# Participation Reward Mechanism

* Based on the POW model, all active Key Nodes will equally share real-time participation rewards.
* First-year rewards: 2,465,753 $EPT will be unlocked daily.
* Referral rewards are 10% of daily rewards, 246,575 $EPT, distributed based on the number of referrals.
* Key Node mining will begin on December 25th Christmas (tentative date), users need to manually claim rewards on the platform.
* Token unlock schedule for Key Node holders (25% of total distribution), halving every two years starting from the second year, with long-term distribution.

  o Year 1: 36% of distribution (9% of total supply)

  o Year 2: 16% of distribution (4% of total supply)

  o Year 3: 16% of distribution (4% of total supply)

  o Year 4: 8% of distribution (2% of total supply)

  o Year 5: 8% of distribution (2% of total supply)

  o Year 6: 4% of distribution (1% of total supply)

  o Year 7: 4% of distribution (1% of total supply)

  o Year 8: 2% of distribution (0.5% of total supply)

  o Year 9: 2% of distribution (0.5% of total supply)

  o Year 10: 1% of distribution (0.25% of total supply)

  o Year 11: 1% of distribution (0.25% of total supply)

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