💪Earning DBT

There are two primary dimensions by which we value the network - coverage and data consumption - and the amount of DBT that connectivity enablers earn is calculated accordingly. Specific weights and functions can be adjusted by the Dabba Foundation to balance the economics of the network from time to time. This system of incentives is critical to sustaining a healthy and valuable network over time for consumers.

Dabba's goal is for consumers to get high speed internet access at a fair price and for all network contributors to earn a fair reward in return for providing that access. Fairness is a combination of utility and access. Anyone, located anywhere, can contribute and be rewarded their share of Dabba token for making quality contributions that help grow the Dabba Network.

Connectivity Enablers

Contributors can earn Dabba tokens by performing any of these roles:

• Hotspot Owner – Buy a Dabba network compliant hotspot and lease it to the Dabba network

• Hardware manufacturer – Makes compatible hardware for the Dabba network

• Local cable operator – Provide installation, maintenance and marketing services for hotspot deployment

• Backhaul provider – Provides the upstream connectivity to the hotspot

• Location owner – Provides access to the physical location where hotspot is installed

Hotspot owner is rewarded with the 100% community rewards. In order to keep the device up and running, the hotspot owner pays the other ecosystem participants using DBT.

Contribute to multiple roles at the same time

A single entity may play multiple roles at the same time and be eligible for rewards from multiple buckets. For example, an LCO could be the backhaul provider as well.

Reward pools

1. Universal Basic Income (UBI)- Equally distributed among all the hotspot owners

2. Performance pool (PP)- Distributed among all the hotspot owners based on individual hotspot performance.

To calculate PP - Total number of DBT available for the pool is divided by the total bandwidth traffic during an epoch to arrive at DBT per Gb. Each hotspot owner gets DBT equivalent to the traffic serviced by their hotspot during the epoch.

Year	UBI %	PP %
1	90	10
2	80	20
3	70	30
4	60	40
5	50	50
6	40	60
7 (and continued)	30	70

Reward Period

Rewards are distributed on a per epoch basis. An epoch is 24 hours. The start date is when the token goes live on mainnet.