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# Chapter 7 · Network Rewards: The Internal Energy Loop

When stacking ends, entitlements vest at once

### 7.1 Pool Parameters and Distribution Rules

* <mark style="color:$warning;">**Source**</mark>: the 2% Network Rewards module locked at genesis, <mark style="color:$warning;">**4,200,000 VITA**</mark>。
* <mark style="color:$warning;">**Timing**</mark>: distribution begins once genesis stacking ends and vests once by weight S — transparent, adjustable by no one.
* <mark style="color:$warning;">**Eligibility**</mark>: every participant who completes genesis stacking and enters the Tower Network joins the weighted pool automatically when the phase ends; no application is required.

### 7.2 The Distribution Function

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### 7.3 Worked Example (hypothetical, to illustrate the formula)

Suppose the network has ΣC = 1,000,000 activated crystals and ΣV = 50,000,000 stacked VITA. Participant A activates 5,000 crystals (0.5%) and stacks 750,000 VITA (1.5%), so S<sub>A</sub> = 0.25×0.5% + 0.75×1.5% = <mark style="color:$warning;">**1.25%**</mark>. Weighted against the 4,200,000 pool, A receives about 52,500. Actual distribution is weighted against the distributable balance; snapshot timing and claiming follow the final contracts.

Vesting at the close of stacking settles every genesis builder's entitlement in the same instant: weights are taken from an on-chain snapshot and the result is locked once, leaving no room for dangling expectations or rules that shift by the day. Every unit of early building receives its full and certain echo when the genesis bell rings.


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