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# How $NOX Uses the Staking System

**$NOX is the reference implementation of the NOXCAT Staking System.**

The NOXCAT ecosystem utilizes the staking system as the sole mechanism for ongoing $NOX issuance, ensuring that all newly released tokens follow transparent, deterministic, and fully on-chain rules.

## Current Emission Parameters

The current staking configuration for **$NOX** is as follows:

| Parameter              | Value                   |
| ---------------------- | ----------------------- |
| Reward Token           | $NOX                    |
| Daily Emission         | **100,000 $NOX**        |
| Distribution Frequency | Continuous (Per Second) |
| Reward Model           | Proportional to Stake   |
| Lock-up Requirement    | None                    |
| Claim Frequency        | Anytime                 |
| Governance             | DAO (Future)            |

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## Daily Emission

The staking contract emits **100,000 $NOX every day**.

Rather than distributing rewards at fixed intervals, emissions are streamed continuously throughout the day.

This results in approximately:

* **4,166.67 $NOX per hour**
* **69.44 $NOX per minute**
* **1.1574 $NOX per second**

Every second, the emitted tokens are allocated proportionally across all active stakers based on their share of the total staking pool.

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## Reward Distribution

Each participant earns rewards based on their percentage ownership of the total staked assets.

For example:

* Total Staked: **10,000,000 $NOX**
* Alice Staked: **100,000 $NOX**
* Alice owns **1%** of the staking pool.

Since the protocol emits **100,000 $NOX per day**, Alice receives approximately:

* **1,000 $NOX per day**
* **41.67 $NOX per hour**
* **0.694 $NOX per minute**

If additional users join the staking pool, Alice's ownership percentage decreases naturally, and rewards automatically rebalance without requiring any manual intervention.

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## Fully On-Chain Issuance

All ongoing $NOX emissions originate exclusively from the staking contract.

There are:

* No manual reward distributions
* No privileged reward recipients
* No hidden emission schedules
* No off-chain reward calculations

Every emitted token can be independently verified on-chain, providing complete transparency into the issuance process.

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## Flexible Participation

$NOX staking is intentionally designed without mandatory lock-up periods.

Participants may:

* Stake at any time
* Unstake at any time
* Claim rewards whenever desired

This allows capital to remain liquid while still participating in network incentives.

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## Future Governance

The current emission rate of **100,000 $NOX per day** serves as the initial monetary policy of the ecosystem.

As governance becomes decentralized, $NOX holders will be able to vote on changes such as:

* Daily emission rates
* Reward allocation mechanisms
* Additional staking incentives
* Long-term issuance schedules

This allows the protocol's monetary policy to evolve alongside ecosystem growth while remaining fully transparent and governed by the community.