YIELD · EXPERIMENTS · v1

Five models. No commitments.

The DAO is deciding what "yield" looks like on PointCast. These are five candidate mechanics side-by-side. Each is a sandbox — tune the inputs, see monthly payouts, read the tradeoffs. None of them are live yet. Some will compose; some won't make it.

MODEL A

Attention Yield

MOD · 0

Drip small amounts to wallets that maintain active presence. Visit, drum, view blocks — your wallet ticks up.

MECHANIC

Server aggregates session events per wallet-day (capped). Weekly job distributes a fixed pool of DRUM (or ꜩ) pro-rata to eligible wallets.

SANDBOX · TUNE INPUTS

MONTHLY PAYOUT · YOUR WALLET
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computing…

CALC · Your monthly = (pool / wallets) × activityShare. Cap: 3× pool/wallets average per wallet to prevent whale concentration.

TRADEOFFS · FARMING RISK VS. FELT EXPERIENCE

  • Headline upside: every visitor sees their wallet tick up — it is the exact feeling of "constant drip" Mike asked for.
  • Farming risk: bots accumulate trivially. Mitigation: cap per-wallet-per-day, require a Visit Noun held (so farming cost = mint + gas).
  • Visible: easy to explain and easy to show on /wallet or /now.
MODEL B

Prize Cast Reflow

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A fraction of each Prize Cast weekly draw skips the winner and drips to Visit Nouns holders pro-rata.

MECHANIC

Contract withholds N% of the weekly prize pool. That slice is distributed to Visit Nouns FA2 holders weighted by holdings at snapshot.

SANDBOX · TUNE INPUTS

MONTHLY PAYOUT · YOUR WALLET
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computing…

CALC · Weekly yield = TVL × APY / 52. Reflow = weekly × pct. Per holder (equal dist) = reflow / holders.

TRADEOFFS · LOTTERY PURITY VS. HOLDER INCENTIVE

  • Upside: Visit Nouns holders earn a recurring tiny amount whether they deposit to Cast or not. Turns the NFT into a passive yield instrument.
  • Downside: reduces the jackpot, which is the whole marketing draw of no-loss lotteries.
  • Balance: 10-20% reflow feels like the right ceiling. More and the prize feels diluted.
MODEL C

Royalty Router

MOD · 0

50% of Visit Nouns FA2 secondary-market royalties route back to holders, not the treasury.

MECHANIC

At sale time the contract splits the royalty fee: half to the project treasury, half to current holders pro-rata. Accumulates into a claimable pool.

SANDBOX · TUNE INPUTS

MONTHLY PAYOUT · YOUR WALLET
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computing…

CALC · Monthly royalty = volume × royalty%. Holder slice = × split%. Per holder (equal) = slice / holders.

TRADEOFFS · TREASURY DEPTH VS. HOLDER ALIGNED INCENTIVE

  • Upside: self-reinforcing. Holders want secondary volume because they earn from it — so they promote the collection.
  • Downside: treasury gets less, which slows operational spending (ESREF seeding, gear pool for mesh internet, etc.)
  • Note: activity-dependent. Months with no sales = zero payout from this model, so it pairs well with something steady like Attention Yield.
MODEL D

DRUM Stake Yield

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Hold DRUM tokens and they earn DRUM. Proportional to your held + staked balance. Rewards from a fixed weekly inflation budget.

MECHANIC

Weekly contract mint of N DRUM. Distributed pro-rata to all holders at snapshot. Staking is just "don't sell" — no lock-ups.

SANDBOX · TUNE INPUTS

MONTHLY PAYOUT · YOUR WALLET
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computing…

CALC · Your weekly = weeklyMint × (yourBalance / totalSupply). Monthly = weekly × 4.33.

TRADEOFFS · INFLATION VS. LONG-TAIL HOLDING

  • Upside: simple, classic. Holders hold longer because exit = forfeit future drops.
  • Downside: pure inflation. Without demand, token value dilutes.
  • Balance: fixed weekly mint creates predictable drip; cap the total or halve the emission every N months to avoid runaway inflation.
MODEL E

Baker Kickback

MOD · 0

Prize Cast delegates staked tez to a baker. Some bakers kick back a % to the delegator. That kickback becomes additional yield.

MECHANIC

Prize Cast contract's staking delegate is set to a kickback-friendly baker. Kickback routes to a separate pool, distributed to Visit Nouns holders weekly.

SANDBOX · TUNE INPUTS

MONTHLY PAYOUT · YOUR WALLET
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computing…

CALC · Monthly kickback = TVL × kickback% / 12. Per holder = kickback / holders.

TRADEOFFS · EXTRA YIELD VS. BAKER DEPENDENCY

  • Upside: free 0.3-0.7% APY on top of the base baking yield. Compositional with Prize Cast Reflow.
  • Downside: dependent on a single baker being stable and honest. Baker risk = slashing or downtime = no kickback.
  • Mitigation: rotate between 2-3 kickback-friendly bakers quarterly via DAO vote.

COMPOSITION NOTE

These aren't mutually exclusive. The v3 strategy recommendation combines Model A (Attention Yield) as the headline mechanic (visible, constant, small drip) with Model C (Royalty Router) as the funding source — so the yield you earn by visiting is literally paid for by the secondary-market activity that your collection drives. Self-reinforcing loop.

PC-0001 at the DAO will be the first vote that binds real capital to any of these. Until then, this page exists to let everyone see the math.