Community Staking Pool rewards on Altcoinist include a unique Yield Boost Mechanism that rewards early participants. This mechanism allows early stakers to increase their yield over time, leading to greater rewards the longer they stake in a community pool.

How It Works:

• Active Subscription Required: Only community members with an active subscription are eligible to receive yield from a community pool. If your subscription is canceled, you will stop receiving rewards, AND your yield boost will be lost.
• Boosting Your Yield: When you stake ALTT in a community pool, you start accumulating a yield boost that grows the longer you stay staked. This boost enhances your rewards over time, giving early stakers a significant advantage.
• Unstaking Consequence: If you unstake more than your initial staked amount, your yield boost resets to zero. This means you’ll lose any accumulated boost and will need to start over if you stake again.

Yield Boost Formula:

Where “d” is: the number of days that passed since the genesis (creation) of the community pool.

$$ \text{Yield Boost} =\left(\frac{9}{10 \cdot 0.9965^d - 1} - 1\right) \cdot 100 $$

<aside> <img src="/icons/trophy_yellow.svg" alt="/icons/trophy_yellow.svg" width="40px" /> IMPACT of (d): staking early and long term captures you more weight in the pool (yield boost) for the same amount of ALTT staked compared to stakers staking at later dates. To learn more about staking in community pools see → Trench Staking Pools

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Example:

Imagine you stake X amount 100 days after a community pool was created. By day 260 (160 days later), you have accumulated a 150% yield boost on your X staked amount.

• This boost translates directly into higher rewards from the pool, making your early and consistent participation more valuable over time.

The X-axis represents days passed since the genesis (creation) of the community staking pool and Y-axis shows the yield boost curve.

Effect of (Re)Staking & Unstaking On Your Boost:

When you stake multiple times, each stake earns a yield boost based on when the position was staked.

Eg.

• If you stake 1 ALTT on day 1, it starts earning a yield boost from that day.