An epoch is the rewards period, each epoch is usually 30 days but for testing we will have 1 day (24hr) epoch lengths. So there will be 7 epochs in the test period.
During testing we will use a test token testEAI.
We will distribute several million of these test tokens to participants in testing before Test phase epoch 1 begins
On our TradeDividends test system users can then stake their testEAI tokens in the same way they would stake the EAI tokens on the main system.
Each epoch (rewards period) lasts 24 hrs. During which we will deposit a small amount of real EAI , USDC or both as a test of rewards.
After each epoch those real world EAI and USDC can be claimed by participants.
Improvements and general feedback are welcome from the test phase participants
** Assuming no major issues identified during Test Phase the following is the planned Launchplan
TradeDividends EAI Staking Opens for all users
Epoch: A 30 day period during which users must stake to qualify for earning rewards.
Users must be staked before Epoch 1 starts on Mon 10th March to be eligible for rewards claims at the end of Epoch 1
Each user can stake once and once only in an epoch.
Any EAI previously staked in an epoch (if not withdrawn) rolls over to the current epoch, a user can then stake more EAI once only during an epoch period
On staking EAI tokens you will deposit your EAI to the TradeDividends platform
(exact instructions will be clear on the staking page)
Once staked you automatically receive tdEAI tokens (Trade Dividends EAI token) for an exact 1:1 ratio of EAI tokens staked. This is your receipt for the EAI you have staked.
Epoch 1 (1st rewards period) begins
Each epoch last 30 days
Any EAI staked before the epoch starts is eligible for their share of the Epochβs reward
This prevents a user waiting to see if the rewards are generous and then staking a large amount with 1 day left of the epoch to snipe the rewards pool.
The Reward amount is based on the amount of EAI you have staked relative to all others who have also staked in that epoch
e.g
Scenario 1: You and one other person both staked 50k EAI. You each share 50% of the epoch rewards
Scenario 2: you stake 10k EAI, another person stakes 90k EAI. You receive 10% of the epoch rewards, they receive 90%
You can withdraw any amount of your staked EAI at anytime (no cooldown period).
Only EAI staked for the whole epoch period is eligible for rewards percentage claim.
e.g
If you stake 50k EAI and then withdraw 40k EAI mid epoch, your rewards are based on the 10k EAI you had staked during the whole epoch period.
This prevents a user staking for 1 day, withdrawing 99% of the stake and yet still claiming rewards.
Rewards Assigned to Epoch
Rewards are added by EAI project to the Epoch and announced.
Rewards are based on the amount of Revenue earned by EAI partners we have a revenue share with during the last 30 day period.
Rewards given will be either USDC (default option) or EAI (if we generously decide to boost the rewards pool).
Epoch 1 rewards are claimable
Epoch 2 begins automatically
The amount of EAI and USDC claimable are both relative to the percentage of EAI you have staked relative to the total EAI that has been staked in the epoch.
e.g
Scenario 1: we have deposited 10,000 USDC as rewards for the epoch. You have a 10% relative EAI stake compared to all EAI staked in that epoch. You would be able to claim 1000 USDC at the end of the epoch
Scenario 2: we have deposited 15,000 USDC and 50,000 EAI as rewards for the epoch. You have a 10% relative EAI stake compared to all EAI staked in that epoch. You would be able to claim 1500 USDC and 5000 EAI at the end of the epoch.
You can claim your percentage share of the rewards You cannot choose to receive USDC or EAI, you are able to claim the relative share of the amounts deposited.
There is no time period you must claim rewards, they are assigned to your wallet address and claimable at any point in the future decided by you (i.e for tax reasons)
There is no option to auto compound the rewards, you would need to claim, use the USDC to buy EAI and then restake the rewards.
One of the main reasons for TradeDividends is to reduce sell pressure and increase buy pressure on the EAI token. We do not know if a person is simply waiting to claim the rewards for personal reasons, is delayed in claiming them, wants to claim USDC and take that as profit or use USDC to buy more EAI and restake (to gain a larger % of the rewards pool in a future epoch).
Therefore if we auto-compounded rewards then those who actually wanted to take profit in USDC or were delayed in claiming would then need to sell their EAI creating sell pressure.
For this main reason, auto compounding is not a feature and you will need to claim, buy EAI with USDC rewards and restake.
You will be able to see after rewards are deposited (at some point during the epoch), what your rewards claim will be. This means you will know before the epoch ends what rewards you will have coming.