Holder Rewards

Streamlock redistributes 40% of all trading fees collected during unlock windows directly to token holders as SOL. Hold through the unlock, earn from those who sell.

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Overview

Every time a token completes a milestone cycle (GRIND → FREEZE → UNLOCK), trading fees collected during the unlock window are split:

Share	Recipient	How
50%	Protocol	Retained in protocol treasury
40%	Token holders	Merkle vault — claim SOL on the token page
10%	Token creator	Direct SOL transfer

This applies to all trading fees during the unlock window — both buy fees (3% flat + epoch pressure) and sell fees (25% → 1% decay).

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How It Works

1. Accumulate

During the unlock window, every buy and sell generates fees. These are tracked on-chain in the pool's unlock_fees_collected field.

2. Snapshot

When the unlock window ends, the protocol snapshots all token holders and their balances — including tokens held in Streamflow escrow streams. Your balance at the moment the window closes determines your share.

3. Distribute

The protocol computes each holder's pro-rata share and creates a Merkle vault on-chain, funded with 40% of the total fees. A Merkle root is published so claims can be verified trustlessly.

4. Claim

A green banner appears on the token page showing your claimable SOL. Click Claim to receive your reward. The protocol covers transaction costs — no gas fee required.

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Who Qualifies?

Any wallet holding tokens at the end of the unlock window. This includes:

• Tokens in your wallet

• Tokens in Streamflow escrow streams (locked positions)

You do NOT qualify if:

• You sold all your tokens during the unlock window (balance = 0 at snapshot)

• You never held the token

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Incentive Design

The holder rewards system creates a strong incentive to hold through unlock windows:

Action	Outcome
Hold through unlock	Earn SOL from trading fees (both buyers and sellers fund the pool)
Sell during unlock	Forfeit your share; your sell fee goes partly to those who held
Buy during unlock	Your buy fee partly rewards existing holders

This means:

• Holders are rewarded for not panicking

• Sellers fund the rewards through their sell fees

• New buyers also contribute — their buy fees add to the reward pool

• The reward pool grows even if few people sell (buy fees still accumulate)

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Example

A token completes milestone 2. During the unlock window:

Total buy volume:   50 SOL (average 5% fee → 2.5 SOL in buy fees)
Total sell volume:  30 SOL (average 13% fee → 3.9 SOL in sell fees)
Total trading fees: 6.4 SOL

Split:
  Protocol (50%):  3.20 SOL
  Holders (40%):   2.56 SOL  ← Merkle vault
  Creator (10%):   0.64 SOL

You hold 3% of the token supply:
  Your reward: 2.56 × 3% = 0.077 SOL

Rewards compound across milestones. A token that goes through milestones 1, 2, and 3 generates three separate reward distributions.

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Claiming

1. Visit the token page while connected with your wallet

2. If you have unclaimed rewards, a green Holder Rewards Available banner appears

3. Each milestone reward is shown separately with the claimable SOL amount

4. Click Claim — the transaction is sent automatically

5. SOL arrives in your wallet within seconds

You can claim at any time — rewards don't expire.

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Technical Details

• Rewards are secured by a Merkle proof system — the same pattern used by Jupiter airdrops and other major Solana protocols

• Each milestone creates a separate on-chain AccumulatorVault PDA

• Double-claiming is impossible (claim status is tracked on-chain via PDA)

• The Merkle root and proofs are computed off-chain and published on-chain for trustless verification

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Related

• Fee Structure — Full fee rates and distribution

• Freeze & Unlock Windows — How the unlock lifecycle works

• Selling Tokens — Sell fee timing strategies