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RustChain Token Economics

Overview

RustChain Token (RTC) is the native cryptocurrency of the RustChain network. Unlike traditional cryptocurrencies that reward computational power, RTC rewards hardware antiquity — the older your hardware, the more you earn.

Token Supply

Fixed Supply Model

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    RTC Total Supply                         │
│                      8,000,000 RTC                          │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  Premine (Dev/Bounties)  │  Mining Rewards                  │
│       75,000 RTC         │    7,925,000 RTC                 │
│         0.94%            │       99.06%                     │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Supply Breakdown

Allocation Amount Percentage Purpose
Mining Rewards 7,925,000 RTC 99.06% Epoch rewards for miners
Development 50,000 RTC 0.63% Core development funding
Bounties 25,000 RTC 0.31% Community contributions
Total 8,000,000 RTC 100% Fixed, no inflation

Distribution Milestones (March 2026)

Metric Value
Total Wallets 500
Non-Founder Wallets 496
RTC to Contributors ~90,568 RTC
Bounty Payments ~27,000 RTC to 260+ contributors
Largest Single-Day Payout 1,995 RTC (B1tor, March 26, 2026)
Mining Rewards Distributed ~63,000 RTC (epoch settlements)
On-Chain Transactions 2,511
Top Contributor Earnings 3,258 RTC

Emission Schedule

graph LR
    subgraph "Year 1"
        Y1[547.5 RTC/year<br>1.5 RTC × 365 epochs]
    end
    
    subgraph "Year 5"
        Y5[~500 RTC/year<br>Slight reduction]
    end
    
    subgraph "Year 20+"
        Y20[Mining continues<br>until 8M cap]
    end
    
    Y1 --> Y5 --> Y20
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At current rate (1.5 RTC/epoch):

  • Daily emission: ~1.5 RTC
  • Annual emission: ~547.5 RTC
  • Years to full emission: ~14,500 years

Antiquity Multipliers

Base Multipliers by Hardware

The core innovation of RustChain: older hardware earns more.

graph TD
    subgraph "Vintage Tier (1.8x - 2.5x)"
        G4[PowerPC G4<br>2.5×]
        G5[PowerPC G5<br>2.0×]
        G3[PowerPC G3<br>1.8×]
    end
    
    subgraph "Retro Tier (1.3x - 1.5x)"
        P8[IBM POWER8<br>1.5×]
        P4[Pentium 4<br>1.5×]
        C2[Core 2 Duo<br>1.3×]
    end
    
    subgraph "Modern Tier (1.0x - 1.2x)"
        M1[Apple Silicon<br>1.2×]
        RZ[Modern x86<br>1.0×]
    end
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Complete Multiplier Table

Hardware Era Base Multiplier Example Earnings/Epoch
PowerPC G4 1999-2005 2.5× 0.30 RTC
PowerPC G5 2003-2006 2.0× 0.24 RTC
PowerPC G3 1997-2003 1.8× 0.21 RTC
IBM POWER8 2014 1.5× 0.18 RTC
Pentium 4 2000-2008 1.5× 0.18 RTC
Pentium III 1999-2003 1.4× 0.17 RTC
Core 2 Duo 2006-2011 1.3× 0.16 RTC
Apple M1/M2/M3 2020+ 1.2× 0.14 RTC
Modern x86_64 Current 1.0× 0.12 RTC
ARM (Raspberry Pi) Current 0.0001× ~0 RTC
VM/Emulator N/A 0.0000000025× ~0 RTC

Multiplier Rationale

Why reward old hardware?

  1. Digital Preservation: Incentivize keeping vintage hardware operational
  2. Sybil Resistance: Vintage hardware is rare and expensive
  3. Environmental: Reuse existing hardware instead of e-waste
  4. Fairness: Modern hardware already has advantages everywhere else

Time Decay Formula

Vintage Hardware Decay

To prevent permanent advantage, vintage hardware multipliers decay over time:

decay_factor = 1.0 - (0.15 × (years_since_launch - 5) / 5)
final_multiplier = 1.0 + (vintage_bonus × decay_factor)

Constraints:

  • Decay starts after 5 years from network launch
  • Minimum decay factor: 0.0 (multiplier floors at 1.0×)
  • Rate: 15% per year beyond year 5

Decay Example: PowerPC G4

Base multiplier: 2.5×
Vintage bonus: 1.5 (2.5 - 1.0)

