NFT rewards

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.

Reward tiers

Tier	Annual emission (THEO)	Annual emission (aauth)
Sovereign	~187,969	187,969,000,000,000,000,000,000
Prime	~18,797	18,797,000,000,000,000,000,000
Core	~1,880	1,880,000,000,000,000,000,000

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:

Tier	Per-block (aauth)
Sovereign	~29,802,050,528,169,014
Prime	~2,980,205,052,816,901
Core	~298,020,505,281,690

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.

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.

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)

Staking vs. NFT rewards

Aspect	NFT emission rewards	Staking rewards
Source module	`x/emissions`	`x/mint`
Distribution	`x/licensedistribution` (manual claim)	`x/distribution` (auto)
Basis	Fixed per license tier per block	Proportional to delegated stake
Emissions cap	Counted against 7B THEO cap	Not capped by `x/emissions`
Accrual	KV balance (pull model)	Auto-credited per block

Querying accrued rewards

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

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.

Governance parameters

Parameter	Default	Description
`Enabled`	`true`	Master on/off switch
`EmissionsCap`	7B THEO	Maximum total mintable by x/emissions
`CommunityPerBlockUtheo`	55,492,135,971,600,000,000 aauth	Community pool reward per block
`SovereignAnnualUtheo`	~187,969 THEO	Sovereign tier annual emission
`PrimeAnnualUtheo`	~18,797 THEO	Prime tier annual emission
`CoreAnnualUtheo`	~1,880 THEO	Core tier annual emission
`BlockTimeSeconds`	5	Block time assumption for per-block calculations

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Reward tiers

Per-block reward formula

Remainder carry mechanism

Global emissions cap

Eligibility

Staking vs. NFT rewards

Querying accrued rewards

Claiming rewards

Governance parameters

​Reward tiers

​Per-block reward formula

​Remainder carry mechanism

​Global emissions cap

​Eligibility

​Staking vs. NFT rewards

​Querying accrued rewards

​Claiming rewards

​Governance parameters

Reward tiers

Per-block reward formula

Remainder carry mechanism

Global emissions cap

Eligibility

Staking vs. NFT rewards

Querying accrued rewards

Claiming rewards

Governance parameters