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# Rewards, claims and withdrawals

Understand the 1% release, changing shares, unlocking and payouts.

![Understand the 1% release, changing shares, unlocking and payouts.](https://3637948861-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FAj4DZ2s1GvjVs45QXf35%2Fuploads%2FGyCzqbJjtAcklhhfcpGL%2Fmetals-rewards-v1.gif?alt=media)

Each active minute, **1% of the remaining available reserve** is released gradually over 60 active seconds. Your position earns its weighted share of that release while active.

## What “available reserve” means

The entire vault balance is not a fresh distribution budget. It includes SOL already earned by miners but not yet paid, as well as available funding and account rent.

| Balance                                   | Meaning                                                         |
| ----------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Available reserve                         | Funding that can support future reward releases.                |
| Earned unpaid rewards                     | SOL owed to positions, including locked and unclaimed earnings. |
| Incoming funding awaiting synchronization | Newly received SOL not yet incorporated into reward accounting. |
| Account rent                              | SOL needed to keep the on-chain account active.                 |

Once a reward is earned, it belongs to that position. It is not returned to the available reserve merely because it has not been claimed.

## An example of the release rule

With 10 SOL available, the next active minute has a 0.1 SOL release budget. If no new funding arrives, the following minute starts from the smaller remaining reserve.

If one position represents 10% of all active weight throughout a release, it earns 10% of that release. Its share changes if positions join or leave. This is an illustration of the rule, not a promised payout.

## How participation changes your rate

* **A new miner joins:** total active weight increases. Existing positions share future releases with the newcomer, so their individual shares decrease.
* **A position withdraws:** total active weight decreases. Remaining positions receive a larger share of subsequent releases.
* **New fees arrive:** synchronized funding increases the reserve available for future releases.
* **No miners are active:** distribution pauses and available funding stays in the vault.

These events change future earning rates. They do not rewrite rewards already earned.

## Unlocking follows the original position clock

![Reward unlocking follows the position’s original lock progress](https://3637948861-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FAj4DZ2s1GvjVs45QXf35%2Fuploads%2Fwix3PyPxg7mJS4CBo7QC%2Fclaims-restored-v2.gif?alt=media)

Earned SOL unlocks progressively with the position’s age: **50% halfway through the lock and 100% at expiry**, minus previous claims. New earnings use the same original progress; after expiry, they are immediately unlocked.

| Display            | What it means                                                     |
| ------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Allocated rewards  | Cumulative SOL earned by the position, including previous claims. |
| Available to claim | Unlocked earnings that have not yet been claimed.                 |
| Still locked       | Earned SOL that has not yet unlocked.                             |

## Claim, withdraw and close

**Claim:** approve a reward payment with your wallet. Your MINU stays in the mine, its lock is unchanged, and it keeps earning.

**Withdraw:** after the lock expires, approve return of the entire MINU amount. The program settles rewards and pays eligible whole-lamport SOL. The position stops earning after withdrawal.

**Close:** after withdrawal, close the position to recover eligible account rent. Network fees are separate from rewards and account rent.

{% hint style="info" %}
There is no guaranteed daily return. Incoming fees, reserve size and participation all vary. Whole-lamport rounding can leave small residual amounts.
{% endhint %}


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