The Pool Never Empties
POH uses a 5% annual decay model — the same design pattern as Bitcoin’s halvings. The rewards pool is mathematically guaranteed to last forever.
Rewards Pool
0B
50% of total supply
Lifetime Emissions
0B
max ever distributed
Safety Buffer
0B
~15% buffer forever
Current Weekly Pool
0M
POH this week
The Math
Why the pool never runs out
Geometric Series Convergence
POH emits 536M tokens in year 1, then multiplies by 0.95 each year (5% decay). This creates a converging geometric series — the total sum approaches a finite limit but never reaches it.
Total if run forever:
536M / -ln(0.95) = 536M / 0.05129 = ~10.45B POH
Pool size:
12.263B POH (1.81B more than will ever be needed)
This is the same design pattern as Bitcoin. Bitcoin’s halvings create a geometric series converging to 21M BTC. POH’s 5% annual decay creates a series converging to ~10.45B POH. Both pools are guaranteed to never empty.
Emission Curve
Smooth decay, forever rewards
Unlike Bitcoin’s sharp halvings every 4 years, POH uses a continuous 5% annual decay — no sudden supply shocks, just a steady asymptotic approach to zero.
Emission Schedule
Year-by-year breakdown
| Year | Annual Emission | Cumulative Distributed | Pool Remaining |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 536M | 522.49M | 11.74B |
| 2 | 509M | 1.02B | 11.24B |
| 5 | 437M | 2.36B | 9.90B |
| 10 | 338M | 4.19B | 8.07B |
| 20 | 202M | 6.70B | 5.56B |
| 30 | 121M | 8.21B | 4.06B |
| 50 | 43M | 9.65B | 2.62B |
| 100 | 3M | 10.39B | 1.88B |
| Forever | → 0 | ~10.45B | ~1.81B |
Dual Mechanism
Mining + burn = sustainability
Mining (Inflationary Track)
The POHRewards pool slowly distributes tokens to miners. Starting at 536M/year, decaying 5% annually. The pool has 12.263B tokens but will only ever distribute ~10.45B — leaving a permanent 1.81B buffer.
Sell Burn (Deflationary Track)
1% of every sell is permanently burned (sent to address(0)). This does NOT drain the rewards pool — it comes from the seller’s tokens. Over time, this shrinks total supply, making remaining POH scarcer and potentially more valuable.
Net effect: Mining slowly releases tokens (inflationary) while the sell burn permanently removes them (deflationary). As weekly rewards shrink over time, each POH becomes scarcer — keeping mining incentives alive even with smaller numerical rewards.
How We Compare
POH vs the rest
| Aspect | Bitcoin | POH | Typical Meme Token |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mining Pool | Block rewards | 12.263B (50%) | None |
| Emission Decay | 50% halving / 4 years | 5% continuous annual | N/A |
| Total Ever Mined | 21M (exact) | ~10.45B (asymptotic) | N/A |
| Pool Lifetime | ~130 years | Infinite (asymptotic) | N/A |
| Burn Mechanism | None | 1% on sells | Varies |
| Post-Mining Incentive | Transaction fees | Rewards never reach zero | N/A |
Built-In Safety
The ~1.8B buffer
Rewards Pool Capacity
The pool has ~1.81B more POH than will ever be distributed via the emission schedule. This buffer can be used for:
- Safety margin — permanent insurance against edge cases
- Bonus events — seasonal mining events, hackathons, partnerships
- Emission adjustment — if decay rate is ever adjusted, the buffer absorbs it
- DAO decision — let the community decide via POHGovernor
Verify On-Chain
Transparent & verifiable
All contracts are open source and verified on Basescan. Don’t trust — verify.
| Contract | Address |
|---|---|
| POHToken | 0x280Ddb8b67Ad8cf791D370FE59227d19e989Fb07 |
| POHRewards | 0xa7904Cb5f3D6a937Db06453e3d95db4f0C3236dF |
| POHCharity | 0xf9eDc5CF986ea637E724E078DA01AbD7c4957D49 |
| POHVesting | 0xFfce548EbF097F630A272aA577E750A0Bc1308dd |
| POHNodeRegistry | 0x8137a04a50C058b00d9ee44D25b9Ef1ba900D15F |
Sustainable by design
The emission math is sound. The pool lasts forever. Start mining and be part of a system built to endure.