TOKENOMICS & REWARDS

This measures your reliability. If your miner is connected to the internet and power for all 144 epochs, you get the full 100 points. If you lose power or internet, your points drop for every missed epoch.

To strongly encourage the expansion of the network into unmapped territories and reward fleet managers who find unique hosting locations, HaLoWave introduces the Permanent Pioneer Status.

• The Bigger Multiplier: The very first miner ever registered in an empty H3 Hexagon permanently claims the highest single multiplier in the entire network: 4.0x. This deliberately exceeds both the PoC and Data Transfer hard caps (3.0x) to highly reward early coverage.
• Only One Winner Per Hex: While you are allowed to install up to 3 miners in the same hexagon to earn full rewards (see Hexagon Density rules below), only the first miner to arrive receives the 4.0x Pioneer Boost. All subsequent miners installed in that same hexagon receive a base 1.0x.
• Permanence & Uptime Rules: Unlike traditional networks where your rewards dilute immediately if someone moves into your hex, your Pioneer Status is locked to you. You must maintain a strict 95% uptime. If you drop below this threshold, you enter a 14-day grace period. If you fail to recover your uptime, your Pioneer Status is permanently revoked and automatically passed to the second oldest active miner in that hexagon. (Note: This rule operates independently from the 60-day Hex Density Seniority).

This is "The Conversation." The network rewards you for successfully sending and receiving radio messages with other miners. This entire mechanic represents the Proof of Coverage (PoC).

To maintain economic balance alongside the Data Transfer multiplier, the PoC multiplier scales based on the quality, distance, and symmetry of your connections, up to a strict hard cap.

• Beaconing Frequency: Every HaLoWave Miner transmits a beacon once every 10 minutes.
• Distance Factor (K_dist): Not all beacons provide the same value to the RF network. Beacons are weighted based on distance:
  • Grid Distance 0 (Same Hex): 0.05 (You are allowed to install multiple miners in the same hex, see the Hexagon Density rules below where up to 3 miners can earn full rewards, however you earn LESS beacon rewards if they just witness each other in the same hex. And if the distance between two communicating miners is ≤ 20 meters, the protocol calculates the K_dist at 0.05).
  • Grid Distance 1 (Adjacent): 1.0 (The hexagon right next to yours. Standard coverage).
  • Grid Distance ≥ 2 (Distant): 1.3 (Any communication with a distance of more than one hexagon away. Bonus reward for demonstrating excellent HaLow RF range).
• Link Symmetry (W_link): Long-distance RF propagation can be asymmetrical.
  • Mutual Witness (Bidirectional): 1.0 (Both miners hear each other perfectly).
  • One-Way Witness (Unidirectional): 0.5 (Only one miner receives the beacon. This still proves RF coverage reached a destination and rewards the receiving antenna. However, One-Way links alone can only raise your multiplier up to a 2.0x sub-cap. To go above 2.0x and reach the absolute Hard Cap, at least one mutual link is required. When mutual links exist, one-way links still count under the overall cap).
• Calculation & Hard Cap: The "Effective Peers" (P_eff) are summed and applied to a square-root curve. The multiplier is strictly hard-capped at 3.0x to prevent abusive clustering and ensure parity with the Data Transfer economy. (Note: Any peer with an unknown or missing GPS is excluded from the calculation entirely).

This is the "Utility Bonus." If third-party devices (such as generic HaLow cameras, HaLow drones, or HaLow agricultural sensors) use the HaLoWave Network from your miner to send data, you are rewarded heavily based on the exact data volume processed. This is the Proof of Data Transfer (PoDT) layer.

• Multiplier Range: Scales from 1.0x (No data) up to a hard cap of 3.0x (Heavy data usage).
• Fair-Volume Curve: HaLow is designed for IoT. To reward low-bandwidth high-value sensors (like soil monitors) just as fairly as heavy devices (like cameras), the protocol uses a piecewise dynamic curve based on rolling 24-hour data volume (B), securing three primary anchor points:

The Anchor Points:

• If B < 1 MB, then M_data = 1.00x (Floor / Idle)
• Between 1 MB and 5 MB, M_data scales linearly from 1.00x to 1.50x
• Between 5 MB and 5 GB, M_data scales linearly up to 2.00x
• Between 5 GB and the Regional Hard Cap, M_data scales linearly up to 3.00x (Hard Cap):
  • 20 GB Hard Cap: For Duty-Cycle obligation regions (e.g., Europe and all countries on 863-870 MHz).
  • 50 GB Hard Cap: For Non-Duty-Cycle obligation regions (e.g., US, Canada and the other countries that are not present in the 863-870 MHz frequency).

(Values falling between these anchor points are calculated using exact piecewise linear interpolation).

(Note: Blasting past the 20 GB for the countries with duty cycle obligation, or 50 GB for the countries without duty cycle obligation. The hard cap doesn't stack rewards indefinitely, preventing abusive farming).

Home Broadband Cap & Data Transfer Rewards

We have introduced dynamic bandwidth controls tailored to your specific region’s regulatory requirements:

• Duty-Cycle Countries (e.g., Europe): Due to local radio regulations, HaLow throughput in these regions is naturally capped at approximately 8 Mbps. Because your miner already runs at the maximum permissible speed, no manual adjustment is needed.
• Non-Duty-Cycle Countries (e.g., the US): In regions without these restrictions, speeds can reach up to 43 Mbps. If you prefer not to share your full bandwidth, you can manually lower your broadband cap down to a minimum of 20 Mbps.

