Staking Model

Simple Staking — No Assignment

Stakers lock $PROWL with a time-weighted multiplier. No assignment to pools. No per-pool locking. One stake, one number.

Lock Period	Multiplier
1 month	1.0x
3 months	1.5x
6 months	2.0x
12 months	3.0x

Weighted stake = amount × multiplier. This single number determines everything.

What Weighted Stake Controls

Benefit	How It Works
Fee tier	Higher weighted stake → lower platform fees (see Staking Tiers for full tables)
Compute credit discount	Standard → Preferred → Premium → VIP pricing
Access tier	25K+ pool creation, 100K+ premium pools, 250K+ VIP
Governance power	Voting weight proportional to weighted stake
Passive yield	30% of all platform revenue, proportional to weighted stake
Trust signal	Visible on pool card — sponsors see operator's commitment

Pool Creation

Minimum 500,000 weighted $PROWL to create a multi-agent pool. The operator's weighted stake determines the pool's fee tier — simple lookup, no pooling of stakes. All thresholds governance-adjustable from admin panel.

All thresholds are governance-adjustable — as the platform scales and token price changes, these numbers can be tuned by staker vote.

Operator Stake as Trust Signal

Operator's weighted stake is prominently displayed on the pool card:

• Higher stake → lower fees → more attractive pool
• Higher stake → more skin in the game → more sponsor confidence
• Slashable for proven fraud (submitting outside Prowl, address substitution)

Unstaking

After lock period expires, a cooldown period applies (e.g., 7 days) before tokens can be withdrawn. Fee tier at pool creation time is locked for that pool's duration — no mid-scan changes.

On-Chain Implementation

The staking contract is intentionally simple:

• One PDA per staker: amount, lock start, lock duration
• Weighted value calculated on read
• Stake / unstake (with cooldown) — that's it
• No assignment logic, no per-pool tracking, no reallocation

Simpler contract = smaller attack surface = easier to audit and secure.