Year 1:  decay = 1.0                    → 2.5×
Year 5:  decay = 1.0                    → 2.5×
Year 10: decay = 1.0 - (0.15 × 5/5)     → 2.275× (1.0 + 1.5 × 0.85)
Year 15: decay = 1.0 - (0.15 × 10/5)    → 2.05×  (1.0 + 1.5 × 0.70)
Year 20: decay = 1.0 - (0.15 × 15/5)    → 1.825× (1.0 + 1.5 × 0.55)
Year 30: decay = 0.0 (floor)            → 1.0×

graph LR
    Y1[Year 1<br>2.5×] --> Y5[Year 5<br>2.5×]
    Y5 --> Y10[Year 10<br>2.275×]
    Y10 --> Y15[Year 15<br>2.05×]
    Y15 --> Y20[Year 20<br>1.825×]
    Y20 --> Y30[Year 30<br>1.0×]
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Loyalty Bonus

Modern Hardware Incentive

Modern hardware (≤5 years old) can earn loyalty bonuses for continuous uptime:

loyalty_bonus = min(0.5, uptime_years × 0.15)
final_multiplier = base_multiplier + loyalty_bonus

Constraints:

  • Rate: +15% per year of continuous mining
  • Maximum bonus: +50% (capped at 3.33 years)
  • Resets if miner goes offline for >7 days

Loyalty Example: Modern x86

Base multiplier: 1.0×

Year 0: 1.0×
Year 1: 1.0 + 0.15 = 1.15×
Year 2: 1.0 + 0.30 = 1.30×
Year 3: 1.0 + 0.45 = 1.45×
Year 4: 1.0 + 0.50 = 1.50× (capped)

Reward Distribution

Epoch Pot Distribution

Each epoch (24 hours), 1.5 RTC is distributed:

graph TD
    A[Epoch Pot: 1.5 RTC] --> B[Calculate Total Weight]
    B --> C[Sum of all multipliers]
    C --> D[Distribute Proportionally]
    D --> E[Miner A: weight/total × 1.5]
    D --> F[Miner B: weight/total × 1.5]
    D --> G[Miner N: weight/total × 1.5]
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Distribution Formula

miner_reward = epoch_pot × (miner_multiplier / total_weight)

Example Distribution

Scenario: 5 miners in epoch

Miner Hardware Multiplier Weight % Reward
A G4 2.5× 32.5% 0.487 RTC
B G5 2.0× 26.0% 0.390 RTC
C x86 1.0× 13.0% 0.195 RTC
D x86 1.0× 13.0% 0.195 RTC
E M1 1.2× 15.5% 0.234 RTC
Total 7.7 100% 1.501 RTC

wRTC Bridge (Solana)

Wrapped RTC

RTC can be bridged to Solana as wRTC for DeFi access:

graph LR
    subgraph RustChain
        RTC[RTC Token]
    end
    
    subgraph Bridge
        B[BoTTube Bridge]
    end
    
    subgraph Solana
        wRTC[wRTC Token]
        RAY[Raydium DEX]
        DS[DexScreener]
    end
    
    RTC -->|Lock| B
    B -->|Mint| wRTC
    wRTC --> RAY
    wRTC --> DS
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wRTC Details

Property Value
Token Mint 12TAdKXxcGf6oCv4rqDz2NkgxjyHq6HQKoxKZYGf5i4X
DEX Raydium
Chart DexScreener
Bridge BoTTube Bridge
Ratio 1:1 (1 RTC = 1 wRTC)

Bridge Process

RTC → wRTC (Lock & Mint):

  1. Send RTC to bridge address on RustChain
  2. Bridge verifies transaction
  3. wRTC minted on Solana to your wallet

wRTC → RTC (Burn & Release):

  1. Send wRTC to bridge contract on Solana
  2. wRTC burned
  3. RTC released on RustChain

wRTC on Base (Ethereum L2)

Base Integration

wRTC is also available on Base L2:

Property Value
Contract 0x5683C10596AaA09AD7F4eF13CAB94b9b74A669c6
DEX Aerodrome
Bridge bottube.ai/bridge/base

Value Proposition

Current Valuation

Metric Value
Reference Price $0.10 USD per RTC
Fully Diluted Value $800,000 USD
Circulating Supply ~90,568 RTC (contributor payouts + mining)
Market Cap ~$9,057 USD
Wallet Holders 500 (milestone reached March 26, 2026)
Bounties Paid ~27,000 RTC to 260+ contributors
Ledger Entries 2,511 on-chain transactions

