COTI staking rewards depend on several factors:

Amount of Staked Tokens: Staking rewards are influenced by the amount of tokens staked, with higher stakes leading to proportionally greater rewards.

Multiplier: A multiplier allows you to effectively increase your deposited amount, raising both your risk profile and potential APY. Setting a higher multiplier amplifies your deposit amount within the treasury, leading to a higher APY. The chosen multiplier remains in effect throughout the lock period, impacting the deposit regardless of its duration. There's no multiplier for locking periods of 180, 270, and 360 days.

Locking Period: This enables you to lock your deposit for 30,60,90,120,180, 270, and 360 days. Locking your deposit will increase the claimed rewards (higher APY).

COTI APY is calculated based on the individual deposit's risk factor, which considers the deposit size, multiplier, and lockup period, with calculations performed every 60 seconds. Increasing the multiplier raises both the APY and the risk of liquidation due to COTI's price fluctuations. Additionally, the Treasury APY is influenced by the liquidity flow. Since APY is recalculated frequently, it can fluctuate throughout the deposit's lifecycle.

We strive to make staking as safe and transparent as possible, however, it's important to consider factors that may influence whether a particular staking option is appropriate for you.

Liquidation Risk: Multiplier introduces a liquidation risk due to its impact on the deposit's health factor, which fluctuates with COTI's price. Deposits with a multiplier greater than x1 carry a risk of liquidation. Additionally, if the initial deposit health factor becomes undefined, a withdrawal fee due to liquidation risk will be applied.

Unlocking Tokens: If your deposit is locked, you may still withdraw it; however, any rewards accumulated during the active lockup period will be forfeited and an early withdrawal fee of up to 2% of your deposit will be applied. This early withdrawal fee is differential and decreases based on the time elapsed since the start of the lockup period.

Please note that this is not an exhaustive list of all the risks related to staking.

COTI is a fast and light confidentiality layer on Ethereum. Powered by the breakthrough cryptographic protocol Garbled Circuits and secured by Ethereum, COTI introduces an advanced and compliant solution for data protection on the public blockchain. Paving the way for the next wave of Web3 innovation and adoption, COTI unlocks a whole new world of use cases, including confidential transactions, Artificial Intelligence, DeFi, decentralized identification, and more.

COTI's Treasury is a pool where users can deposit any amount of COTI tokens and earn rewards for their participation. Users can customize their risk levels and potential annual percentage yield (APY) by selecting the amount of COTI to deposit, a multiplier, and a lock period. This allows for a flexible and tailored staking experience.

The network's native token, COTI, can be traded on decentralized exchanges and used for low-to-zero transaction fee payments. Stakes and payouts are denominated in COTI coins, and node operators are rewarded for their activities with them. Additionally, all network transaction fees can be paid using COTI coins. As a DAG-based cryptocurrency with a limited supply, COTI has no mining activities, meaning tokens cannot be created or destroyed.

Token Distribution:

• 30% of the tokens were distributed during the token sale.
• 45% of the tokens are reserved for incentives and various reward programs for community members and node operators.
• 15% of the tokens are allocated to the team as an incentive for continued engagement.
• 10% of the tokens are set aside for advisors for their contributions.
• The remaining tokens, except for the 45% intended for incentives, are locked up and gradually released over a set period.

The COTI team includes engineers, mathematicians, economists, researchers and veterans from the fintech and banking industries. COTI leaders are proven team members with a track record of success.

COTI launched its Trustchain Mainnet on June 4th, 2019, along with the Token Generation Event and IEO on the KuCoin spotlight. COTI V2, Privacy Centric Ethereum L2 is now on the Developer Network stage and is planning to launch the Testnet during Q3 of 2024, and Mainnet during Q4 of 2024.