validator earns more than the daily rate costs, and the surplus is kept in that pool's reserve. On a lean day the gap is filled in this order:
- Step 1: We give up our commission and infrastructure share for the day.
- Step 2: If that is not enough, the pool's reserve covers the rest.
- Step 3: If the reserve has run out, the company pays the difference from its own funds. That is recorded as a subsidy, not dressed up as a reward.
If the reserve and the company's funds together cannot cover a day, that day is not paid at all. It is never part-paid, and it is never paid from other customers' money. It is recorded as unpaid and can be settled later, once it is funded.
What the rate is not
- It is not a guarantee. We review each pool's rate and can change it, and every change is recorded in our audit log.
- It can be paused, for example while earnings figures are being checked. Rewards for a paused day are not lost: each missed day can be settled once payouts resume.
- Our commission and infrastructure share are taken from rewards, never out of the money you delegated.
Figures on this page are read from the platform’s current settings. Your dashboard always shows the ones that apply to your account.