Fees & rewards

Trading Fees Distribution

50% → Miners (LPs): Distributed to liquidity providers based on their vault deposits
40% → veALPHA stakers: Pro-rata distribution based on veALPHA balance
10% → Protocol treasury (+ optional share of funding payments)

ALPHA emissions are distributed across participants each epoch:

31% → Miners (LPs): Allocated via vaults based on deposit score (time × amount × pool weight)
41% → Validators: Rewards for liquidation execution and subnet maintenance
10% → Incentive Pool: Flexible allocation for ecosystem incentives (airdrops, rewards programs, etc.)
18% → Owner emissions: Protocol development and operations

The incentive pool receives 10% of total ALPHA emissions and is used to incentivize various ecosystem participants:

Rewards are tracked at cartha.finance/leaderboard and swept to participant wallets via the liquidity flow controller.

When a lock position expires:

Rewards stop automatically: Validators detect expired positions daily and stop distributing rewards
Funds remain in vault: Your funds stay in the vault earning trading fees
Manual withdrawal required: You must withdraw via the UI when ready

To withdraw an expired position, both conditions must be met:

Lock period expired: Your chosen lock duration (e.g., 3, 7, 30 days) has passed
Cooldown period passed: A mandatory 7-day cooldown from the initial lock start

Example Timeline:

Note: The 7-day cooldown starts from lock creation, not from lock expiry. This prevents short-term lock gaming.

If you deregister from the subnet:

Automatic eviction: Your position is automatically evicted within ~72 minutes
Funds returned: Your funds are automatically returned to your wallet
No manual action needed: The verifier handles this automatically

Last updated 8 days ago