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Autheo Chain implements a dual-stream emission model. Community rewards and NFT emission rewards share a single global emissions cap and are both minted per block. NFT rewards operate completely independently from staking rewards.

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Reward tiers

TierAnnual emission (THEO)Annual emission (aauth)
Sovereign~187,969187,969,000,000,000,000,000,000
Prime~18,79718,797,000,000,000,000,000,000
Core~1,8801,880,000,000,000,000,000,000

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Per-block reward formula

With a 5-second block time, there are approximately 6,307,200 blocks per year (31,536,000 ÷ 5). 
reward_per_block = AnnualUtheo / 6,307,200
Default per-block values:
TierPer-block (aauth)
Sovereign~29,802,050,528,169,014
Prime~2,980,205,052,816,901
Core~298,020,505,281,690

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Remainder carry mechanism

To prevent truncation losses from integer arithmetic, the system carries remainders across blocks: 
totalWithRemainder = totalMintDec + GetNFTRemainder(ctx)
totalMintInt       = truncate(totalWithRemainder)
newRemainder       = totalWithRemainder - totalMintInt
The newRemainder is stored in the x/emissions KV store and added to the next block’s calculation.

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Global emissions cap

The default cap is 7 billion THEO (7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 aauth). Once reached, no community or NFT rewards are minted. Staking inflation from x/mint is not counted against this cap.

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Eligibility

A license qualifies for per-block rewards only when all of the following are true:
  • Status is LICENSE_STATUS_ACTIVE
  • A binding record exists
  • The bound validator is not jailed
  • A delegation record exists with positive token value (dust shares excluded)

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Staking vs. NFT rewards

AspectNFT emission rewardsStaking rewards
Source modulex/emissionsx/mint
Distributionx/licensedistribution (manual claim)x/distribution (auto)
BasisFixed per license tier per blockProportional to delegated stake
Emissions capCounted against 7B THEO capNot capped by x/emissions
AccrualKV balance (pull model)Auto-credited per block

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Querying accrued rewards

autheod query emissions license-accrued-rewards <license-id>
autheod query emissions nft-rewards <cosmos-address>

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Claiming rewards

# Claim to signing key's address
autheod tx licensedistribution claim-nft-rewards <license-id> \
  --from <owner-key> \
  --chain-id autheo_2127-1 \
  --keyring-backend file

# Claim and redirect to a different recipient
autheod tx licensedistribution claim-nft-rewards <license-id> \
  --recipient <recipient-address> \
  --from <owner-key> \
  --chain-id autheo_2127-1 \
  --keyring-backend file
Accrued rewards accumulate indefinitely. There is no expiry or automatic sweep.

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Governance parameters

ParameterDefaultDescription
EnabledtrueMaster on/off switch
EmissionsCap7B THEOMaximum total mintable by x/emissions
CommunityPerBlockUtheo55,492,135,971,600,000,000 aauthCommunity pool reward per block
SovereignAnnualUtheo~187,969 THEOSovereign tier annual emission
PrimeAnnualUtheo~18,797 THEOPrime tier annual emission
CoreAnnualUtheo~1,880 THEOCore tier annual emission
BlockTimeSeconds5Block time assumption for per-block calculations