A Crucial Note on Tokenomics: Manually lowering your bandwidth cap will result in a lower Bandwidth Reward Factor. If C is your chosen bandwidth cap in Mbps (where 20 ≤ C ≤ 43):

Your Final Data Multiplier (M_data) Equation:

Since HaLoWave is a physical network, knowing where the signal is located is mandatory. This GPS cross-referencing process forms the core of our Proof of Reliability (PoR). When miners send beacons or witness each other, the PoR algorithm utilizes their exact GPS coordinates to mathematically verify if the physical geometry is within the maximum plausible HaLow RF range. This instantly flags spoofed locations.

To be absolutely clear: RSSI/signal strength is not used for scoring and don't affect your rewards in any way.

• The Rule: If your GPS antenna cannot see the satellites because it’s hidden in a basement or placed inside, you cannot validate coverage.
• Placement: Always place your GPS antenna near a window or, ideally, outside.
• Impact: Your daily points are multiplied by the percentage of the day you had a GPS fix.
• 1° Example: If you have 100% uptime but only get a GPS fix for 72 epochs (half a day), your entire daily points are multiplied by 0.5.
• 2° Example: If you have 100% uptime but 0% GPS fix, your total rewards are ZERO. Always place your GPS antenna near a window or, ideally, outside.

To prevent the network from becoming oversaturated in single neighborhoods while other areas remain dead zones, the global map is divided into Hexagons H3 resolution 9 (side size ~200 meters). Check Explorer : https://explorer.halowave.io/

• Provisional & Senior Status: The first 3 miners to register in an empty hex immediately receive a provisional 1.0x hex multiplier. You must then keep 95% uptime over 60 days to officially claim a locked Senior Status. Achieving this status acts as a strict layer of protection for early builders: the 1.0x hex multipliers are securely held by the top 3 Active Seniors. Your rewards will not be diluted even if new miners crowd into your hexagon later.
• Grace Period & Inheritance: If an active Senior drops below 95% uptime, they enter a 14-day grace period. If they fail to recover, their Senior status is lost, and the next miner in line (determined by chronological registration time) inherits the 1.0x protected slot. This creates a highly competitive "battle for uptime" ensuring network resilience.

  Note on Provisional Miners: If a provisional miner (pre-60 days) drops below 95% uptime, they immediately lose their provisional status without a grace period, and the next miner in line takes over the provisional slot to start their own 60-day timer.

• Crowding: To encourage network expansion into unmapped territories, miners entering an already occupied hexagon face diminishing returns based on their entry rank (k, determined by their registration time).
• Formula: Miners holding one of the 3 Protected Slots always receive Phex = 1.0 regardless of their original entry rank. For all other subsequent miners without a protected slot, their reward curve diminishes based on their absolute entry rank (k).

By opting into this feature, the HaLoWave Miner utilizes its idle broadband capacity via two secure channels:

• Global Health Protocol (Diagnostics): Nodes participate in global internet health monitoring by running real-time ping tests (integrating with open telemetry networks like the RIPE NCC) to assist ISPs in optimizing traffic routes and detecting regional outages.
• Enterprise Bandwidth Routing (B2B): Secure routing of vetted web requests for Fortune 500 clients, including major travel and e-commerce platforms, AI data aggregators, and SEO analytics firms.

Safety and strict local network isolation are foundational to this protocol layer:

• No Exit-Node Risk: IP addresses are never utilized as public VPNs for unverified strangers or P2P file sharing. The network strictly handles corporate, verified web requests.
• Zero Open Ports: The protocol operates entirely via outbound Reverse-TLS connections, requiring no port forwarding or UPnP.
• Complete Isolation: The applications perform only lightweight operations separated completely from the host's private local network.
• 100% Optional: Operators retain full control to toggle this feature ON or OFF via the management console (console.halowave.io).
• NO KYC: Unlike other bandwidth-sharing platforms that require mandatory identity verification for payouts, HaLoWave requires absolutely none. Your payments are distributed in a completely decentralized manner directly to your Solana wallet.

Because the HaLoWave Master API connects directly to enterprise ingestion servers, operators must stop running consumer bandwidth-sharing applications (like EarnApp, Pawns, or Honeygain) on the same home network.

Running these alongside HaLoWave triggers B2B load balancer anti-fraud systems due to duplicate node authentication, flagging the IP address and driving earnings to zero.

• Attested On-Hardware Tracking: Earnings are a pooled monthly $USDC reward on Solana, split by your device's attested on-hardware bandwidth share (not third-party dashboards). Data metrics are strictly tracked directly on the physical HaLoWave device itself.
• Strictly 1 Device per Residential IP: You cannot stack multiple bandwidth-sharing devices on a single external IP address.
• No Datacenters or VPNs: Datacenter IPs or VPNs are automatically rejected by the networks and will result in 0 GB tracked and 0 rewards. By enabling this feature, you confirm you have read and agreed to the Data Routing Terms.

Revenue generated from this secondary path follows a strict economic split: