Content to Earn

Tlock emits two concurrent reward streams whenever anyone interacts with a post:

• Instant engagement reward – transferred to the address that submits a like or comment.

• Accruing creator reward – credited to the post owner for every qualified interaction the post receives.

Instant engagement reward

A Like or Comment transaction instantly transfers the reward to the signer’s address according to the formula below.

$$Rate_n=2^{(n-1) }/100$$

$$Reward = Rate_n * RewardBase$$

where n is the account reputation level, and rate is capped at 100% (see Sybil Attack section). Only the first 5 comments and 20 likes a wallet submits in 24 hours are reward-bearing.

The base amounts are 100 TOK per comment and 1 TOK per like; however, an exponential reputation multiplier is applied to harden the system against Sybil attacks. Any address may stake 100,000 TOK to bypass this multiplier and receive the full 100 % payout on every rewarded action; once the stake is withdrawn, the account reverts to the standard reputation-based rate.

For example, a level-1 account earns 1 TOK per comment and 0.01 TOK per like, whereas a level-7 account earns 64 TOK per comment and 0.64 TOK per like.

Accruing creator reward

Every rewarded like or comment credits the post’s author with a reputation-weighted amount. The balance unlocks after 7 days and can be withdrawn at will; accumulation continues indefinitely. No upper bound exists—viral posts scale linearly. Interactions from level 0 wallets (unverified) are ignored.

Funding

All emissions originate from the on-chain Reward Pool: a prefunded module account replenished by ad revenue in TOK and a dynamic halving schedule.