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# Income Distribution

#### "According to the plans of the Popular team, profit distribution will only start when the release amount of POP tokens in the Popular ecosystem reaches 5000000.

#### distribution rules

* **Staking dividend: 50%**

Popular  pays monthly dividends. The amount is 50% of the agreed income.

Dividend payment time: 1st of each month (01:00 UTC)

Only from the 1st before 00.00 UTC. Stake until after 23.59 UTC at the end of the month. to receive dividends. 

Staking can be added and withdrawn at any time. However, dividends can only be distributed if the stake is full. 

{% hint style="info" %}
1 POP allocation weight = total allocated funds ÷ total effective stake

Effective staking = Staking POP from 00.00 UTC on the 1st to 23.59 UTC at the end of the month
{% endhint %}

1. Staking receives a staking certificate: SPOP
2. The total amount of SPOP is unlimited. Stake 1POP=1SPOP
3. SPOPs may exercise voting rights. and as proof to retrieve the pledge.

*  **POP buyback: 10%**

10% of the protocol funds are used to buy back POPs and destroy them in black holes, which helps reduce the total circulation of POPs

* **Agreement operation 20%**

20% for long-term development, adding predictive categories, and improving user experience. Ecological expansion, cross-chain integration.

* **Protocol risk mitigation 20%**

20% predict protocol risk.