Staking Rewards

Active stakers earn a share of protocol revenue, distributed by epoch. The public testnet may use shortened epochs for testing; Mainnet Cardano epochs are about 5 days.

How Rewards Work

1. Trading fees accumulate in the protocol treasury throughout the epoch
2. At the end of each epoch, the operator distributes rewards to active stakers
3. Rewards are proportional to your staked amount relative to total active stake

your_reward = (your_staked / total_active_staked) × epoch_revenue_for_stakers

Claiming Rewards

1. Go to the Staking page
2. Check your available reward balance
3. Click Claim Rewards
4. Sign the transaction

Your rewards are sent to your wallet.

Reward Eligibility

Condition	Eligible?
Stake in Active state	Yes
Stake in Pending state	No
Epoch where you just staked	No (starts next epoch after maturation)
After claiming	Yes (continues earning in future epochs)

Compounding

Rewards are paid as protocol revenue, not in $ATLAS. To compound:

1. Claim your rewards
2. Buy $ATLAS on the market
3. Stake the additional $ATLAS

There is no auto-compounding feature in the current version.