Earning Potential

Hardware Multiplier Daily Earnings Monthly Yearly
G4 (solo) 2.5× 1.5 RTC 45 RTC 547 RTC
G4 (10 miners) 2.5× 0.375 RTC 11.25 RTC 137 RTC
x86 (10 miners) 1.0× 0.15 RTC 4.5 RTC 55 RTC

Earnings depend on total network weight

Bounty System

Contribution Rewards

Tier Current Rate After 35K Paid After 50K Paid Examples
Micro 1-10 RTC 1-8 RTC 1-5 RTC Typo fix, small docs, first PR
Standard 20-50 RTC 15-40 RTC 10-25 RTC Feature, refactor, tests
Major 75-150 RTC 55-115 RTC 40-75 RTC Security fix, SDK, integration
Critical 200-400 RTC 150-300 RTC 100-200 RTC Red team, consensus, vulnerability

Bounty Payout Scaling (RIP-306)

As the ecosystem matures and RTC distribution widens, bounty payouts scale down to protect token value for existing holders:

Milestone Rate Adjustment Rationale
0-27K RTC paid (current) Full rates Bootstrap phase — attract contributors
35K RTC paid -25% across all tiers Early maturity — 500+ wallets, ecosystem proven
50K RTC paid -50% across all tiers Growth phase — only high-impact gets premium
100K RTC paid -75% — elite bounties only Mature phase — RTC value should reflect scarcity

Why scale down?

  1. 500 wallet holders already exist — distribution goal met
  2. 50K of 8.3M supply (0.6%) allocated to bounties is approaching meaningful dilution
  3. If RTC reference price increases, current bounty amounts become disproportionately expensive
  4. Early contributors who earned at full rates benefit from increasing scarcity
  5. The network is proven — we no longer need to overpay to attract contributors

What doesn't change:

  • Mining epoch rewards (1.5 RTC/epoch) — unchanged, consensus-driven
  • Antiquity multipliers — unchanged, hardware-based
  • Airdrop pool — separate allocation
  • The commitment to paying contributors — rates adjust, payments continue

Active Bounty Pools

Pool Total Status
Star Repo 200 RTC Open
Run Miner 7 Days 500 RTC Open
Referral Program 300 RTC Open
Bug Reports 150 RTC Open

Economic Security

Sybil Attack Cost

Running multiple miners is economically unfeasible:

Attack Vector Cost Reward ROI
Buy 10 G4 Macs ~$2,000 ~$137/year 14.6 years
Rent VMs ~$100/month ~$0.00001/year Never
Emulate G4 $0 ~$0.00001/year Never

Why Vintage Hardware?

  1. Scarcity: Limited supply of working vintage hardware
  2. Cost: Expensive to acquire and maintain
  3. Authenticity: Can't be faked (fingerprinting)
  4. Decay: Multipliers decrease over time

500 Wallet Milestone (March 26, 2026)

On March 26, 2026, RustChain reached 500 unique wallet holders — a critical mass for a network that launched just four months earlier with zero marketing budget.

How We Got Here

Phase Wallets Strategy
Launch (Dec 2025) 8 Founder hardware only (G4s, G5, POWER8)
First External (Jan 2026) 15 Ryan's Factorio VM (first non-lab node)
Bounty System (Feb 2026) 50 1 RTC first-PR bounties attract contributors
Growth Sprint (Mar 2026) 500 260+ contributors, awesome list PRs, Moltbook presence

What 500 Wallets Means

  1. Sybil-resistant distribution — 500 real wallets across diverse hardware
  2. Community-driven growth — no airdrops to bots, every wallet earned RTC
  3. Bounty system works — paying contributors builds both code AND distribution
  4. Ready for DEX — sufficient holder count for healthy trading when wRTC bridge launches

Wallet Distribution

Balance Range Wallets % of Holders
> 1,000 RTC ~15 3%
100-1,000 RTC ~40 8%
10-100 RTC ~100 20%
1-10 RTC ~200 40%
< 1 RTC ~145 29%

This is a healthy distribution — most holders earned small amounts through first-PR bounties and mining, with larger balances going to consistent contributors. No whale concentration outside founder allocations.

Future Considerations

Potential Adjustments

  • Epoch Pot: May increase with network growth
  • New Hardware Tiers: As hardware ages, new tiers added
  • Decay Rates: Community governance may adjust
  • Bridge Fees: May introduce small fees for sustainability

Governance

Currently centralized (core team). Future plans:

  • Token-weighted voting
  • Proposal system
  • Community treasury

Next: See api-reference.md for all public endpoints.