Staking & Fee Model

🧱 Staking & Fee Model

ZkStable uses a dual-staking model for long-term stability and governance.

🔒 Staking Tiers

Tier	Token	Lock Period	Reward
Basic	$PRIVACY	Flexible	6% APY
Governance	$PRIVACY	90 days	12% APY
Institutional	$PRIVACY + $pUSD	180 days	18% APY + DAO vote weight

💰 Fee Breakdown

Fee Type	Allocation
Swap Fees	0.2% → DAO Treasury
Minting Fees	0.3% → Staking Pool
Redeem Fees	0.1% → Buyback Pool

🧮 Example

When $1,000,000 of volume flows through the protocol:

• $2,000 to DAO treasury

• $3,000 to stakers

• $1,000 allocated for token burn

🪜 Staking API Example

POST /v1/stake
{
  "amount": "1000",
  "duration": "90d",
  "token": "PRIVACY"
}

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