Aetheria NFT Staking

Aetheria NFT Staking is the pinnacle of participation within the AetherCycle ecosystem. By staking an Aetheria NFT in the AECStakingNFT.sol contract, participants access an exclusive, high-yield reward pool while supporting long-term protocol stability.

Staking Pool Allocation: This pool receives 12.5% of total rewards distributed by the PerpetualEngine. With a maximum of 500 NFTs, each staked NFT carries equal weight, making yield per NFT structurally higher than other pools.

Extreme Scarcity: Only 500 Aetheria NFTs exist, each requiring 1,000,000 AEC to mint. This creates a strictly limited, exclusive participation tier.

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Commitment System: Flexible by Design

Single Tier: All Aetheria NFTs share equal staking weight. Staking is fully flexible, allowing participants to withdraw at any time.

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Dual-Source Reward Model: Predictable Baseline & Performance-Linked Growth

NFT staker yield comes from two complementary sources, mirroring Token & LP Staking:

1. Base Rewards (Perpetual Baseline Yield)

• Genesis Allocation: 44,400,000 AEC

• Decay Rate: 0.5% per month of remaining pool

• Guarantee: Continuous baseline yield, predictable and long-term

Base Reward Decay (First 24 Months):

Month	Estimated Monthly Release (AEC)	Remaining Pool Balance (AEC)
1	222,000	44,178,000
2	220,890	43,957,110
3	219,789	43,737,321
4	218,691	43,518,630
5	217,604	43,301,026
6	216,509	43,084,517
7	215,423	42,869,094
8	214,345	42,654,749
9	213,273	42,441,476
10	212,211	42,229,265
11	211,149	42,018,116
12	210,095	41,808,021
13	209,050	41,598,971
14	208,012	41,390,959
15	206,982	41,183,977
16	205,961	40,978,016
17	204,948	40,773,068
18	203,935	40,569,133
19	202,920	40,366,213
20	201,905	40,164,308
21	200,900	39,963,408
22	199,895	39,763,513
23	198,890	39,564,623
24	197,885	39,366,738

2. Bonus Rewards (Stacking APY Engine)

This is the main driver of NFT APY, directly tied to protocol performance.

Distribution Mechanism:

• 7-Day Reward Stream: Each runCycle() injection allocates 12.5% of processed revenue to this pool, distributed evenly over 7 days

• Stacking & Compounding: Remaining rewards from active streams are added to new injections, resetting the 7-day distribution

Example of Stacking Bonus :

Day	Engine Injection	Remaining Bonus from Previous Day	New Total Bonus Pool	New 7-Day Stream Duration
1	+500,000 AEC	0 AEC	500,000 AEC	7 Days
2	+500,000 AEC	~428,571 AEC	928,571 AEC	7 Days (Reset)
3	+500,000 AEC	~794,184 AEC	1,294,184 AEC	7 Days (Reset)

This compounding mechanism continuously grows the bonus pool, creating strong compounding effects and a constantly refreshed reward distribution.

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Sustainability Through Design

The dual-source model ensures NFT staking incentives are:

• Predictable: Base rewards provide a reliable, gradually declining yield.

• Scalable: Stacking bonus amplifies rewards as protocol activity grows.

• Fair: All NFTs share rewards equally regardless of ID.