Rewards
Where protocol revenue comes from, how it is split, and what node operators and depositors are designed to earn.
Not live. Rewards are not being paid yet. Every figure on this page is a design target, not a guarantee. See Testnet Status.
What you need to know
- Rewards are a revenue share, not a fixed APY ladder.
- Node operators share 40% of protocol revenue.
- Rewards are funded from protocol revenue and the Community allocation, not from new issuance.
- Vault yield and node rewards are separate. Together they target a combined 8–28%.
Sources of rewards
- Protocol fees: a percentage of the yield generated by the protocol's autonomous trading layer.
- Transaction fees: fees from activity on the Noderr network.
Revenue split
| Recipient | Share | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Node Operators | 40% | Node reward pool |
| Treasury | 35% | Protocol-owned capital |
| Buybacks | 15% | Planned NODR buybacks, part of which will be burned |
| Development | 10% | Ongoing protocol development |
The 40% node operator pool is split across the tiers in a 30/30/30/10 ratio (Oracle / Guardian / Validator / Micro).
The Base-Rate Governor caps reward distributions at 35-45% of trailing four-quarter net revenue, subject to maintaining at least 75% liquid treasury. This keeps payouts solvent and backed by revenue.
Node rewards
Node rewards will be paid from the node operator pool as a tier weighted share of protocol revenue. The APY figures are forward per-tier targets: design targets, not guarantees. Rewards are not being paid yet.
| Tier | Stake (NODR) | TrustFingerprint to enter | Target APY (forward) | Also needs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle | 150,000 | 0.80 | ~20–25% | Election, Utility NFT |
| Guardian | 50,000 | 0.70 | ~15–20% | Governance approval, Utility NFT |
| Validator | 25,000 | 0.60 | ~10–15% | |
| Micro | 0 | ~5–10% | Nothing, it is free |
- An operator's share depends on tier, stake and TrustFingerprint score. The score is shown on a 0-10000 scale.
- A Guardian or Oracle seat requires the onchain role, granted by role admins, plus a Utility NFT. Onchain Oracle elections are planned.
- The onchain Utility NFT is free and minted by the protocol.
- 3,750,000 NODR of the Community allocation is earmarked for node operator rewards, to fund the reward pool in the early phases. See Supply and allocation.
Vault yield and the combined range
Each vault has its own target APY band. See the vault table. The bands are targets, not guaranteed, and no capital is deployed on testnet.
To reach the upper end of the combined 8–28% range, a participant deposits into a vault and also stakes $NODR and runs a node. Node rewards stack on top of vault yield. The 28% figure is a combined vault plus node target and is never vault only.
Underlying integrations may advertise their own APYs, for example in the 20–35% range. Those are external protocol potential, not Noderr vault yield.
Vaults charge no management fee and a performance fee only. See Fees.
Staking and unstaking
Unstaking uses a unified 21-day cooldown. See the staking guide. Treasury-provided stakes carry a 24-month lockup.
Tier decides governance voting power, not time staked. See Governance.
Buybacks and supply
- Fixed supply. 100,000,000 NODR, every token minted at genesis, with no operational emission. Node and staking rewards will be paid from pre-minted treasury and community allocations, not by minting new tokens.
- Buybacks. 15% of protocol revenue is allocated to open market $NODR buybacks. No buyback or burn is live onchain yet. The share of bought back tokens that will be burned is not fixed and will be set by governance within a defined range. Burned tokens will permanently reduce total supply. Any change to supply parameters would require an onchain governance action under the protocol's timelock.
- Staking. Staked $NODR reduces the circulating supply available on the market. All forward-looking statements about token value are aspirational and not a guarantee of future price or returns.
- Ecosystem growth. As more applications are built on the protocol, demand for the $NODR token may increase. This is a forward-looking goal, not a guarantee; actual demand and token value will depend on adoption, market conditions, and other factors outside the protocol's control.
Next
- Fees
- Supply and allocation
- Node Operators
- Noderr White Paper for the detailed reward formula