Emissions
How miner emissions are split between the qualifying pool and the Arena, and what the exponential curve pays.
Miner emissions are split into two pools.
| Pool | Share | Who receives it |
|---|---|---|
| Qualifying pool | 25% | Every submission that passes all hard gates and clears the minimum score floor |
| Arena | 75% | The top 10 eligible miners |
Qualifying pool — 25%
Distributed proportionally to score among all submissions that pass the hard gates and clear the minimum floor.
Its purpose is to keep competent teams economically alive while they are still climbing, before they reach the top 10.
Arena — 75%
The top 10 eligible miners share the Arena pool on an exponential curve:
w_i ∝ exp(-0.45 · rank_i), rank_i = 0 … 9
Rank 1 takes the dominant share, and each rank below it receives progressively less, through rank 10.
What the curve pays
| Leaderboard rank | Share of Arena pool | Share of total miner emissions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 36.6% | 27.5% |
| 2 | 23.4% | 17.5% |
| 3 | 14.9% | 11.2% |
| 4 | 9.5% | 7.1% |
| 5 | 6.1% | 4.5% |
| 6 | 3.9% | 2.9% |
| 7 | 2.5% | 1.8% |
| 8 | 1.6% | 1.2% |
| 9 | 1.0% | 0.8% |
| 10 | 0.6% | 0.5% |
Percentages are computed from the published curve and rounded. The remaining 25% of miner emissions goes to the qualifying pool.
Two rules that shape behaviour
Unused Arena weight is burned. If fewer than ten miners qualify, the leftover weight is not redistributed to the miners who did qualify. Ranking high is worth what it is worth, not more because the field was thin.
Rejected submissions receive zero. Not a reduced score. Zero. See the hard limits.