Validator & Staking Incentives
⚙️ Status: Under Development This section will be finalized following the publication of the official validator and economic incentive proposal via Sova governance.
Overview
This section will define how validators participate economically in securing the Sova Network, including:
Staking Requirements — Minimum $SOVA bond and participation criteria.
Reward Structure — Distribution of network fees, yield incentives, and Treasury payouts.
Slashing & Penalties — Mechanisms for discouraging downtime or malicious activity.
Validator Lifecycle — Registration, performance tracking, and governance participation.
Decentralization Roadmap — Transition of control from the Governance Multisig to a validator-driven DAO.
Guiding Principles
While details are not yet finalized, validator economics will adhere to Sova’s core principles:
No Inflation: All validator rewards come from protocol activity (fees, Treasury disbursements), not new token issuance.
Performance-Based Rewards: Incentives scale with uptime, confirmation accuracy, and operational reliability.
Self-Sovereign Security: Validators must run their own Bitcoin Core nodes and Sentinel instances to ensure independent verification.
Progressive Decentralization: Governance control will gradually shift toward a broader validator council as network stability increases.
Next Steps
This document will be updated once governance ratifies:
The validator staking requirements (bond size, uptime thresholds).
The reward model and distribution ratios.
The slashing parameters and fault recovery procedures.
🗳️ Draft proposals and discussions will be published through Sova’s governance channels and linked here once available.
Summary
Validator and staking mechanics are still in design and will be defined transparently through the Sova governance process.
No assumptions about emissions or reward inflation will be made before those proposals are ratified.
This page exists as a placeholder to maintain documentation structure and link future updates.
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