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What a node is

A Fire Node is a permanent on-chain commitment of 10 $FIRE to the protocol. Once minted, the node enters the active set and begins emitting rewards every block on a fixed daily schedule. Nodes are non-transferable — they belong to the wallet that minted them.

Lifecycle

Every node has a deterministic 60-day lifespan. The clock starts the moment the mint transaction confirms. Throughout the burn window, the node accrues $FIRE continuously — not in discrete daily drops — at a rate equal to the daily emission divided by the number of seconds in a day.

Once a node reaches day 60, it burns out: emissions stop, the node is moved to the retired set, and the 10 $FIRE committed at mint remains permanently locked in the protocol floor.

Claiming rewards

Pending rewards can be claimed to the originating wallet at any point during a node's lifespan. Claims are non-custodial — the protocol mints directly to the wallet that owns the node. There is no minimum claim and no claim cooldown.

Pending rewards can also be compounded: when accrued rewards reach the 10 $FIRE mint cost, they can be converted directly into a new node without the funds ever touching the operator's wallet.

Reward formula

Each active node emits a fixed 0.33 $FIRE per day, independent of total network size. At that rate the 10 $FIRE mint cost is fully recouped in 30 days, with the remaining 30 days of the burn window earning pure profit. Rewards are pulled from a dedicated reward pool seeded at genesis with 60% of the 100,000 $FIRE total supply.

Pool dynamics

The reward pool is replenished by a portion of trading fees (see Fees & Flows below), so as long as on-chain volume continues, the pool extends well beyond the cap of pure genesis emissions. The protocol is designed so the pool reaches a steady state where inflows from fees balance outflows from active nodes.

Trading fee split

The 5% trading fee is the only protocol-level fee. It routes automatically on each trade:

• Reward pool top-up

  Sustains node emissions beyond the genesis pool

  3%

• Treasury

  Locked, vested funds for protocol operations

  1%

• Liquidity

  Adds depth to the on-chain $FIRE pool

  1%

Treasury & vesting

Genesis treasury and team allocations are vested with on-chain locks. Treasury unlocks linearly over 3 months from launch with no cliff. Team unlocks linearly over 12 months with a 3-month cliff. Both schedules are enforced by the contract — there is no admin override.

Allocation at genesis

• Reward Pool

  60%

  Node emissions

• Liquidity

  15%

  DEX & market making

• Treasury

  15%

  Locked, 3mo vesting, no cliff

• Team

  10%

  Locked, 12mo vesting, 3mo cliff