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# $TED Staking

#### Purpose

Staking $TED aligns participants with Agent TED’s trading performance.

Stakers earn a proportional share of profits generated by TED’s automated sports trading engine, with rewards designed to favor long-term participation, system health, and sustained performance.

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#### How Staking Works

* $TED can be staked or unstaked at any time
* While staked, users are eligible for TED's trading profits
* Reward share is proportional to stake size:

**Reward Share = (Your $TED Staked / Total $TED Staked)**

No manual betting or capital management is required.

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#### How Payouts Are Triggered

All trading profits accumulate in a reward buffer.

A new **30-day payout stream** is initiated only when **both** conditions are met:

* The trading bankroll exceeds its current capital base
* Accumulated profits since the last payout exceed **$5,000**

This ensures payouts are driven by real performance, not short-term variance.

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#### Reward Distribution

* Once triggered, rewards are distributed daily over a **30-day vesting period**
* Multiple payout streams can run concurrently
* Longer staking duration results in overlapping reward streams and higher cumulative rewards

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#### Bankroll Protection

If the bankroll falls below its capital base:

* No new payout streams can be triggered
* The reward buffer continues accumulating
* Existing payout streams continue uninterrupted

This mechanism prioritizes system stability over forced distributions.

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#### Unstaking & Forfeiture

* $TED can be unstaked at any time
* Unstaking before rewards fully vest results in forfeiture of unvested rewards
* Forfeited rewards are redistributed to remaining stakers

This design rewards commitment and discourages short-term extraction.