From eb7305e31c927ba7343ff14d10dc95d1580740bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: serinko <97586125+serinko@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 16:01:54 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] add token economics paper info --- documentation/operators/src/faq/smoosh-faq.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/documentation/operators/src/faq/smoosh-faq.md b/documentation/operators/src/faq/smoosh-faq.md index c14a562534..2950b7df54 100644 --- a/documentation/operators/src/faq/smoosh-faq.md +++ b/documentation/operators/src/faq/smoosh-faq.md @@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ Depends which [design](./smoosh-faq.md#what-does-it-mean-for-nym-nodes-operators ## Token Economics & Rewards +```admonish info +For any details on Nym token economics and Nym Mixnet reward system, please read [Nym token economics paper](https://nymtech.net/nym-cryptoecon-paper.pdf). +``` + ### What are the incentives for the node operator? In the original setup there were no incentives to run a `network-requester`. After the transition all the users will buy multiple tickets of zkNyms credentials and use those as [anonymous e-cash](https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.08221) to pay for their data traffic ([`Nym API`](https://github.com/nymtech/nym/tree/master/nym-api) will do the do cryptographical checks to prevent double-spending). All collected fees get distributed to all active nodes proportionally to their work by the end of each epoch.