Thread by @JCRacefab

Staking rewards on @harmonyprotocol $one a [Thread]
Reward factors:
Rewards are factored by a few different things currently. Total keys on a shard, shard speed, amount staked and validator uptime.

[1]The first thing that effects rewards is total keys on the shard. There are 4 shards and the block rewards are divided between the validator keys in relation to the amount staked. If a shard has fewer keys it will be divided by less and the rewards will rise for that shard.

[2]Shard speed is the second thing, how fast a shard is making it through the blocks will determine how many block rewards that shard divvies out.

[3]Total stake plays one of the biggest factors as the rise in staked percentage directly correlates to the decrease in rewards rate or a greater division of the block rewards. See the tokenomics medium post here which shows the graph: medium.com/harmony-one/ha…

[4]This spreadsheet shows what the rewards will be based on date and staked percentage: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

[5]Uptime is the amount of blocks a validator signs, for every block a validator does not sign that is block rewards the delegators will not receive. 99% uptime should be the goal of every validator and will help maximize rewards for the delegators.

[6]Fee (commission) is the amount the validator keeps of the rewards. The math looks like this if the validator has an Expected Return rate of 11% APY and a Fee of 5% the net (rewards to the delegators) is 10.45% or a 95/5 split.

[7]This actually has one of the smallest impacts on rewards received by the delegators depending on the fee rate. 5% is the new baseline fee as set by this governance proposal: governance.harmony.one/#/staking-main… This incentivizes staking with new validators who can run a 0% fee.

Feel free to DM if you have further questions $one fam.
This thread was a collaboration between us and @ussharmony

@ForumHarmony you want to translate this thread and post it on the regional forums?