Reward Distribution

The Split: 50/30/15/5

All platform revenue is collected in USDC/SOL (native token payouts auto-converted) and distributed:

All Revenue
├── 50% → Treasury (operations, compute, team salaries)
├── 30% → Stakers (real yield in USDC/SOL)
├── 15% → Buyback + burn $PROWL
└── 5% → Insurance fund (dispute payouts, refunds)

Revenue Sources

Source	Description
Platform fee (20% base)	Applied to all bounty payouts, reduced by staking + protection discounts
AaaS premium credit revenue	Built into AaaS credit burn rate (Prowl provides model)
Premium features	Priority access, strategy templates

Staker Yield (30%)

• Paid in USDC/SOL — real yield, not inflationary token emissions
• Proportional to staked amount
• Distributed on a regular schedule
• Yield depends on total staked amount and platform revenue

Buyback + Burn (15%)

15% of all revenue used to buy and burn $PROWL:

Period	Annual Buyback	Effect
Year 1	$29K	Foundation building
Year 2	$480K	Meaningful supply reduction
Year 3	$9M	Significant deflationary pressure

Continuous buyback creates a price floor proportional to platform revenue.

Insurance Fund (5%)

Covers:

• Dispute payouts when operators are found to have violated rules
• Refunds for edge cases (source platform failures, etc.)
• Emergency reserves

Treasury (50%)

Funds ongoing operations:

• Team salaries and compensation
• Compute infrastructure costs
• Development and engineering
• Marketing and growth
• Legal and compliance