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# How Rewards Are Calculated

### The Core Philosophy: Rewarding Absolute Effort

Our program marks a shift from rewarding relative effort (comparing users against each other) to rewarding absolute effort based on actual trading volume. This approach ensures:

* Predictable rewards, unaffected by other users' activity
* Earnings based directly on your contribution to the ecosystem
* A reward structure that scales with market growth